Hadi Mashal & Associates

Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions

Through the year our partners have advised local and international companies across all industry sectors on general corporate issues including company formation, structuring and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, conducting comprehensive due diligence, drafting shareholder agreements, providing high quality day-to-day legal advice and services to companies and clients.

“Your Business is our priority.”

Key aspects of the firm’s work includes:

• corporate representation and legal advice
• mergers and acquisitions
• formation of local companies
• shareholder agreements
• private equity
• labor and employment matters
• establishment of branch and representative offices of foreign companies
• commercial agencies
• corporate structuring and restructuring solutions for share and asset acquisitions
• enhanced due diligence
• regulatory and compliance

Labour and Employment

We represent both companies and individuals in labour law matter. We provide day-to-day legal advice on all employment issues relating to the conduct of business in the Palestine, starting form recruitment and drafting employment contracts to termination and the challenges and legal implications in between, our team advise on a wide range of employment matters to including but not limited to:

• Drafting of employment contracts,
• Employee entitlements,
• Termination of employment,
• Employment HR Manuals, and codes of conduct,
• Drafting and negotiating collective labour agreements,
• Confidentiality agreements,
• Reorganization and restructuring of businesses, companies and institutions for technical reasons and/or losses,
• Non-competition and non-solicitation agreements,
• Intellectual property protection,
• Employee incentive plans including provident funds and stock options plans,
• Breach of fiduciary duties of directors and employees
• Workers’ compensation liability

We also act as legal counsels in employment related disputes before all Palestinian courts and labour authorities.

Real Estate

We provide legal service on a wide range of matters with respect to real estate. Our clients range from local corporation, private individuals and Palestinians in the diaspora. our services include:

• land settlement and registration procedures.
• inheritance of real property
• land acquisition and development
• long term and short-term leasing (residential, commercial and retail)
• landlord and tenant advice
• dispute resolution and litigation
• municipal regulatory and zoning matters
• drafting and negotiating sale and purchase of real property
• drafting and negotiating real estate development contracts
• real estate management
• commercial real estate transactions
• reparcellation of real estate and joint ownership
• escrow agreements and arrangements in the process of sale of real property.

Civil & Commercial Litigation

Litigation is becoming increasing complex, our firm represents business entities and individuals in complex Commercial,, Real Estate , Employment, Banking, IP, and select Criminal Cases before local courts in Palestine. Our firm boasts a full service Litigation Practice. We have represented a full range of clients from governmental bodies to private and public sector companies to private individuals in high profile litigation in real estate, banking and commercial disputes. Our partners and associates are highly qualified and experienced practitioners, our success track record in and outside the court room is unparalleled, as we understand the importance of effective and economically viable dispute resolution, we act based on solid legal and commercial judgment to manage our clients’ risk.

Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Our firm has significant experience in arbitration procedures, mediation, and settlement of commercial and civil disputes. we have represented public, local and international clients in arbitration proceedings in disputes in the fields of construction, development and infrastructure.

We believe that the best interest of our clients entail fast and amicable resolution of any dispute and to avoid lengthy court procedures

Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

We provide a full range of intellectual property services, our IP department has extensive experience in the fields of registration and protection of trademark and copyright portfolios. We also defend and enforce intellectual property rights, if necessary; we can bring protective actions for our client’s intellectual property in Palestine .

The Law Firm has the experience, resources, and versatility to handle even the most complex intellectual property issues efficiently and economically.

The practice covers the following:

• Trademark registration and protection
• Enforcement & Litigation
• Copyright
• Labeling Compliance
• Consumer Protection
• Unfair Competition