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Rami Zayat

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Dubai
About

Rami Zayat represents a broad range of clients from start-ups to mature publicly traded companies, government entities, IT companies, investment companies and private equity firms.

Rami has a broad practice and has extensive experience advising clients across a range of industries in connection with local and cross-border commercial contracts, general IT and services contracts, intellectual property, and corporate matters including private equity and mergers and acquisitions.

Rami also has a focus on non-contentious, IT projects, with particular experience in the delivery of large-scale outsourcings and managed services transactions.

Areas of FocusCorporativoPropiedad IntelectualFusiones y adquisiciones

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising on the IT contracts and outsourcing required by a UAE government department in relation to the design, development, operation and maintenance of a state-of-the-art IT platform for the administration of the departments regulatory responsibilities
  • Advising a Saudi government entity on its standard procurement contract the outsourcing of certain IT services and other related services
  • Advising a leading regional airline on its standard contracts for procuring IT goods and services
  • Advising the Gas & Oil Field Services Company (GOFSCO) in relation to the large-scale procurement of software, systems and maintenance services along with its general outsourcing arrangements
  • Advising Etihad Airways on their US$ 700 million global IT outsourcing programme to IBM
  • Acting for a GCC based telecom provider in the proposed acquisition of a majority stake in a Kuwait based telecommunications company
  • Advising Amwal International Investment Company as advisor to the selling shareholders on the sale of a 30 percent stake in a Abyat Megastore Company, KSCC
  • Advising Apparel FZCO on the purchase of a 51 percent majority stake in each of Apparel General Trading Company WLL and Mondial General Trading Company WLL
  • Advising Amwal International Investment Company on the purchase of a majority stake in a Kuwaiti brokerage company with subsidiaries in Turkey, Jordan and the UAE
  • Acting for a leading Kuwaiti building and civil construction and infrastructure company in the spin off and sale of its elevator business to a leading and global provider of elevators including the drafting and negotiation of the transaction documents
Languages
  • Arabic
  • Inglés
Education
  • Michigan State University, Juris Doctor
  • College of Law

Publications

  • Kuwait introduces new Agency Law: franchisors take note, 27 Apr 2016
  • New agency law in Kuwait, 11 Apr 2016

Memberships And Affiliations

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • AmCham Abu Dhabi

My latest insights

News

DLA Piper announces two Middle East Partner promotions

30 de abril de 2024 .2 minute read

Publication

Uncovering the new UAE Commercial Agencies Law

30 de enero de 2023 .4 minute read

Connect

Phone

+97144386298
(Work, Dubai)
+971551606262
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