Intellectual Property
- Innovation occurs at a torrid pace in today’s competitive business environment. The competitive advantage of many entrepreneurs and businesses is housed within their intellectual property. Protecting these intangible assets is essential. Equally important is enforcing intellectual property rights through litigation or other means of dispute resolution.
- MAL has a dedicated team that provides a full portfolio of contentious and non-contentious IP related legal service to help clients in advertising and marketing, entertainment and sports, development of innovative products and services, brand merchandising and marketing, technology transfer and cyber issues and also help to keep their trademarks, copyrights, patents and designs.
- Our lawyers know the critical value of IP rights. Hence, we work closely with our clients to register, infringe and enforce IP rights, mediate and handle any disputes that may occur, develop and implement brand protection strategies, prepare licensing and franchise agreements and protect trade secrets.
Construction & Infrastructure
- Our lawyers have a global perspective on construction and project development and help funding institutions, project sponsors, public authorities, contractors, and consultants to deliver major infrastructure projects by ensuring that the needs of the clients’ are met by drafting the documents and provide concise and holistic advice.
- Working across every area of the construction industry, our team is capable of assisting the entirety of a project with comprehensive, problem-avoiding strategies, providing specific advice and support to overcome issues as they arise.
- Our team guides the clients on all their construction-related legal needs, from drafting of tender, project agreements and documentation, project financing, resolution of disputes, risk allocation, and management as well, covering all major sectors including transport infrastructure (airports, ports, roads, rail, and water), oil and gas, petrochemicals, process plant, power, mining and metals, and commercial property.
- Balancing the inherent risks with our client’s commercial objectives is of paramount importance.
Real Estate
- Investors, developers, occupiers, construction consortiums, or asset managers in the real estate sector, your deals are executed to tight deadlines within a complex local legal system and need a legal team that can offer strategic support with the experience, skill, and depth of resources necessary to deliver high level of service to real estate sector participants.
- With an integrated team of lawyers, MAL advises on all aspects of real estate activity in the field of Hotel & Leisure, Education & Healthcare sector, including development, planning and construction, fund and investment structuring, property appraisal, debt financing and joint ventures.
- Our team has strong industry expertise our latitude of expertise led by a team of bilingual lawyers fluent in Arabic and English combined with market knowledge gives us insight on the full range of issues that come into play in real estate transactions.
- We also specialize in Sharia complaints and complex hybrid transactions.