Hourani & Partners

Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Investigations, Capital Markets

Partner

Rudolf is a partner at Hourani & Partners and a French- qualified lawyer. He represents multi-national and regional groups, private equity funds and financial institutions, including Delivery Hero (and its portfolio companies in the Middle East), Kitopi, CMA CGM, Havas, PetroRabigh, Al Muhaidib Group, Investcorp, and ECG. Rudolf’s practice covers mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, commercial litigation and arbitration, and internal investigations. He combines transactional and disputes experience, providing comprehensive strategic advice in anticipating the risks of future potential disputes and corporate governance advice to shareholders of a running business in the context of an ongoing dispute.

He is currently advising a multi-national group in the context of a multi-billion dollar shareholders’ dispute, which included conducting a large internal investigation and advising on a Dubai-seated international arbitration (DIFC-LCIA rules), litigations in various jurisdictions (including the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and providing corporate governance, M&A, antitrust, and commercial advice in relation to the underlying business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

English, French, and German

International Bar Association (Member)

Masters (post-graduate) in European Business Law, Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II) France Masters in Business Law, Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II), France M. Eur., European Business Law, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Germany M. German Law, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Germany Master in Management from ESCP Business School (Programme Grande Ecole)