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Chadbourne's Middle East and North Africa (MENA) practice draws upon the combined experience of lawyers in the corporate, securities, project finance, energy, tax, litigation, intellectual property, real estate, employment law and trusts and estates areas. Chadbourne counsels businesses with respect to their MENA activities as to acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, investments and capital raising activities in the United States and abroad. In addition, Chadbourne attorneys who joined the Firm from multilateral and bilateral agencies offer our MENA clients a wealth of experience in financing projects in such sectors as financial services, oil and gas exploration and oil field services, construction and real estate development, healthcare, education, technology, logistics and government. In addition to our office in Dubai, Chadbourne serves clients in the region through strong relationships with local law firms in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Our Dubai, New York and London offices are staffed with lawyers who are fluent in and have experience drafting and negotiating documents in Arabic, Turkish and French.

Honors

• Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2009) ranked Chadbourne & Parke (Band 2) as a leading law firm in the practice of Dispute Resolution in the Middle East.
• Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2009) ranked Chadbourne & Parke (Band 3) as a leading law firm in the practice of Corporate/Commercial law in the Middle East.
• Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (2009) ranked Daniel J. Greenwald III (Band 3) on the list of top Dispute Resolution attorneys in the United Arab Emirates.
• Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2009) ranked Chadbourne & Parke (Band 3) as a leading law firm in the practice of Dispute Resolution in the United Arab Emirates.

Corporate

Our MENA corporate practice is comprised of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and financings. In private transactions, Chadbourne advises on inbound and outbound acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, with a significant component of private equity transactions. In public transactions, we advise on a variety of privatizations and public private partnerships.  We have also advised MENA private equity funds, banks, regional companies and sovereign wealth funds in transactional as well as general corporate matters.

Project Finance

The project finance group advises MENA clients on projects (commercial), financing, refinancing, Islamic financing, capital markets, domestic and international tax, regulatory, commercial, corporate, real estate and environmental issues—virtually all aspects of international project finance—as well as bankruptcy law and litigation. The Chadbourne team has a history of involvement in the power and project finance sectors in MENA, including advising clients in respect of the first independent power projects in Tunisia, the UAE, Oman, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Litigation & Arbitration

Our litigation practice has earned an international reputation for excellence in all areas of high-stakes, high-profile, business litigation. It is a trial-oriented practice, staffed by accomplished litigators who know how to win. Over the last several years, we have represented clients in a host of billion-dollar claims, we have successfully tried dozens of cases to verdict, and we have litigated virtually every type of claim in state, federal and administrative courts in the U.S. We have also been actively involved in numerous international cases. We have managed litigations in a broad range of industries, including energy, banking and financial services, mining, telecommunications and satellites, accounting, pharmaceuticals and consumer products.

Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) have grown exponentially in recent years. Chadbourne lawyers worldwide have a wealth of experience in all forms of ADR, including ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules and arbitrations administered by such leading institutions as the International Chamber of Commerce and the AAA Centre for Dispute Resolution. We have represented U.S. and international companies involved in various diverse businesses such as manufacturing, power projects, insurance, reinsurance, consumer products and oil and gas, and we are prepared to shepherd clients through unfamiliar processes and arcane legal systems, and advise them on the proper drafting of ADR provisions for both domestic and international transactions.

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