Elham Ali Hassan & Associates

Our corporate and commercial expertise crosses from incorporating new businesses and partnerships, organizing shareholder agreements and affairs, structuring and restructuring of assets, managing mergers and acquisitions, carrying out legal due diligence, drafting and reviewing agreements relating to both investments and divestments in connection with the purchase and sale of assets and real estate or intellectual property, managing distributions and winding-down of investments, assisting with shareholder and general assembly meetings, advising on corporate governance and anti-money laundering compliance, and competition antitrust reviews and submissions, to advising on investment structure and vehicle, creation of trusts, and assisting family offices.

We advise on data protection issues, employment matters and labor unions, intellectual property, multinational corporate concerns (agencies, distributions, franchises), ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) disclosures, review of economic substance reporting (ESR), filing of audited financial reports, and we handle corporate secretarial services and filings generally. These services are provided to a wide range of industries of varying scale both on a local and cross-border basis, directly with client in-house teams, and seamlessly through international legal counsel.

We represent local and international clients in civil and commercial litigation, mediation and arbitration, criminal complaints and prosecutions, and representation before tribunals. These services relate to disputes concerning amongst others, partnership, investment, agency, trust, financial or commercial claims, insurance or compensation claims, termination of contract and controversies relating thereto, lease, eviction, or property issues, employment and labour disputes, bankruptcy and reorganization, recovery of assets or funds, protection of intellectual property, defaults, licensing and administrative matters, fraud, forgery, breach of trust, mismanagement, financial crime, and other disagreements or claims.

Additionally, we assist with enforcement of foreign judgements and arbitral awards, we handle execution of judgements once they have been given execution force, and we advise on public policy and jurisprudence issues. We act as Bahrain law experts to foreign courts and tribunals.

We represent clients at various levels of litigation and appeal including the Court of Cassation. We represent clients in judicial panel claims and arbitrations before the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR) as well as other institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. We represent clients in constitutional appeals as well as adjudications and enforcement proceedings.

We believe that thoroughly understanding a case, efficient management, keeping clients fully informed, and setting realistic expectations form the cornerstone of a successful dispute resolution team. A mutual party settlement is always an ideal outcome when possible.