Al Tamimi & Company launched its office in Jordan during September 2008 having taken over the practice of respected firm Hamarneh & Saqqaf. The office consists of a team of respected lawyers who are specialists in the proceedings of the Jordanian legal system. The office provides advisory and litigation expertise in establishing and licensing businesses in Jordan as well as setting up companies and corporations in all variations. The Jordan office can also assist foreign investors with business solutions for entering and setting up in Jordan.

Through continuous support from the vast network in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq, Al Tamimi & Company will bring the full strength and level of service that the practices already provide to the Jordan office. The office provide the following legal servies to clients:

• Joint ventures and partnerships

• Shareholder agreements

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Telecommunications

• Shipping, Aviation & Insurance

• Transactional and corporate advisory

• Commercial agencies, distributorships, licensing and franchising

• Capital markets and security issues

• Initial public offerings

• Projects: Infrastructure, power, oil & gas.

• Banking and finance

• Registration, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including trademarks, copyrights and patents

• Litigation and arbitration, especially in corporate and commercial disputes and in intellectual property infringement matters

• Alternative dispute resolutions

• Property and construction

• Labour and employment

• Localisation/standardisation of agreements and documents