Ms. Noor Hassan Radhi

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Leaders in Law endorses Ms. Noor Hassan Radhi as our exclusively recommended Project Finance Law expert in Bahrain. If you wish to get in touch with Noor please use the contact information provided above.

Experience and Responsibilities (Oct 1999 – to date):

Noor Radhi is Head of Banking and Finance Group at Hassan Radhi & Associates and she is managing the banking team within the company and she is highly educated and proficient with banking rules and regulations of the CBB and Bahrain Bourse. Noor is a detail oriented Banking Lawyer with highly extensive experience within the banking and financial services industry. She has solid and long practical experience with major banks and financial institutions.

Noor engaged in many due diligence and facility agreements works and she possesses very high capacity of drafting legal opinions in different legal aspects with an outstanding standards. In 2016, CHAMBERS GLOBAL awarded Noor Radhi as a Leading Individual in Corporate & Finance and Dispute Resolution.

Noor working on a range of transactions involving capital markets, mergers, acquisitions, Project Finance, Facility Agreements and also has experience in liquidation procedures, drafting legal agreements, advising on contracts, civil aviation law, commercial companies’ law, copyright law and labor law.

Beside the banking experience she is also specializes in corporate law, including company formation and registration, restructuring and liquidation, establishment of financial institutions, fund formation and preparing all relevant legal and statutory documents, due diligence for existing companies, and corporate acquisitions. She is highly experienced in a broad range of commercial and corporate matters.

Featured Transactions

  • In 2017, Noor Radhi conducted the legal procedures of the merger between Solidarity General Takaful B.S.C. (closed) and Al Ahlia Insurance Company B.S.C.
  • In 2016, Noor Radhi participated in advising the lender for Bahrain LNG Import Terminal Project (Billion $$$ Plus Project) involving many clients and many jurisdictions.

Education and Qualifications

  • School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, Master of Law (LL.M.), 2006
  • University of Kent, Bachelor of Law (LL.B.), 1999

Admission

  • In 2000, admitted to the Ministry of Justice & Islamic Affairs- Bahrain as Practiced Lawyer.
  • In 2012  licensed to practice before the Court of Cassation and the Constitutional Court of Bahrain.

Practice Areas

  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Project Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Mergers and AcquisitionsCo
  • nstruction and Infrastructure
  • Admiralty and Maritime
  • Business Crimes and Compliance
  • Employee Benefits and Pensions
  • Employment and Labor Law
  • Insolvency
  • Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Islamic Finance
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
  • Telecommunications
  • Toxic Tort and Products Liability

Languages

  • Arabic
  • English

Firm Description:

Dr. Hassan Ali Radhi founded the office in 1974, under the name “Hassan Radhi Law Office-Attorneys and Legal Consultants.” At that time, the office had only one advocate–Dr. Hassan Radhi himself. At the beginning, the office’s activities were purely local in nature, but soon began to cross international borders in view of the understanding of the need to open new professional and geographical horizons for the office. Shortly thereafter the office’s clients began to soar, and the office had the opportunity to benefit from the experience of international foreign firms located in Bahrain. Therefore, Hassan Radhi Law Office associated itself with the renowned U.S. legal firm at that time, Coudert Brothers, and both established an international business firm in the name of “Coudert Brothers in Association with Hassan Radhi”. This office specialized in business activities of international nature and multi-laws. The association continued for nearly eight years.

The office capitalized on the accumulated experience gained by it in international business, expanded, and soon began to specialize in commercial laws, particularly banking and insurance, using English language as the main language for business in these areas. Expansion and development have continued ever since, and the office has not looked back. Within a few years, Hassan Radhi Law Office topped the list of the most reputable and leading law firms in Bahrain and in the Gulf region.

With the addition of partners, the office changed its name to “Hassan Radhi and Associates-Attorneys and Legal Consultants” in 1994. Dr. Hassan Ali Radhi, Ms. Noor Hassan Radhi, Mr. Sayed Jaffer Mohammed, Mr. Abdul Jalil Al Aradi, Ms. Noora Janahi, Mr. Sayed Mohsin Al-Alawi, Ms. Fatima AlAli, Mr. Sayed Hassan AlNawah and Mr. Qassim AlFardan are the Firm’s partners. The number of attorneys presently working at the office, including the partners, is 17, apart from the trainee lawyers, paralegals and articled clerks. From the Bahraini perspective, this is a large number, thus enabling the Firm to be a leader in terms of number of lawyers besides its technical and administrative staff who comprise 8.

Hassan Radhi & Associates renders legal consultancy and advice on all facets of Bahraini laws to national and international clients.

 

Anwaar Almutawa

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Leaders in Law endorses Anwaar Almutawa as our exclusively recommended Criminal Law expert in Bahrain. If you wish to get in touch with Anwaar please use the contact information provided above.

Anwaar graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Law from Amman Al-Ahliah University (Jordan) and attended Litigation Workshops at the same University. She joined Zu’bi & Partners in 2012 after obtaining her LLB.

