From international e-commerce platforms to large regional developers, we advise the key players within the retail & consumer goods market across the Middle East. Our diverse team of multi-disciplinary lawyers provide hands-on and commercial advice, covering all of our clients’ legal needs. From protecting your brand to international expansion, as well as the day-to-day, we are one of the regions’ most trusted law firms in the retail sector.
We regularly provide legal and commercial advice in regard to joint venture agreements, local partner arrangements, franchising, licensing, intellectual property matters, real estate, as well as dispute resolution matters. We have rights of audience before all local courts within the jurisdictions we operate in, and we have strong relationships with local regulators.
We are often the port of call for multinational, luxury brands with their expansion plans into the Middle East. Our understanding of the retail & consumer goods market in the Middle East is unrivalled, meaning from set-up to local partner agreements to regulatory and compliance, our team acts as a trusted, commercial partner on-the-ground, where you need us.
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