Khalid Garousha

Senior Partner, Co-Chair Executive Committee and Board, A&O Shearman | Eminent Practitioner Chambers Global | IFLR Managing Partner of the Year | M&A and ECM expert | Inclusion advocate

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

About

Over the past 25 years, I have advised clients on their most complex general corporate and corporate finance matters, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, international equity offerings, and IPOs. As senior partner and co-chair of the Executive Committee and the Board, my focus is on ensuring the firm is positioned to support clients on their most critical work – wherever they operate. The standards we set for ourselves, and how we collaborate across the firm, define the quality of our work and client relationships. Developing and investing in the potential of people from all backgrounds matters to me, as does advancing A&O Shearman’s inclusion agenda. I believe the quality of results we achieve for clients reflects the breadth of perspectives and experiences we bring to bear.

Experience

  • Senior Partner, Co-Chair Executive Committee and Board at A&O Shearman
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Allen & Overy (24 yrs 1 mo)
    • Global Managing Partner
      Sep 2023 - Apr 2024 · 8 mos

    • Partner
      May 2004 - Apr 2024 · 20 yrs

    • Regional Managing Partner, Middle East and Turkey
      Nov 2020 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Associate at CMS Cameron McKenna
    Sep 1997 - Mar 2000 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Trainee solicitor at Cameron Markby Hewitt
    Sep 1995 - Sep 1997 · 2 yrs 1 mo