Zu'bi & Partners Attorneys & Legal Consultants

Chairman: Qays H Zu’bi
Partner: Naveen Thakur
Number of partners worldwide: 9
Number of lawyers worldwide: 18
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Hindi

Firm Overview:
Zu’bi & Partners Attorneys & Legal Consultants is the oldest established local law firm in Bahrain and a top-tier legal services provider in Bahrain and the GCC. The firm provides legal services across all leading sectors including banking and finance, corporate, commercial, civil, labour, IP, litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. For the past fifty years, the firm has been providing its clients with the highest quality legal services. The firm has an exceptional reputation for dealing with unconventional issues and providing innovative solutions specifically tailored to meet its local and international clients’ legal and commercial needs. The firm regularly advises and partners with other international law firms on major infrastructure projects and financing.

Main Areas of Practice:
Agencies & Distributorship
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy, Liquidation & Restructuring
Communications, Media & Entertainment
Company Listing & Formation
Construction, Real Estate & Property
Corporate Law & Equity Finance
Employment
Energy, Renewables & Natural Resources
Family Law
Insurance & Risk
Intellectual Property, Patents, Copyrights & Industrial Design
Investment Funds & Private Equity
Islamic Finance
Joint Ventures
Leisure & Hospitality
Litigation, Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Maritime & Shipping
Mergers & Acquisitions
Non-Government Organisations (NGOs)
Private Clients
Project Structuring & Financing
Securities
Social Insurance
Telecommunications
Trusts

Banking & Finance:
■ Represented the lenders in respect of the restructuring of facilities for a global private equity firm and its group entities, the world’s biggest private equity firms, with a transaction value of approximately GBP 150 million
■ Represented the Ministry of Finance and National Economy, in connection with its issuance of US$1,000,000,000 5.625 per cent. Notes due 2031 under its Global Medium- Term Note Programme
■ Represented the Joint Lead Managers in connection with the issuance of US$500,000,000 5.500 per cent. Notes due 2024 under the US$2,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme by a Bahraini Bank

Islamic Finance:
■ Represented the sovereign wealth fund of the government of Bahrain in connection with the issuance of US$500,000,000 trust certificates due 2027 issued pursuant to the US$ Multicurrency Trust Certificate Issuance Programme established by it
■ Represented a leading Bahraini Islamic wholesale bank in connection with its first sukuk issuance of US$300,000,000 certificates due 2025
■ Represented a leading Islamic Bank based in Bahrain in relation to the voluntary offer made by a major Bahraini bank to acquire up to 100% shares of the Islamic Bank
■ Represented the Kingdom of Bahrain, acting through the Ministry of Finance and National Economy, in connection with the issuance of US$1,000,000,000 trust certificates due 2027 under its Trust Certificates Issuance Programme
■ Represented the Bahrain Government’s investment arm in connection with the issuance of US$600,000,000 trust certificates due 2024 issued pursuant to the Multicurrency Trust Certificate Issuance Programme

Litigation & Arbitration:
■ Representing a major multinational bank against a leading printing press Company in Bahrain in respect of violation of ISDA Terms claiming an amount of US$2M
■ Representing a premier investor in the food and agribusiness sectors against a local Food Distribution Company claiming US$4,244,660.68 for transaction dispute
■ Representing Middle East and international banks in a Bankruptcy and Reorganisation Case filed by a leading business group in Bahrain for approximately US$180M
■ Defending a leading Investment Bank in a claim filed by an Investment Company providing Islamic financial products in GCC and UK, in relation to a disputed transaction claiming an amount US$19,081,020