Practice Disciplines & Legal Capabilities

Our specialized practice groups provide comprehensive corporate counsel across complex commercial transactions, regulatory landscapes, and contentious cross-border proceedings.

Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

Advising buyers, sellers, and sovereign funds on high-value cross-border M&A transactions, carve-outs, and joint ventures.

Representative Track Record
$420M renewable energy asset acquisition (Nordic/MENA) and $180M fintech buyout.
Core Legal Capabilities & Advisory Focus
  • Share and Asset Purchase Agreements (SPA/APA) Structuring
  • Multilateral Legal Due Diligence Audits & Red-Flag Reports
  • Anti-Trust Pre-Notification & Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Approvals
  • Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) Insurance Structuring

International Commercial & Sovereign Arbitration

Tribunal advocacy before ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, and SIAC in high-stakes commercial and treaty disputes.

Representative Track Record
Successful $185M award defense in energy concession dispute under ICC Paris rules.
Core Legal Capabilities & Advisory Focus
  • Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Clause Drafting & Enforcement
  • Emergency Arbitrator Relief & Cross-Border Asset Injunctions
  • Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) & Sovereign Concession Disputes
  • New York Convention 1958 Cross-Border Award Enforcement

Antitrust, Competition & Regulatory Compliance

Navigating regional competition commissions and global market regulatory authorities to secure transaction clearance.

Representative Track Record
Unconditional clearance for major logistics consolidation across 4 MENA states.
Core Legal Capabilities & Advisory Focus
  • Merger Control Filings before Saudi GAC, UAE Ministry of Economy & EU Commission
  • Abuse of Dominance & Cartel Investigation Defense
  • Corporate Compliance Audits & Leniency Applications
  • Cross-Border Distribution & Exclusive Dealership Frameworks

Intellectual Property, Licensing & Tech Transfer

Safeguarding core intangible assets, proprietary algorithms, and enterprise technology portfolios globally.

Representative Track Record
Structured $85M multi-territory biotech patent licensing and royalty architecture.
Core Legal Capabilities & Advisory Focus
  • Global Patent, Trademark & Copyright Protection Programs
  • Cross-Border Technology Transfer & Sovereign Defense Offtake Agreements
  • IP Infringement Litigation & WIPO Domain Name Dispute Proceedings
  • SaaS, AI Model Licensing & Commercial Data Governance

Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts

Guiding distressed enterprises, creditor committees, and lenders through complex cross-border debt reorganizations.

Representative Track Record
Reorganized $310M syndicated debt facility for international infrastructure developer.
Core Legal Capabilities & Advisory Focus
  • Out-of-Court Consensual Debt Workouts & Standstill Agreements
  • Court-Supervised Schemes of Arrangement under DIFC/English Law
  • Cross-Border Insolvency Recognition under UNCITRAL Model Law
  • Distressed Asset Acquisitions & Loan-to-Own Strategies

Banking, Sovereign Finance & Capital Markets

Structuring syndicated loans, project finance, debt capital market issuances, and Islamic finance instruments.

Representative Track Record
Advised arrangers on $500M sovereign sustainability-linked bond issuance.
Core Legal Capabilities & Advisory Focus
  • Syndicated Credit Facilities & Project Financing
  • Sukuk & Sharia-Compliant Financing Structures
  • Debt Capital Markets (Eurobonds, Reg S/Rule 144A)
  • Fintech Regulatory Sandboxes & Central Bank Licensing