The practice works alongside companies and decision-makers from early assessment through negotiation, contracting, crisis management and dispute resolution.
Ongoing counsel to executives, boards and shareholders on important decisions, negotiations and high-risk situations. Each matter is assessed from multiple angles to provide a clear, defensible course aligned with the company’s commercial objectives. Engagements may be project-based or structured as ongoing external general counsel.
Advice on structuring and documenting investment agreements and complex collaborative projects, from formation through exit or termination. Selection and design of suitable vehicles for joint ventures, civil partnerships, consortia and other forms of commercial cooperation. Governance, funding, allocation of risk and returns, transfers of interest and dispute-resolution mechanisms.
Advice and representation in cross-border commercial contracts and disputes, particularly those involving sale of goods, carriage, payment and performance of international obligations. Design of dispute-resolution clauses and conduct of commercial arbitration through recognition and enforcement. Seamless coordination with foreign counsel in multi-jurisdictional matters.
Specialist representation in shipping and maritime and land-transport disputes involving owners, charterers, carriers, cargo interests and insurers. Charterparty and bill-of-lading disputes, cargo claims, vessel arrest and release, and maritime claims. Advice on vessel sale, purchase and management, contractual liabilities, and the insurance and operational risks of carriage.
Representation and advice in complex contractual and corporate disputes, from early risk assessment and dispute strategy through negotiation, litigation and settlement. Drafting, review and interpretation of commercial agreements with equal regard to legal rigour and business reality. Claims involving breach, termination, damages and the liability of directors and shareholders.
Representation in disputes involving banking facilities, security, guarantees, brokerage services and capital-markets relationships. Review of transaction structures, debt calculations and the compliance of financial institutions with contract and regulation. Challenges to enforcement instruments and disputes involving guarantees, auctions and debt recovery.
Representation in complex title, registration and real-estate disputes, including competing instruments, challenges to registration proceedings, transfer claims, termination and invalidity. Development and construction joint-venture agreements and disputes among owners, developers and investors. Matters involving notarial deeds, security interests, auctions and registration enforcement.
Specialist representation before Iran’s Administrative Justice Court, focused on judicial review of decisions and actions by administrative and public authorities. Challenges to specialised boards and commissions, government bodies, municipalities and regulators. Close analysis of statutory powers, procedural fairness, the right to be heard and the legality of administrative action.
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