About Haykel Hajjaji

Haykel Hajjaji is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP who advises global corporations, sovereign investors, and financial institutions on complex cross-border transactions, regulatory strategy, and market entry across the Middle East. His practice spans corporate, M&A, and commercial advisory matters, with a focus on strategic expansion into the Gulf. Haykel has deep expertise at the intersection of innovation, regulation, and geopolitics, particularly across AI, data centres, life sciences, defence, supply chain, and infrastructure. With over two decades of experience, he counsels clients on market entry, transaction structuring, foreign investment regimes, and legal risk in sensitive environments.