Arbitration and commercial disputes practice led by Tariq K. Alhasan. Depth in FIDIC construction, international arbitration, and cross-border matters. Measured advice, rigorous advocacy, reliable outcomes.

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Overview

Business-first corporate and commercial counsel across the contract lifecycle, shareholder and joint venture arrangements, M&A execution support, governance frameworks, and calibrated risk allocation.

Workstreams

  • Commercial contracts: strategy, drafting, negotiation, playbooks, and contract operations
  • Shareholder and JV structures: governance, exits, deadlock and dispute mechanisms
  • M&A support: buy- and sell-side diligence, SPA/SHA negotiation, CPs and closing
  • Corporate governance and compliance: policies, delegations, committees, and reporting
  • Competition, distribution, and agency frameworks; franchise and licensing
  • Risk allocation: limitation and exclusion of liability, indemnities, warranties, caps, baskets

Typical mandates

  • Master supply, distribution, services, and technology agreements
  • Shareholders’ agreements, JV formation and restructuring, minority protections
  • Term sheets, heads of terms, and exclusivity arrangements
  • Pre-transaction legal due diligence and red-flag reporting
  • Governance audits and board/shareholder approvals
  • Transitional services, outsourcing, and data-processing arrangements

Deal documents

Term sheets and heads of terms; NDAs and MOUs; shareholders’ agreements and JV agreements; share and asset purchase agreements; distribution, franchise, and agency contracts; services, licensing, and SaaS agreements; board and shareholder resolutions; conditions precedent and closing deliverables; data-processing and data-sharing agreements.

Service scopes

Retainers or project-based engagements; contract portfolio refresh and playbooks; virtual GC and secondments; governance reviews and compliance frameworks.

Cross-border transactions

Choice-of-law and enforceability analysis; foreign investment, sanctions, and export-control checks; multi-jurisdictional signing and closing mechanics; translation and local counsel coordination.

Process

Scoping and strategy → Diligence and issue list → Drafting and negotiation → Approvals and signing → Closing and implementation

Deliverables

Issue list and risk matrix; draft and redline set; signing pack; closing set; governance map and delegations schedule; contract tracker.

Representative matters

  • Regional distribution suite with tiered performance metrics and step-in rights
  • Cross-border JV with reserved matters, minority protections, and exit waterfall
  • Carve-out asset sale with transitional services and data-migration plan
  • Agency network rationalization and compliant termination program