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Finance
Bankruptcy and Corporate Re-Structuring
Corporate Law and Securities Regulations
Taxation - Local & International
Acquisition and Merger
Our firm contains specialists in key areas such as tax, employee benefits, environmental regulation, intellectual property and real estate. The bulk of our mergers and acquisitions practice consists of negotiated transactions, including auction transactions, where we have responsibility for all phases of the project, including structuring, due diligence investigation, negotiation, documentation, securing necessary regulatory approvals, and closing. We advise clients on all phases of acquisitions, ranging from anti-takeover strategies, responding to acquisition offers (whether solicited or unsolicited) and advising proxy contestants, to structuring acquisitions, making acquisition offers, and arranging public and private financing.
Our extensive international legal network often allows us to include a specialist from our client's home jurisdiction in the transaction team, which can facilitate tax planning and other aspects of the transaction. Many of our attorneys are multilingual, reflecting the substantial international component of our practice.
Bankruptcy and Corporate Re-Structuring
The Law Firm of Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser's attorneys have extensive experience in the corporate aspects of bankruptcy, planning and negotiating of restructuring and claims trading, distressed asset acquisitions, litigation involving creditors' rights issues, plan confirmation, asset valuation and asset recovery. We also have experience in cases in numerous industry sectors throughout the Middle East and in insolvency proceedings and workouts worldwide. Our attorneys are experienced in all aspects of a case from its inception through confirmation, including litigation and appeals, as well as undertaking improper transfer investigations, asset recovery litigation, administrative matters, debtor-in-possession financing issues, cash collateral issues, leasehold issues, valuation issues, automatic stay issues, plan of reorganization negotiations, and plan of reorganization confirmation issues.
Our Bankruptcy and Corporate Re-Structuring attorneys often work closely with attorneys from other departments in the firm who specialize in the numerous practice areas which arise in bankruptcies, including issues involving aircraft leasing and finance, benefits and employment law, construction law, corporate law, customs, energy and natural resources, entertainment, environmental, structured finance, high technology, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, securities, tax and telecommunications.
Banking and Finance
Our firm's attorneys have considerable knowledge in advising banks, borrowers, and other financial institutions on a wide range of matters, both domestically and internationally. Our expertise includes bank collections, bank fraud, banking contracts, banking litigation, commercial loans, foreign exchange, international loans, letter of credit enhancement, offshore banking, retail banking, security law, commercial finance, debt and equity finance, financial institution law, taxation, project financing, and offshore financing. Our primary strength is our ability to deliver competent, coordinated advice on cross-border transactions. We are able to bring money center expertise in structuring and documenting financial transactions together with the ability to tailor transactions to meet legal, regulatory and tax requirements in the locations where the financing is to be provided.
Attorneys in this area of our practice have vast experience with Islamic banking, finance and investment transactions, and one of our attorneys has extensive experience in Islamic financial law. We are experts in bankruptcy litigation, commercial insolvency, and international and local liquidation.
Corporate Law and Securities Regulations
The firm has attorneys engaged in international and domestic corporate and securities matters. We handle mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity offerings, corporate contracts, corporate finance, corporate litigation, corporate partnerships, corporate taxation and offshore corporations.
Our firm contains attorneys experienced in international securities, securities fraud, securities litigation, securities registration, securities taxation, share issues, share purchase agreements, share- holder agreements, and shareholders disputes. We also offer advice on capital markets, foreign investment regulation, funds management, investment company law, investment partnerships, mutual funds, and offshore investments.
Debtor and Creditor
This area of our practice contains legal experts in composition, creditors rights, debt collection, debt recovery, debt restructuring, and international debt collection.
Insurance Law
Our firm provides a full range of services in insurance-related litigation and corporate advice. Our attorneys advise insurers on a wide range of policy claims and regulatory issues and are able to provide legal assistance to both insurers and policyholders in professional indemnity matters. Services include advising on new insurance product development and policy drafting, issues of coverage and liability under a variety of policies, including life, health, income protection, professional indemnity, marine, personal accident, legislation affecting insurers and policyholders, and relationships between insurers, brokers and insurance intermediaries. We have extensive local and worldwide contacts in the insurance industry.
International Investment
The Law Firm of Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser provides valuable advice to our clients, both nationally and internationally, concerning the issues of incorporation and its implementation, partnerships, and sponsorship agreements. The firm's experts also keep current on the applicable governmental regulations governing national and foreign investments in Saudi Arabia and how these may be used to the benefit of our clients. We provide investment advice acceptable to Islamic financial institutions and Islamically acceptable real estate financing methods. Our attorneys are familiar in Capital Markets, Financial Services Law, Foreign Investment Regulation, Funds Management Investment, Company Law, Investment Partnerships, Mutual Funds, and Offshore Investments.
Litigation
Our firm is adept in handling everything from small investigations to the most complex disputes in the courts throughout the nation. We offer the combination of big-firm resources, experienced attorneys who actually try high-exposure cases on a regular basis, and the personal reliability of a small, accountable practice. Our attorneys are well-equipped to represent financial institutions and other secured and unsecured creditors, debtors in possession, creditors and other committees, and other committees, and indenture trustees wherever located.
Taxation - Local & International
Our firm deals with all areas of corporate taxation with an emphasis on large and complex commercial transactions. We specialize in advising clients on complex tax aspects of domestic and international transactions and offer tax planning services to reconcile the effects of tax laws of different countries and to help clients benefit from the differences in the international application of tax laws. Our taxation group attorneys specialize in domestic and international taxation, offshore taxation, personal taxation, sales tax, tax law, income tax on foreigners, and Zakat.
Our Areas of Practice
General Corporate | Transportation | Construction | Government | Natural Resources | Technology
The Law Firm Of Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser
P.O. Box 50100 Jeddah 21523
Saudi Arabia
TEL: (966-2) 664 5666; FAX: (966-2) 661 1352
Email: info@lfkan.com
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