Since joining Zu’bi and Partners, Anwaar has been working on various litigation matters such as labour, civil and criminal. She also handles matters relevant to land registration and related activities. Anwaar is fluent in Arabic and has a working knowledge of English.

Firm Description:

The firm provides legal services across all leading sectors in Bahrain and beyond, including banking and finance, corporate, commercial, construction, energy, IT, communications, real estate, insurance, IP, to name just a few. The firm also acts for both corporate and high net worth individuals in many diverse areas, including litigation, arbitration, property, labour, trade and family law.

We are committed to providing our clients with the highest quality legal advice. In addition, we have an exceptional reputation for dealing with unconventional issues and providing innovative solutions specifically tailored to meet our clients’ legal, commercial and individual needs.

The breadth of expertise and success of the firm has been widely recognised by independent legal commentators and publications and is reflected in its client base of leaders in their fields, including both private and public institutions, government and quasi-government bodies, as well as high net worth individuals.

A diverse, multi-skilled team

Our lawyers are multicultural and multilingual, admitted to practice in many leading jurisdictions, with backgrounds in major international law firms and membership of local and international bar associations. They understand the local and international needs of our clients, and act not only as legal representatives but as trusted business advisors.

We foster an environment where people of all races, genders, religious affiliations and cultural heritage are encouraged and inspired to reach their potential. Half of our lawyers are women, and we have a good mix of local and non-Bahraini lawyers. As well as having many highly experienced Associates, we have historically nurtured local young lawyers, training them to international standards and giving them international exposure. More details can be found under our Partners and our Lawyers.

A global perspective

With clients from all over the world, it’s not just morally right to such diversity; it also makes excellent business sense.

We act as regional counsel for many foreign and local companies and represent clients across the globe from the Americas to Europe, as well as throughout the Middle East and Asia and Australia. You can see more details under our sectors.

We have also forged strategic relationships with leading regional and international law firms, specialist entities and bodies worldwide and regularly advise them on local law matters, including the issuance of legal opinions crucial to the closure of many deals. For further details, please see our business associates.

 

Adnan Amkhan Bayno

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Leaders in Law endorses Adnan Amkhan Bayno as our exclusively recommended Energy Law expert in Bahrain. If you wish to get in touch with Adnan please use the contact information provided above.

Adnan, a Chartered Arbitrator, is a highly experienced international lawyer and international arbitration practitioner, both as counsel and arbitrator. He has developed a reputation for his extensive knowledge and experience in the fields of international law, international energy law, the Energy Charter Treaty and Middle Eastern investment and commercial laws. Adnan served as Head of the Legal Affairs Department of the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels from 2000-2004, during which time he was heavily involved in the negotiation of the Transit Protocol and the drafting of Model Agreements on the transportation of energy.

Before and after his time at the Energy Charter Secretariat, Adnan has advised governments, international organizations, multinational corporations and private clients on a wide range of issues relating to international law, energy law, international investment law, international commercial arbitration, Energy Charter Treaty, and Middle Eastern and Islamic laws. Adnan has given expert legal opinions before domestic and international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

Most recently, Adnan was a member of an international legal team that advised the Government of Bahrain on the implementation of BICI’s recommendations.

In addition to his practice, Adnan has extensive academic experience: he has taught and supervised postgraduate students in a range of courses including energy security, international law, international economic law, international and European energy law, international investment and commercial arbitration, and the commercial laws of the Middle East.

Firm Description:

Mena Chambers Bahrain is a boutique law firm, a branch of the Mena Chambers group with its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Mena Chambers Bahrain provides advice to governments, companies, banks and private individuals on issues pertaining to the laws of Bahrain and other Arab jurisdictions.

Practice Areas

  • BCDR-AAA Disputes
  • Corporate, Commercial & Investment Law
  • Constructions & Real Estate Disputes
  • Energy Disputes
  • International Arbitration
  • Commercial Litigation

We are committed to providing our clients with first class legal assistance and support. Our commitment to existing and potential clients is driven by our core principles and values: trust, professionalism, transparency & integrity.

 

Loay A.Ghani Qarooni

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Leaders in Law endorses Loay A.Ghani Qarooni as our exclusively recommended Maritime Law expert in Bahrain. If you wish to get in touch with Loay please use the contact information provided above.

Senior Partner, Attorney at the Court of Cassation and Legal Advisor

Member of the Chartered Institution of Arbitrators as well as the Bahraini Bar Society where he served as a Board Member for two terms. He joined A.Ghani Qarooni & Associates in the year 1993 at age 21 while he was still a student of Law at the Beirut Arab University from which he graduated in 1996.

Upon completing his training period, his responsibilities expanded as he was then overlooking all lawsuits and matters relating to the Firm’s main clients where he quickly evolved to handle the management of the firm in the year 2002.  

His passion for Commercial Law and Companies Law led him to establish the Firm’s “Company Formation Department” in 2005. 

Loay has over 20 years of experience specializing in Litigation, Banking, Insurance, Corporate, and Maritime Law, and has been involved in all of the firm’s significant lawsuits since he joined, he is also keen to keep up with the legal principles passed by the Cassation and the Constitutional Courts in addition to current development in Laws.

