Akin is among the world’s elite international law firms and has built one of the Middle East’s leading international legal practices, advising governments, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, multinational corporations and strategic investors on some of the region’s most complex and consequential matters. Supported by more than 1100 lawyers and advisors, across 18 offices and operates in more than 80 countries firmwide, the practice combines a deep regional capability with a fully integrated global platform.

Akin’s Middle East practice is anchored by offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh. The Abu Dhabi office, recently relocated to the Al Maryah Tower, has operated for more than 18 years, while establishment of Akin’s Dubai office marked the firm as the first U.S. law firm to establish a presence in DIFC. In 2025, the firm expanded its regional platform with the opening of its Riyadh office, strengthening its ability to serve clients across Saudi Arabia and the broader Middle East.

Akin has a rich history of representing high-profile Middle East government and private sector clients in conventional matters, but what sets Akin apart is the unconventional top-of-market practice that has been built from handling sensitive corporate matters involving issues of national security, representing clients in highly complex “bet-the-company” disputes and investigations, undertaking landmark financings and operating a one-of-its-kind fully integrated sanctions practice. Akin represents more than half of the top 10 sovereign wealth funds in the GCC, and more than half of the top 10 sovereign wealth funds globally.