Corporate, Commercial, M&A and Joint Ventures

Overview

We provide companies, investors and entrepreneurs with integrated legal support throughout the full corporate and commercial lifecycle—from selecting the appropriate legal structure and establishing the business to regulating shareholder and partner relationships, drafting commercial contracts, managing negotiations, and advising on growth, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and exit arrangements. Our team combines legal expertise with a practical understanding of business, enabling clients to establish clear corporate structures, enter into enforceable commercial agreements, and allocate responsibilities and risks in a manner that protects their legal and commercial interests.

How We Support Clients

We begin by understanding the client’s business, investment objectives and the nature of the proposed transaction. We then determine the appropriate legal structure, due diligence scope, required approvals and licences, and the principal documents governing the relationship between the parties. Our team prepares and reviews corporate and commercial documents, manages negotiations, coordinates signing and closing, and follows through on registrations, amendments and post-closing actions. We also provide continuing legal support to executive management, boards, sales, procurement and operational teams.

Regional And Cross-Border Work

For regional and cross-border matters, we align investment structures, corporate documentation and commercial agreements with the legal and regulatory requirements applicable in each jurisdiction. We review governing law, jurisdiction, arbitration, prevailing language, payment, delivery, tax and security provisions. Through the Firm’s presence in Cairo, Riyadh and Doha, clients benefit from a single legal point of contact coordinating documents, approvals, negotiations and closing procedures.

Our Approach

We begin by identifying the objectives of the business or transaction, the parties and jurisdictions involved, the ownership and capital structure, management authority, commercial obligations, financing and payment arrangements, security provisions, dispute resolution mechanisms and exit arrangements. We then develop a legal roadmap covering incorporation or restructuring, legal due diligence, approvals and licences, constitutional documents, commercial contracts, negotiation, signing and closing.

Our Services Include

• Formation of companies, branches and representative offices and amendment of constitutional documents.
• Shareholders’ and partners’ agreements governing management, voting rights, profit distribution and exit arrangements.
• Board and shareholder resolutions and maintenance of corporate records.
• Capital increases and reductions, transfers of shares and interests, and changes to ownership structures.
• Corporate governance frameworks, authority matrices and approval and signing policies.
• Mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings, exits and legal due diligence.
• Joint ventures, strategic alliances and investment structures.
• Letters of intent, memoranda of understanding, share or asset purchase agreements, warranties and closing conditions.
• Sale, purchase, supply, services and commercial contracting agreements.
• Distribution, agency, franchise, licensing and commercial cooperation agreements.
• Manufacturing, supply-chain and logistics agreements.
• Confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and information protection agreements.
• Bilingual agreements, tender support, negotiation and allocation of contractual risk.
• Contract interpretation, amendment, renewal, termination and breach-related notices.
• Governing law, jurisdiction, arbitration and prevailing-language clauses.
• Contract templates, contracting manuals and internal review and approval pathways.
• Continuing legal support covering licences, approvals, records, contractual obligations and periodic reporting.