Yemen Partners

He started his career with Unilever Arabia Group of Companies in Jeddah and Dubai, then worked as a Legal Consultant for Richards Butler International Law Firm in London and Al Tamimi & Company Law Firm in Dubai. In 2001, Luqman set up his own firm in Dubai, and then merged with Al Suwaidi & Company in the UAE to form Al Suwaidi & Luqman in Yemen.

 

He specializes in Corporate and Commercial law, Real Estates, Oil & Gas, Maritime and Arbitration, with special focus on Islamic finance and international commercial agreements. His main clients include BP, Citibank Corp, DHL International, Etihad Airways, International Finance Corporation, Majid Al Futaim Investment Group, Occidental Petroleum, Qatari Diar Real Estates, Tetra Pak Group, P & I Clubs and a number of international law firms (Bryan Cave, Baker & McKenzie, Clyde & Co, Herbert Smith, Simons & Simons, etc).

 

Ranked as a top Yemeni lawyer by Chambers and Partners, an independent UK organization for ranking lawyers worldwide (www.chambersandpartners.com).

Member of the Employment Law Alliance, the world’s largest network of labor and employment lawyers (www.employmentlawalliance.com).

Member of the GLG Councils www.glgroup.com.

 

Highlights of recent transactions

 

Appointed as an expert witness on Yemen Law in a USD10 million arbitration conducted under the rules of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC).

 

Appointed by the IFC to advise on the drafting of a lease law for Yemen which was ratified by Yemen Parliament.

 

Provided significant advice and legal assistance to a group of international banks and finance institutions in respect of financing the first mining project for minerals in Yemen.

 

Provided comprehensive advice on the acquisition of an oil company in Yemen. Represented a Kuwaiti bank in its acquisition of majority shares of a Yemeni bank. Provided Comprehensive advice and legal assistance to Dubai Ports World relating to their joint venture and concession with the Yemen Government to develop and manage Aden Port and Container Terminals.

Email: al@luqmanlegal.com and luqman@alsuwaidi.ae

 

Mohammed Rashed Al Suwaidi

 

Abdulla Farouk Luqman

Abdulla is the Managing Partner of Al Suwaidi & Luqman  Advocates & Legal Consultants, which is the first Yemeni/foreign law firm in Yemen. The firm focuses on providing international quality advocacy and legal consultancy services to international clients inside and outside Yemen. He has considerable international experience, having worked in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Yemen.

Mohammed contributed to numerous international courses ‎and seminars as a speaker and participant. He practices oil and gas, ‎civil and commercial litigation, banking construction & real estate, ‎information technology, and industrial & intellectual property.‎

He was the former Head of the Legal Department of Emirates ‎General Petroleum Corporation, a Federal governmental entity, ‎and is therefore well acquainted with all aspects of the oil and gas ‎industry and maritime law, He is a member of the Chartered ‎Institute of Arbitrators, the Head of the Young Arab Lawyers ‎Committee, Deputy Chairman of the UAE Jurists Association, the ‎Secretary to the Swiss Business Council and a Member of the ‎Board of Directors of the Human Rights Association in the UAE. ‎Mr. Al Suwaidi is also a member of the UAE Bar, the International ‎Bar Association and the American Bar.

Email: alsuwaidi@alsuwaidi.ae

Born in 1963, Mohammed Al-Suwaidi is a national of the United ‎Arab Emirates. He is the founder and Regional Managing Partner ‎of the firm. He was admitted in 1986 and is entitled to appear ‎before all courts of the United Arab Emirates. He received his LLB ‎from Al Ain University and his LLM from Boston University in 1990.

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