Founded in 1976, Naji Beidoun Advocates & Legal Consultants (NBALC) is now managed by Ms. Claire Grainger as Senior Partner and head of Corporate/Commercial with Ms. Fairouz Addeen as Legal Director and head of litigation.
NBALC is a UAE-based law firm, specialising in the areas of constructions, infrastructure, technology and property, providing advice and representation to corporate, government and individuals clients with respect to drafting and negotiating contracts, corporate structuring for new projects and dispute resolutions. As NBALC represents a range of clients within the market, this ensures that the team keep up-to-date with terms that are currently being disputed in arbitration/litigation and thus pass on this knowledge into drafting and negotiating new contracts.
NBALC’s goal was to create a boutique firm catering to the needs of a few select clients within the firm’s chosen industry sector. All of the professionals working within NBALC have been selected for their experience appropriate to the industry and the region and importantly the ability to communicate in the mother tongue of that region. NBALC aims to provide uncompromisingly high-quality legal advice to companies, financial institutions, individuals, insurers and international service providers, including law firms, among others in:
Our team of highly experienced, internationally qualified lawyers have extensive local and international knowhow in the fields of:
At Naji Beidoun we serve blue-chip companies with local and international interests, local family-run businesses, and private individuals.
As well as providing comprehensive legal advice, we have the right to appear before all UAE courts and arbitration centres.
Founded in 1976
50 people in their team
Decades of experience help us to resolve disputes swiftly and effectively.
Whilst differences may arise between contracting parties at any given stage of a transaction or project, these can often be resolved prior to resorting to litigation or arbitration. Our priority is to ensure that the simplest and most cost-effective commercial solution is put into place, based on a thorough understanding of the nature of the dispute and the parties’ positions.
Previous experience advising on all forms of dispute include:
Whether you are looking for mutual gains, reducing competition, or acquisitions, our legal framework can help you achieve your goals.
Commercially aware and sound, our team of lawyers assist you in each step of the process, offering practical and responsive advice on the intricacies of business setup and running regionally and internationally.
Some of the multiple working matters that we engage in within the corporate and commercial practice are
Our team has extensive knowledge and experience in complex projects for Government and Multinational companies both locally and internationally.
Our in-depth understanding of industry projects and a hands-on approach in Europe and the MENA region facilitate, amongst other things, the otherwise time-consuming process of briefing lawyers about the technical intricacies of projects.
Through the years we have engaged in various industry projects including:
NALBC has the right credentials and expertise to ensure that the legal advice is provided efficiently, in line with its Client’s commercial objectives and in accordance with NBALC’s ethos to provide only top quality legal services.
Over and above the highest standards of technical expertise and being commercially focused, there are a number of very strong reasons to consider the appointment of NBALC’s as preferred legal services adviser.
These reasons can be summarised as follows:
