The corporate and commercial department at Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri acts for a diverse range of clients across a spectrum of industries, including technology, private equity, logistics, and oil and gas. The team stands out for its significant expertise in transactional matters, often overseeing some of the most complex matters in the market involving multiple jurisdictions, stakeholders or novel areas of law. Ahmed Jaafir and Frank Lucente jointly lead the team, with Jaafir's extensive transactional experience, including in M&A, foreign investment and IPOs, complementing Lucente's background and experience with Australian and Asian jurisdictions and high-value multinationals. Senior associate Samiya Mitha has been active in the team's local and international restructuring, incorporation and acquisition mandates.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team are very knowledgeable and easy to work with.’

  • ‘Ahmed is very personable.’

  • ‘Their scope of expertise is wide.’

  • ‘Very customer focused partner, drilling down to understand the client requirement. Very much available on short notice.’

Key clients

  • Investment Holding Group
  • Ericsson
  • Loro Piana
  • Dolphin Energy
  • FIFA
  • Masraf Al Rayan
  • Microsoft
  • Ferrari
  • Sinopec
  • Glaxosmithkline
  • Commerzbank
  • MasterCard
  • Azumi

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ahmed Jaafir, Frank Lucente

Other key lawyers

Samiya Mitha