Premier Chambers

From providing legal advice to our clients in the incorporation stage of their business to operation of business and liquidation, we provide a wide range of services to our corporate clients. We also assist our clients in obtaining various registrations, licenses, approvals and permissions, relevant to the daily and specific operation of their businesses. In addition to this, we provide company secretarial services, directorship services and registered address to suit the requirements of our clients.

This being another key practice area of the firm, we have extensive experience in advising our clients in conducting their business operations while strictly adhering to the relevant laws and regulations governing different areas of business. Our clientele in this area comprises of both small and major corporations as well as joint-venture companies.

We have in our team, well-trained lawyers with knowledge of principles of Shari’ah and local law, to assist our clients in the court processes involving inheritance, family and matrimonial disputes. From assisting in the completion of the formalities and requirements in relation to these often-complicated processes to representing our clients’ interests at the Maldivian courts, we provide a wide array of services related to this field.

Our team comprises of attorneys with years of experience in matters relating to family law with the capacity to provide our clients with solutions tailored to their own sensitive problems through efficient and attentive representation.

We are actively involved in assisting our clients in the protection of their intangible assets, despite this area of law being relatively new to the Maldives and the legal protection from infringement of intellectual property rights being quite limited in the Maldives. The services that we provide include advising and assisting in trademark and logo registrations and renewals, as well as filing complaints to the relevant authorities on infringement of the rights of our clients, based on the level of protection offered under the existing laws and regulations relating to this area in the Maldives.

Having gained relevant practical experience in these matters, our attorneys are qualified to attend to specific disputes involving copyright infringement and other disputes relating to infringement of clients’ intellectual property rights. In addition to this, we also advise foreign companies in the protection of intellectual property rights under the existing legal framework of the Maldives.

We provide legal advisory services tailored to our clients’ needs, in order to assist them in achieving their desired outcomes in employment matters. We offer comprehensive and efficient services to individual and corporate clients in drafting and vetting of employment contracts and the resolution and settlement of employment disputes.

Possessing extensive knowledge and experience in this area of law, our attorneys represent both employees and employers in employment disputes at the Employment Tribunal and Maldivian courts at all stages.

We provide advice in a wide variety of civil and commercial disputes with the objective of helping our clients resolve their disputes in the most efficient manner, whether through litigation or mediation. Our attorneys have had great success in handling complex litigation for a variety of clients in various sectors.

Our areas of expertise in this regard include commercial litigation, disputes involving breach of contract, labour disputes, finance and securities litigation, construction litigations, debt recovery and enforcement proceedings at the lower courts, the High Court and the Supreme Court of the Maldives.

The scope of work we handle in this area includes, title searches, legal due diligences on the property concerned, drafting and finalising agreements for buyers and sellers, as well as financiers related to real estate projects. In this regard, we provide advice and assistance to our clients in a manner that serves their best interest within the legal framework. As we have been advising construction companies and other corporations in relation to real estate development projects, our attorneys have valuable experience in advising many international clients in relation to major real estate projects in the Maldives, such as construction of resorts and other investment projects.

We are also well-versed in transactions involving ownership, tenancy and conveyance of property. Our attorneys are experienced in advising, negotiating, drafting, reviewing and finalising agreements related to the sale and transfer of interests in land and properties by way of gift, conveyance, assignment and mortgage.