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HABAYEB

HABAYEB Advocates and Legal Consultants is a firm of a team of dedicated professional lawyers with a unique wealth of knowledge and experience.

The firm defends the interests of both large and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals. The team’s relationship with the people who trust us is the firm’s intellectual and spiritual capital.

The firm aims to provide high quality legal and practical professional services to its clients in timely manner, prioritising their needs over all else, whilst committing to ethical practices at all times and respecting traditional professional values, business ethics and attorney-client privilege. 

Our History

Sami Habayeb established his legal practice in 1965 in Amman, Jordan to provide legal services to local and international clients. Sami obtained his law degree from Jerusalem, Palestine and qualified there. He then practiced the legal profession in Lebanon and Syria, before settling in Jordan. 

PRACTICE AREAS

The firm represents several local and international corporations investing or operating in Jordan. The firm provides a wide range of legal services including general legal consultations on day-to-day operation of business in Jordan, due diligence, entry into the market, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, liquidations, and real estate transactions.

The firm’s clientele operates in the fields of Maritime Law, aviation, technology and telecommunications, engineering and construction, taxation, banking and compliance, advertising and media, agriculture, retail, consumer products.

The firm advises local and international clients on matters relating to registration of intellectual property and represents its clients in criminal and civil disputes over intellectual property infringement. 

The firm has a proven-track record of combating the entry of counterfeit and grey goods into the Jordanian market.  

The firm, in this regard, also handles, on behalf of its clients, all matters related to the Registrar of Trademarks, the Customs Department, the Jordan Food and Drug Administration, the Jordan Standards and Metrology Organisation, the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, as well as the Duty–Free Corporation. 

The firm advises several international contractors and engineering firms with respect to their entry (and exit) and operation in Jordan. This involves also handling all registration and licensing requirements.

 The firm’s clients operate in the fields of civil, maritime, electromechanical, and renewable energy projects in Jordan where they advise said clients on the legal aspects of their operations. It also drafts and negotiates construction contracts, sub-contract agreements, including contracts based on FIDIC. 

The firm continues to represent several contractors in complex construction disputes before the Jordanian courts, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. Members of the firm have experience in the technicalities of delay and quantification. The firm also consults with several local and international experts and consultants in the fields of engineering and construction.   

The firm has represented and continues to represent some of the internationally leading protection and indemnity clubs (P&I Clubs)  as well as shipping companies. The firm pioneers in its experience in Maritime Laws and related international conventions, and has obtained landmark precedents before the Jordanian Courts in this field.

The firm has extensive experience in employment disputes as well as day-to-day employment matters. The firm acts as its clients’ point of contact on all such matters with the relevant parties and continuously ensures clients’ compliance at all times with all related legislation.

With over 50 years of experience, the firm represents clients in civil, corporate and commercial,  engineering  and   construction, intellectual property, maritime, aviation, banking, agricultural, insurance, retail, labour, property, telecommunication, and tax disputes in both Jordanian courts and arbitrations. 

The firm has obtained landmark judgments by the Jordanian courts in the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, agency and distribution relationships, as well as construction, maritime, and intellectual property disputes.  

Members of the firm are also regularly engaged, as counsel and arbitrators in ad-hoc arbitrations under the Jordanian Law of Arbitration as well as international arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, IICRA and DIAC. 

The firm continuously updates its clients on all changes under  applicable legislation to ensure compliance with the Jordanian laws, regulations and practices at all times.

MEET OUR TEAM

We grow daily, adding experts who share our collaborative spirit, ensuring we assemble the perfect team for your unique business needs.

PARTNERS

Managing Partner
Partner

LAWYERS

Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Senior Associate