corporate structuring & funding
Integrity and transparency are becoming increasingly important to achieving business success, and meeting the needs of today's informed customers, shareholders, and regulators. Our legal and governance services leverage international best practices for publicly traded and privately owned businesses throughout the Middle East. Our advice addresses the following areas:
labour and employment advice
Move your business forward by making decisions that balance both business requirements and legal issues related to local labour laws and practices. We also provide conciliation and negotiation services that bring about resolution between parties in dispute.
corporate governance
Provide advice to boards of directors and related independent committees across the Middle East in the following areas:
- appointing boards and setting fiduciary and legal responsibilities
- establishing terms of reference
- setting a governance structure
- ensuring a clear decision making matrix exists, with corporate reporting and assistance of management issues
- creating an operating rhythm
- internal investigations and handling regulatory and compliance issues
mergers & acquisitions
Our experience representing both buyers and sellers in transactions of all sizes gives us a practical approach to negotiations and sourcing funding. We can support international M&A through our cross-functional teams, developing creative financing solutions, building business plans, and providing legal services essential to the due diligence processes. Our team has experience in the following aspects of mergers and acquisitions:
- public takeovers
- private acquisitions
- leveraged buyouts
- recapitalization
- divestitures
- joint ventures
