ADR

Litigations generally prove to be time-consuming and costly, and ADR can be a wise choice in resolving disputes. In addition to our impressive record of courtroom achievements, we regularly utilize the ADR methods such as arbitration & mediation to meet our clients' needs.

The firm has a long standing practice of ADR since its inception in Kuwait, from the past 30 years, both domestically and internationally, which includes Arbitration, Mediation, Early Neutral Evaluation, Conciliation, independent interventions and independent review.

AGENCY & DISTRIBUTORSHIP

Commercial agencies are important to the Kuwaiti economy, which is completely dependent on imports for supply of goods and services, barring the oil and gas sector. It is a norm for the multinational corporations or foreign entities to operate through agencies and distributors.

The Firm regularly assists multinational corporations and local Kuwaiti distributors to establish agencies and distributorships in Kuwait while advising them on the legal/business terms to suite the specific business needs. We also represent our clients at various international ADR forums and local courts in Kuwait.

BANKING & FINANCE

We have one of Kuwait’s leading banking and finance practice, alongside with having the distinction of facilitating and advising on the first ever convertible Sukuk transaction in Kuwait. Our firm has successfully carried out the most difficult, demanding and innovative local and international deals for all types of clients including leading local and international financial institutions, corporate and investment banks, corporates, state-owned entities, regulatory bodies and governments.

Al Ayoub’s finance lawyers have extensive experience across the core practice areas of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), project finance, capital markets, restructuring, banking, investment funds and dispute resolution.

CORPORATE & M&A

The firm regularly works with financial institutions and business houses on financial and strategic transactions. We advise public and private companies of all sizes in various industries on a wide variety of corporate work including M&A, complex joint ventures, corporate restructurings, general commercial, antitrust and corporate governance issues. We are experienced in helping our clients find cost-effective and efficient solutions.

Our expertise, deep understanding of multifarious industries and commercial sense enables us to have a wholesome approach for corporate transactions.  This enables our clients to organize their transactions most expediently and meet their legal and business requirements.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Intellectual property is the keystone to a client’s success and survival. The firm's highly trained attorneys with multi facet experience represent clients ranging from large multinational corporations to individual inventors, authors and owners of creative works.

We have a longstanding record of success in litigating and favorably resolving intellectual property disputes, and our attorneys have experience in the major venues for intellectual property disputes across Kuwait like in litigating patent, trademark, and copyright disputes, as well as unfair practices, employment and confidentiality agreements, including non-competition and non-disclosure covenants. By tapping this experience, we assist clients to develop a litigation strategy and execute on that strategy to best resolve litigation matters.

Further, our experience also includes expertise in administrative procedures that are unique to intellectual property assets, including patent interferences and trademark oppositions.

LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

The firm offers cost effective representation concerning all aspects of employment-related legal matters. We deal with every type of labor and employment issue that confronts a business and are experienced in complex employment and employee benefits litigation, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor matters and intricate employee benefits matters. The firm also regularly advises foreign entities on labor compliance related queries.

LITIGATION

The firm manages the largest and most critical litigation challenges. The multidisciplinary culture of the firm provides an added advantage and enables us to take on any conflict regardless of its subject matter. We represent clients in a wide range of substantive commercial disputes over complex commercial instruments and commercial agreements of all forms. In addition, we help clients analyze the risk and cost of litigation and the benefits of settlement or mediation to determine the resolution that is best suited to their business objectives.

MARITIME

Our multidisciplinary Maritime lawyers offer world class legal services required to successfully accomplish a company’s business objectives and secure legal interests. We have extensive experience in all aspects of maritime laws, including maritime and logistics contracts, regulatory compliance and dispute resolution. We routinely represent well established Shipping companies, P& I Clubs, Charterers etc. in the various courts of Kuwait.

OIL & GAS

The firm renders legal advice to foreign and local entities and on all elements of the oil and gas supply chain. Our experience includes acquisitions, rendering regulatory advice, drafting & reviewing various agreements like procurement contracts, JV agreements, production sharing contracts, joint operating agreements, farm-out agreements, drilling contracts, management agreements & rig purchase agreements, and dispute resolution concerning oil & gas transactions.

TMT

The firm is Kuwait’s one of very few firms having specialisation in the technology, media and telecommunication sector. Our practice consists of regulatory, corporate and transactional, dispute resolution, intellectual property, and legislative work in the TMT industry.

Kuwait has strict policies on advertisements, use of certain kinds of technologies and software, internet content and publications etc. We regularly advise clients on compliance related issues and represent foreign entities in various government departments.

In addition, we also assist government entities and multinational corporations in drafting, reviewing and negotiating on all kinds of Contracts related to procurement of technology services and products.