Hassan Radhi & Associates

The Founder and Senior Partner: Dr Hassan Ali Radhi

Deputy Senior Partner: Ms. Noor Hassan Radhi

Chief Executive Officer: Sayed Jaafar Mohamed Husain

Number of partners:7

Number of lawyers: 9

Number of staff: 8

Languages: Arabic, English

Firm Overview:

Hassan Radhi & Associates is a leading law firm in Bahrain with over 45 years of experience and professionalism in the legal sector. Dr Hassan Ali Radhi founded Hassan Radhi Law Office in 1974. Later, Hassan Radhi Law Office associated itself with the US legal firm Coudert Brothers and both established an international business law firm in the name of ‘Coudert Brothers in association with Hassan Radhi’ and worked together for eight years.

In 1994, Hassan Radhi & Associates came into existence with the induction of partners. Currently Hassan Radhi & Associates has eight partners including Dr Hassan Ali Radhi who is the senior partner of the firm. Other partners include; Ms Noor Hassan Radhi, Mr. Sayed Jaffer Mohamed, Mr Mohsin Al Alawi, Ms Fatima Al Ali, Mr Hassan Al Nawah, and Mr. Qassim Alfardan.

In 2015, Hassan Ali Radhi was enrolled as a Foreign Legal Consultant in the Supreme Court of Texas, USA by the State Bar of Texas. In 2017, Hassan Radhi has become Licensed before all degree of courts including Supreme Court in Sultanate of Oman.

Main Areas of Practice:

■ Banking & Finance

■ Bankruptcy & Insolvency

■ Civil

■ Commercial

■ Company Formation

■ Construction

■ Consultations

■ Contracts

■ Corporate

■ Domestic & International Arbitration

■ General Litigation

■ Insurance

■ Intellectual Property

■ Labour

■ Maritime

■ Taxation

■ Mergers & Acquisitions

■ Telecommunications

The firm renders services to banks, insurance firms, commercial enterprises, Islamic financial institutions, investment institutions, maritime entities, universities, audit firms, manufacturing, construction, ship building and repair, holding companies, international schools, airport retail operators and international legal firms located in Bahrain as well as outside.

The firm’s general practice extends to all courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities and Notary Public in Bahrain including Court of Cassation, Sharia courts and the Constitutional Court.

Arbitration:

The firm is extremely strong in arbitration and has rich experience in representing clients before arbitral panels; the firm’s lawyers have acted as arbitrators and are active in domestic and international arbitration.

Dr Hassan Ali Radhi is a Member of the LCIA Court in the London Court of Commercial Arbitration and is on the panel of arbitrators maintained by the Commercial Arbitration Centre for the States of the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. The six states are Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman. The GCC Arbitration Centre is situated in Bahrain.

Consultations:

The firm’s lawyers render consultation services on every facet of law related to business in Bahrain. The two major languages of consultation are Arabic and English. The official language of Bahrain is Arabic and the presence of bi-lingual Arabic/English lawyers enhances the firm’s values besides specialised English and Arabic lawyers. The lawyers have been educated at prestigious universities from Bahrain, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Jordan and Bangladesh.

Contracts:

International clients would like to see the documents drafted in English. Any document that needs to be notarised in Bahrain must be in Arabic. The firm excels in preparation of bilingual Arabic/English contracts in order to cater to both needs. The firm regularly drafts and reviews contracts for clients in English, Arabic and bilingual.

Company Formation:

The firm regularly advises clients on company formation and assists the clients in company formation-joint stock company, limited liability company, single person company-and assumes the entire tasks until the commercial registration number is obtained. In addition, the firm’s lawyers act as proxies in general assembly meetings—ordinary and extraordinary—and thus give flexibility to international clients who are relieved of their duties to do mandatory exercise.

Memberships:

Hassan Radhi & Associates is the exclusive member firm in Bahrain for Lex Mundi—the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+ countries worldwide.

As part of the Lex Mundi global network, the firm can provide clients with preferred access to more than 22,000 lawyers around the world—all from a single point of contact.

Individually, each Lex Mundi member firm is a leader in its local market. Collectively, Lex Mundi firms provide global legal resources with unmatched depth and breadth. Working with other Lex Mundi firms, the firm is able to seamlessly handle clients’ most challenging cross-border transactions and disputes.

The partners have personal membership in domestic and international associations such as Bahrain Bar Society, GCC Arbitration Centre, Arab Union of Lawyers , the International Bar Association (IBA) and ISFIN (Islamic Finance).

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