Leen Zaza

Leen is a New York-qualified partner in corporate practice, heading the private M&A and JVs team, who has experience of a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions in the Middle East and internationally, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, private placements, and general corporate regulatory and advisory work.

She has worked on transactions in the oil and gas, energy, shipping, chemical production, health, e-commerce, education, F&B, real estate, retail, heavy equipment and machinery industries.

Leen has worked with a variety of international companies, local Saudi entities, and governmental bodies on corporate and foreign investment matters and is familiar with the regional and regulatory issues arising from such transactions.

Leen has been ranked as a Band 1 – Next Generation Lawyer in Legal 500’s Commercial, Corporate and M&A rankings for 2018 and 2019, as a Rising Star in Legal 500’s ranking for the same category in 2020, and as a Highly Regarded Lawyer for M&A by IFLR 1000. She is currently the only female lawyer in private practice to be ranked across all practice areas in Saudi Arabia.

Prior to joining Khoshaim & Associates in 2012, Leen trained at DLA Piper Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. Leen is fluent in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.