Firm Description:

A. Ghani Qarooni & Associates was established in September of 1965, marking it as one of the first licensed Law Firms in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Since its establishment, the Firm has maintained its position as one of the leading Law Firms in the Kingdom of Bahrain with over 45 years of dedication to the Bahraini Legal System and its Clients. This legacy is a product of teamwork. Our success is grounded in our devotion to delivering high-quality service and developing long-term client relationship. Our approach to service begins by understanding our client’s goals; we then work to develop the necessary resources to help achieve them. We have a longstanding commitment to the welfare of our clients which we take very seriously. Our implementation of innovative approaches to the challenges of the complexity and ongoing changes the law presents has always been the key behind our success.

Over the years, we have been working very closely with our clients, advising and providing them with full range of services that targets all aspects of their legal operation. Among others, our services vary from providing legal advice to our clients’ day to day operations, drafting their main legal documents that form the backbone of their legal structure and review of their existing documents as well as providing them with consultations in the various fields of the Law.

Our extended experience in prosecuting all kinds of lawsuits before all types and levels of the Bahraini courts has also added to the quality of the services we provide. Such experience has strengthened our knowledge of the local laws, regulation and norms by which the market is controlled. Our legal library is constantly updated with the latest development and changes to the legal system in Bahrain, and our accumulated experience has constantly enabled us to provide our clients with effective and efficient responses to their urgent questions and inquiries which we understand is a vital issue in helping them make their urgent daily decisions.

Moreover, we have been recognized by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry as one of its registered Professional Bodies who are permitted to undertake the process of establishing and incorporating businesses in the Kingdom of Bahrain, allowing us to widen our working scope through assisting existing and potential investors in the Kingdom of Bahrain to startup, run and maintain their business entities

 

Zeenat Al Mansoori

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Zeenat is the managing partner at Zeenat Al Mansoori & Associates and partner at Qatari law firm Nada Al-Sulaiti & Partners. Admitted to practice law in Bahrain since 1988 and partner since 1990, Zeenat draws on over two decades of experience in legal consultation, litigation and commercial arbitration.

Zeenat represents a wide range of clients including prominent banks, private equity firms, leading multinationals and investors. Zeenat has extensive experience with financial transactions in both Shari’ah-compliant and conventional banking, insurance/reinsurnace and corporate acquisitions in Bahrain. Zeenat regularly represents property developers and advises on arrangements between hotel developers and international hotel operators.

Zeenat is admitted to practice law in front of the Court of Cassation and the Constitutional Court of Bahrain and is a member of the Bahrain Bar Society.

Zeenat is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the International Bar Association and the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre. Zeenat sits on the board of the National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and the Committee of Petition and Reconsideration of Tenders. Zeenat is also the founder of the Bahrain Consumer Protection Society and served as president from 2001 to 2006.

Zeenat has written a number of articles which have been published in local newspapers and international law journals and magazines. Zeenat often speaks at legal conferences, seminars and workshops and is guest lecturer at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance.

Areas of Practice: Banking and Finance; Insurance and Reinsurance; Corporate Acquisitions; Real Estate; Hospitatlity; Litigation; General Practice.

 

Mohamed Hasan

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Mohamed had initially joined our Bahrain office as a Legal Assistant in 2011. Mohamed qualified as an Attorney At Law in the State of New York in 2014. He has gained extensive experience advising the Government of Bahrain on a vast array of infrastructure projects in respect of housing, transport, and the oil and gas sectors. More recently, Mohamed has been involved in a wealth of transactions advising private investment houses and high net worth entities based in the Middle East on high profile joint ventures and sophisticated business transactions.

Firm Overview:

We want to be the law firm that clients turn to for help on the mandates that matter most to them, wherever in the world that may be.

To succeed, we must be widely recognised as standing apart from other firms because our people are exceptional and because we are international and integrated in the way we work, we add value in everything we do and we are uncompromisingly committed to our values.

Set out below is our statement of who we are. It embodies our ambition to be exceptional, our culture and our absolute determination that all of us will work with each other, our clients and our other stakeholders, day in day out, in the way we describe to ensure we achieve our long-term aim.

We enjoy our work and are determined to do an outstanding job, whatever our role in the firm. We observe the highest personal, ethical and professional standards in everything we do and operate with integrity at all times. We recognise that the reputation of our firm is vital to our success and we all have a duty to preserve and grow it for the long term.

We are a people business. We see diversity as a strength and value the fresh perspectives, creative ideas and connections that flow from bringing together people with different backgrounds. We want to create a welcoming, supportive environment in which all can flourish. No matter how challenging a matter or heavy our workload, in our daily interaction we must never lose sight of the essential human qualities that we prize.

We know we deliver best when working as a team rather than as individuals operating alone. Being a great colleague and working efficiently and effectively with our clients and other stakeholders around the world to achieve the right outcome is crucial to our success. We welcome feedback from others on how we are doing.