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Intellectual Property

With more than 30 years in intellectual property, Karawani & Co combines legal insight with practical solutions. Our strategic approach brings together IP advice, rights registration and portfolio management to support each client’s objectives.

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  • Dubai
  • Fujairah
  • Damascus
  • Beirut
  • Patent invalidity and infringement
  • IP due diligence
  • IP strategy
  • Patent drafting and prosecution
  • Trademark filing and prosecution
  • Design patents and industrial designs
  • Technology transfer agreements
  • IP portfolio review and management
  • Patent and trademark searches
  • Brand clearance and legal opinions
  • Trademark oppositions
  • Freedom-to-operate analysis
  • IP licensing agreements
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Technology, Media and Entertainment

We connect legal expertise with technological understanding to help clients address the evolving challenges of technology, media and entertainment. Advice is tailored to the platforms, content and commercial arrangements involved.

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  • Dubai
  • Fujairah
  • Damascus
  • Beirut
  • Technology transfer and licensing agreements
  • Platform terms and conditions
  • Privacy and cookie policies
  • Data protection advice
  • DIFC, ADGM and UAE data protection compliance
  • Media and content law compliance
  • Electronic signature advice
  • Unsolicited marketing advice
  • Prize draws, promotions, raffles and gambling-related advice
  • Gaming advice and related agreements
  • Sponsorship agreements
  • Marketing agreements
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Commercial Property Transactions

Property transactions and construction projects require experienced legal guidance. We advise on acquisitions, ownership and leasing arrangements, financing, joint ventures and the agreements that support property development and management.

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  • Dubai
  • Fujairah
  • Damascus
  • Beirut
  • Property acquisitions and disposals
  • Landlord and tenant arrangements
  • Funding agreements
  • Structuring and joint ventures
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Partner disputes
  • Lease agreements
  • Real property transactions
  • Real estate joint venture agreements
  • Real property agreements
  • Property management agreements
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Corporate and Commercial Advisory

Our corporate and commercial advice combines an understanding of business priorities with a strategic legal perspective. We help clients navigate governance, transactions and commercial relationships through agreements suited to their operations.

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  • Dubai
  • Fujairah
  • Damascus
  • Beirut
  • Employment contracts and employee incentive arrangements
  • Subscription agreements and stock option plans
  • Exit agreements
  • Vendor agreements
  • Corporate restructuring agreements
  • Distribution agreements
  • Supply agreements
  • Franchise agreements
  • Agency agreements
  • Service-level agreements (SLAs)
  • Outsourcing agreements
  • Licence agreements
  • Non-compete and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
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Corporate Transactions

From establishing a company to managing its growth and ownership, business decisions require sound legal guidance. Our corporate team advises on formation documents, governance, investment structures and the commercial and financial aspects of transactions.

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  • Dubai
  • Fujairah
  • Damascus
  • Beirut
  • Company formation
  • Certificates of incorporation or formation
  • Constitutional documents, resolutions, minutes and amendments to bylaws or operating agreements
  • General and limited partnership agreements
  • Joint venture formation and agreements
  • Corporate governance charters and policies
  • Codes of conduct and ethics
  • Shareholders’ agreements
  • Mergers and acquisitions: transactions and agreements
  • Asset and stock purchase agreements
  • Due diligence
  • Legal structuring and restructuring
  • Risk allocation
  • Financial modelling
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Litigation & Arbitration

Our Syria office provides comprehensive litigation and dispute resolution services through an experienced and dedicated team of legal professionals with in-depth knowledge of the local legal framework and dispute resolution procedures.

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  • Damascus
  • Precautionary measures and urgent legal proceedings
  • Mediation and amicable dispute resolution
  • Enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards
  • Domestic and international arbitration
  • Corporate and contractual disputes
  • Civil and commercial litigation
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Our sister firm

LegalCode Services Ltd

Based in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), our sister firm LegalCode Services Ltd is licensed in DIFC to provide corporate services and financial consultancy.

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