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 shipping, aviation, technology and telecommunications, engineering and construction, taxation, banking and compliance, advertising and media, agriculture, retail and 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 combatting 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 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.
