Zu’bi & Partners, Attorneys & Legal Consultants

The labour laws of Bahrain are continuously developing and changing. As a result of globalisation, employment matters today normally have both a cross-border and local dimension to them. Our team of local experts alongside our international lawyers provide commercially sound practical advice, tailored to our clients’ individual commercial needs.

Our clients come from a broad section of industries and include large multinational corporations, banks and other financial institutions, tech IT companies and telecommunication companies.

The following are some of the key areas on which we provide advice:

Drafting and advising on employment contracts and termination
Litigation and employment disputes
Corporate restructuring, mergers & acquisitions
HR policies and employee regulations
Resolving labour disputes
Assisting with fulfilling labour-related regulatory requirements

Intellectual Property (IP) has become one of the most valuable assets of both companies and individual entrepreneurs. The establishment, protection and exploitation of IP rights has therefore become one of the most significant aspects of a booming economy, often underlying the success of businesses and industries across entire commercial sectors.

We provide our clients with a comprehensive service relating to the acquisition, registration, protection, enforcement and commercial exploitation of IP rights, both in Bahrain and internationally.

We advise clients on all areas of IP law including:

Copyrights
Patents
Trade Marks

Business disputes are inevitable in today’s complicated, global marketplace. We have a strong dispute resolution team, and offer both litigation, arbitration and ADR. We aim to avoid litigation as much as possible, and our team of lawyers are exceptionally good at assessing our clients’ risks and possible liabilities before they arise.

Where litigation is unavoidable, we have an outstanding reputation for winning. Where arbitration and other forms of ADR are the best option, our lawyers are experienced in developing problem-solving strategies suited to the individual client’s commercial objectives.

With an expert M&A team, Zu’bi & Partners is one of the few law firms in the region with the global capacity and experience to provide assistance to clients on M&A transactions, whether in Bahrain, elsewhere in the GCC or globally. We are well versed in the markets in which our clients operate, allowing us to maintain a commercial approach that optimizes efficiency, reduces costs and enhances effective deal execution

Whatever their niche, we can help clients close deals in many industries, including automotive, construction, defence, energy, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, media and entertainment, mining, oil and gas, retail, semiconductor, shipping, technology, telecommunications and transportation.

We have taken the lead in devising creative deal structures, designing acquisition programmes and planning and implementing strategies for both acquirers and potential acquisition targets in domestic and cross-border transactions around the world. Our global transactions include:

Cross-border and domestic deals
Public and private acquisitions
Equity investments and divestments
Joint ventures
Leveraged buyouts
Tender & exchange offers
Unsolicited offers and defences to unsolicited offers
IPOs
Privatizations
Proxy contests
Spin-offs and dispositions
Negotiated acquisitions, including acquisitions of financially troubled companies