Bryan is a Senior Associate in the International Corporate and Commercial Department of Trowers & Hamlins, based in our Kuala Lumpur office, with a focus on cross-border transactions spanning Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Bryan advises financial institutions, private equity firms, and institutional investors on a range of cross-border transactional matters, including M&A, joint ventures, and private equity, across sectors such as financial services, infrastructure, technology, healthcare, and aviation. His practice also includes advising local and foreign institutional clients on fund investments across private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure strategies.
He has completed secondments at the Trowers Bahrain office and with a Dubai-based ed-tech start-up, where he acted as General Counsel supporting on acquisition readiness, corporate structuring, and legal framework development.
Recent Experience
• Acted for Al Salam Bank, a leading financial institution listed on the Bahrain Bourse and the Dubai Financial Market, in respect of its acquisition of Kuwait Finance House Bahrain B.S.C. (c) from Kuwait Finance House Group. The consolidation of KFH Bahrain, with an asset base of more than BD 1.49 billion, will substantially increase the Bank's balance sheet by 28 per cent.
• Acted for Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) in respect of its acquisition of HSBC's retail banking business in Bahrain through an auction process. The transaction, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2025, and includes the transfer of all retail loans, deposits and accounts of approximately 76,000 HSBC Bahrain customers, along with their employees.
• Acted as lead counsel for a Malaysian airline operator on its proposed expansion into 11 APAC territories and the United Kingdom.
