Expertise and Jurisdictions
We are focused on law fields that are moving and are always ready to provide services in the following specialties:
Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
Our partners serve as arbitrators, and we advise clients on arbitration and complex disputes, including international arbitration and cross-border matters involving parties and projects across multiple jurisdictions. We bring extensive experience in commercial disputes, dispute strategy, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS
We have years of experience and advise clients on corporate and commercial matters, including appropriate corporate structures and entity selection, company incorporation, corporate governance, risk management, local and cross-border transactions and projects, and strategic commercial matters. We also advise directors and officers on matters of liability and compliance, prepare company constitutive documents, develop governance processes and policies, and advise on public tenders and government contracts.
Our experience further extends to drafting a wide range of commercial contracts including, but not limited to: service and consultancy agreements; licensing, agency and franchising agreements; concession agreements; non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements; advertising agreements; event agreements; lease and rental agreements; terms and conditions, and related commercial arrangements.
TRADEMARKS & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We handle all aspects of client’s trademark portfolio, including:
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Providing pre-registration advice on the choice of marks.
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Conducting searches to determine the availability of trademarks for registration and use.
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Filing new trademark applications and prosecuting them till registration.
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Renewal and maintenance of trademarks.
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Recordals related to trademark rights such as assignment and licensing, or amendment in trademark owner details such as mergers, change of name or address, etc.
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Oppositions, cancellation and invalidation proceedings.
We handle the registration, draft copyright licenses and advise on copyright issues. We also advise on assignment and licensing of other IP rights; trade secrets, issues of unfair competition and data protection.
LEGAL TRANSLATION & BILINGUAL DRAFTING
Our multi-skilled team is academically qualified and has extensive experience in translating and bilingual drafting (Arabic and English) of various types of legal documents, ranging from powers of attorney and company constitutive documents to documents of higher complexity such as commercial contracts, court judgments and written submissions.
Our offices are located in the Republic of Sudan and United Arab Emirates.