Alem & Associates
Alem & Associates' 'very knowledgeable, resilient, and resourceful' team is highly regarded for its strength in handling the gamut of corporate law, including joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, cross-border acquisitions, restructurings and corporate governance matters. Mohamed Alem and Rola Tabsh jointly head up the practice. Senior associate Youmna Gharzouzi is noted for advising on M&A and corporate restructuring.
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'The support received from Alem & Associates was very valuable and helpful. The team is very knowledgeable, resilient, and resourceful.'
Key clients
- McKinsey Electronics Group
- Lucid Investment Bank
- DIV Capital SAL
- Schlumberger
Work highlights
- Advising Mission Laique Française on the regulatory aspects of a transaction.
- Advising an international F&B Group on corporate restructuring.
- Advising the shareholders of GLB Invest SAL Offshore on the sale of a full equity stake to several foreign investors.
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Leading individuals
Mohamed Alem is the founder and senior partner of Alem & Associates and focuses his practice on alternative dispute resolution, energy, and complex commercial cross-border transactions. Mohamed advises public and private clients on concession in energy projects, roads and public lighting, PPP projects, energy generation and distribution, and maintenance works of industrial and petrochemical facilities. With more than 20 years of experience in international and domestic arbitration, as well as commercial transactions with special emphasis on real estate, telecommunication, foreign direct investment, financial structuring and aviation. Mohamed Alem has built a regional reputation as one of the leading Arab lawyers operating in the Middle East region. Mohamed Alem is often requested to advise Governments and State owned enterprises on legislative reforms and regulatory developments as benchmarked to international best practices. He is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences on a multitude of current legal subjects.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mohamed Alem, Rola Tabsh