Our practices
Commercial
Our commercial team offers a full range of services for both domestic and international commercial transactions to a broad spectrum of businesses from start-ups to multinational corporations across a variety of industry sectors and markets.
Hasan Anwar Rizvi
We are a full service commercial law firm covering all aspects of our clients’ transactional activity. We are well placed to advise on cross-border commercial arrangements and all related considerations, such as competition, employment and IP. We have particular expertise in assisting clients making greenfield or brownfield investments into the UAE.
The team commands a keen commercial awareness and works hard to gain a clear understanding of your business from the outset. We work with you to evaluate the potential merits/risks of a transaction against the wider backdrop of your business’ objectives and intentions. Attention to detail is of key importance.
We advise on all types of local and international commercial agreements including financial contracts vital to a corporate’s on-going business needs and investments. Our lawyers offer sector-specific technical knowledge and the legal expertise necessary to draw up tailored contractual solutions.
Our clients range from entrepreneurs, to well-established companies to non-profit entities.
Practice areas
- Agency and distribution agreements
- Copyright
- Franchise agreements
- General counsel services
- IP assignments and licences
- IP registration, licensing and strategy
- Joint venture agreements
- Non-disclosure agreements.
- Patents
- Prosecution and litigation
- Sale of goods and provision of services contracts
- Supply and licensing agreements
- Technology transfer agreements
- Terms and conditions
- Trade mark applications and contestations
- Website terms and conditions of use and disclaimers
At a glance
- Alcazar Capital Limited: corporate restructuring (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- AON Insurance Group: various corporate and regulatory matters in the UAE and the DIFC.
- Fleishman Hillard: business operations in the UAE (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- FTV Proclad Group (subsidiary of National Industries Group (NIG) of Kuwait): various corporate matters including establishment of group holding company in the DIFC (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
- Lockton (MENA) Limited: insurance brokerage operations in the DIFC.
- Marine Services Group: joint venture operations in the UAE.
- Subsidiaries of the Omnicom Group: various corporate, management and commercial matters in the GCC including establishment of free zone entities in the UAE (pre RIAA Barker Gillette).
