Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is an international law firm with 170 partners and over 500 lawyers worldwide.
The Middle East headquarters for the firm is its Bahrain office from which it provides advisory, transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution services to government departments, sovereign wealth funds, major corporates, privately-owned businesses, family offices and private individuals across the GCC.
CRS has particular strength in advising clients in the following sectors:
- Real Estate & Construction
- Financial Services including Banking & Islamic Finance
- Hotels & Hospitality
- International Trade and Logistics
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Telecommunications, Media and Technology
The firm’s Bahrain team has doubled in size in the past two years and has made a significant commitment to recruiting and developing the brightest & best Bahraini legal talent.
CRS offers a full international legal service covering:
- Litigation and dispute resolution(International & Arabic)
- Real estate; and Construction, Engineering & Projects
- Business Services
- Banking & Islamic finance
- Intellectual property
- Private Wealth.
We were recognised as a finalist and received a ’Highly Commanded’ award at the Corporate Counsel Middle East Legal Awards 2017 for ‘Arbitration Team of the Year’ and we are delighted to be a finalist for the ’Law Firm’ of the Year for Bahrain at The Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2017.
All our partners in the region are ranked as ‘Leaders in their Field’ in the Chambers 2017 directory.
In addition, we are highly ranked across multiple disciplines in all of the major legal directories.
Operating from its offices in Bahrain, Dubai and Doha, the firm offers clients an efficient, personalised and pan-GCC service, as well as providing access to UK and European expertise through a further 8 European offices including London, Paris, Geneva, Luxembourg and Zurich.