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Our Services

Litigation

 

Our professional lawyers and legal consultants offer a full range of litigation services such as: Representing our clients in proceedings before courts of first instance, appeals and the Supreme Court of Kuwait. Handling all sorts of court cases including corporate law, commercial litigation, construction disputes, insurance cases, recovery cases, immigration and criminal cases. Furthermore, our international professional collaborations enable us to provide litigation support in foreign jurisdictions as well to our clients. Besides litigation procedures in the courts, we represent our client companies before all Kuwaiti governmental institutions, ministries, municipality, real estate registration offices, chamber of commerce etc. We also provide our clients with executive reports (quarterly or as requested by the client) in relation to tasks undertaken by our group to update the clients on the status of the case proceedings.

Contracts Drafting and Reviewing Services

 

We excel in contract drafting services for all kinds of corporate, commercial and other business contracts in both Arabic and English languages. We also review contracts and provide our legal opinion or else legal advice to our clients in relation to a variety of contracts for diverse range of businesses. A well drafted contract saves a lot of cost, time and effort of its parties during its execution by addressing all issues at the outset. Our transactional lawyers and consultants are proficient in negotiating and drafting contacts fully aligned with best interest of our clients. Our main goal is to ensure maximum legal protection for our clients in the course of any business activity they conduct under any contracts they enter into. We render legal advice on all the issues, as requested by our clients (Companies / Embassies / Banks etc.). We also prepare and draft the internal regulations required to adjust the workflow of our client companies.
 

Corporate Advisory

 

We provide incorporation and establishment services for all kinds of business entities in Kuwait e.g companies, corporates, partnerships, trusts etc. We have assisted in the establishment of several joint-venture and multinational companies in Kuwait. Arkan has also provided legal support services to many banks and companies listed on the Kuwait Stock for financial securities exchange inside and outside Kuwait. Our legal team members possess the right expertise to help our client businesses with their corporate transactions and other corporate matters in quick and efficient manner. We offer legal advice and assistance in relation to incorporation and establishment of new companies; licensing transactions; debt/loan instruments; sales and purchase of businesses; employment and consulting agreements; commercial contracts, including services agreements, partnering agreements, vendor/supplier agreements and reseller agreements. We also offer to our clients: Legal advice on industry specific rules and regulations; Legal advice in relation to financial transactions, financings instruments, human resources and other issues of commercial nature; Due diligence for the buyer, seller, target companies and their advisors; Advice on ongoing compliance with stock exchange listing rules and related regulatory instruments; Advice on handling regulatory issues for listed clients; Legal consultancy in relation to general commercial transactions such as corporate mergers & acquisitions (M&A) transactions, including public and private transactions, share and asset sales, creation of strategic alliances, joint ventures, franchising agreements, agency arrangements, service agreements, consultancy agreements and outsourcing agreements; Legal consultancy and assistance in relation to intellectual property including trademark advice, licensing agreements and registration services; Legal consultancy and assistance in relation to Shipping contracts and law.

Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

 

We offer Alternative dispute resolution services including arbitration and mediation. We handle international commercial arbitrations and international disputes in both Arabic and English. We offer arbitration services in the Kuwaiti Arbitration Court. We are experts in handling international arbitrations as arbitrators, counsellors and legal representatives for our clients at almost all international arbitration institutions such as London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Court (ICC), Centre for Dispute resolution (CEDR), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and others.

Collection of Commercial Debts.

 

In general, companies, institutions and individuals face various obstacles in relation to the collection of debts from the third parties in Kuwait. Our Legal Consultants Group has a special department to help its clients in this area, which has in fact made us one of the strongest collections experts in Kuwait to deal with third party funds collection. We follow-up the defaulters to claim debt repayment and through professional teamwork we recover legal rights of our clients. We have also successfully represented and defended clients facing creditor action following defaults under credit lines and collateral obligations, before the Kuwaiti courts, brought by a) local or international creditors b) or actions brought by state regulators and Government agencies on matters of governance and compliance. In short, we follow up on the legal cases from initial procedural steps till its closing and enforcement of court orders to collect the amounts, after successfully obtaining court judgements in favour our clients.
 

Insurance

 

Our Legal Consultants Group deals with commercial and corporate insurance work (including both arbitration and litigation), reinsurance work for major insured companies and their reinsurers and brokers. Arkan Legal Consultants Group offers advice to its clients on regulatory and compliance matters, and also offers assistance in preparation of policy drafts.

Intellectual Property

 

Our intellectual property experts deal with establishing and protecting intellectual property rights of our clients as well as defending against exploitation and infringement. We offer legal advice and support in relation to trademark registration, passing off, brand management and licensing, design and copyright identification/protection, infringements, and database rights.

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