Corporate/Commercial
Global Guide 2024 : Jordan
Band 1
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Provided by Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
Corporate/Commercial
We provide comprehensive legal services to our local and foreign clients in a wide range of business matters, including company formation/transformation, local and foreign business expansions, technology transfer, agency, distributorship and licensing arrangements, governance, compliance, employment and antitrust matters. We have exceptional experience in complex corporate/commercial matters, which enables us to render tailored, high-quality services to all our clients.
Banking and Finance
We have vast experience and know-how in representing local and international banks in a wide range of complex finance transactions, products, and services. Particularly, our attorneys have thorough expertise in sophisticated cross-border financing arrangements, capital markets transactions, as well as bank acquisitions.
Projects
As a market leader, we provide fully integrated legal service for all aspects of project matters, including project structuring, legal due diligence and drafting services. Our attorneys are well positioned to represent any party to a project transaction, having represented project sponsors, project companies, lenders, international organisations, and government agencies, among others, across a broad range of industries. Notably, we take a solution-orientated approach to deliver practical, creative solutions for complex projects, and have been substantially involved in structured finance, construction transactions, and government contracts.
Chambers Review
Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates has a prominent position in the transactional sphere. Its strong bench of well-recognised lawyers are adept in assisting clients with the full suite of corporate transactions and financings in Jordan, including project developments, acquisitions and group restructurings.
Work Highlights
- The law firm advised a Meridiam-led consortium on all aspects of a proposed water desalination plant valued at USD2 billion.
Notable Practitioners
Sharif Ali Zu'bi is a well-recognised lawyer with a wealth of market knowledge. He has a particularly in-depth understanding of government relations, drawing on his prior experience as Jordan's Minister of Justice.
Jumana Toukan has extensive knowledge of project finance matters. She advises an impressive list of clients, including several major consortiums, mining and energy concerns. She is regularly seen acting for lenders on major energy projects.
"I hold her in high esteem."
Khaled Asfour maintains a notable corporate practice in Jordan which sees him advise well-known regional companies, including major energy and banking clients, on numerous high-profile transactions. He is also noted for his particular strength in financings.
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Members
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Clients
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AES, Aergen, Citibank, EBRD, Jordan Phosphates and others.
Industries
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Aerospace, Banks, Construction, Energy, Financial Services, Food Products, Soft Drinks, Government, Health Care, Insurance, Mining, and others.