MODERNISING LEGAL SERVICES

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What makes us different

Alizeh Legal (AL) is a virtual legal services provider supporting clients across the MENA region. AL provides legal services in an innovative, cost effective and cutting-edge manner.

AL delivers solutions to legal problems, irrespective of size or complexity, by drawing on AL’s team of legal experts as well as collaborating with its carefully selected network of lawyers.

This enables AL to assemble the best legal team for the job, without the need for brick and mortar, at a fraction of the cost of traditional legal services.
We've Dropped The Clock​
To ensure financial transparency for our clients, we have set aside the traditional hourly-billing model by offering fixed fees.

The ‘running clock’ is a financially stressful aspect of engaging legal counsel. We recognise the importance of taking ownership of our client’s issue, rather than providing time-bound assistance.
We've Cut The Costs​
We pass on the cost benefits of our virtual business model to our clients.

The high operating costs of traditional bricks and mortar law firms drive up the cost of accessing quality legal services. By stripping away elements that do not directly serve the client, we have developed a practice focused on providing highest quality legal services at the most competitive rates.
We've Partnered Up​
AL collaborates with law firms and legal consultants across the MENA region to bring to our clients the ideal resource pool for their legal needs, at the right price.

AL works closely with its partners to ensure quality of service to its clients.
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Our Services

AL’s full-service legal offering includes:

Outsource all or part of your general counsel function to AL.

AL has extensive in-house experience in MENA, including chief legal and compliance officer roles, as well as advising on setting up in-house legal functions.

AL specialises in:

  • Corporate Governance and reforms
  • Enterprise Risk Management advisory
  • Policy drafting and implementation
  • Managing board affairs
  • Managing shareholder’s relations
  • Providing strategic planning and corporate / commercial advisory
  • Working closely with business function to provide legal guidance and training
  • Creating docket of bespoke standardised agreement templates
  • Company set-up and formation in mainland and free zones across MENA
  • Joint ventures, small to medium mergers and acquisitions, and drafting shareholders’ agreement, sales and purchase agreement and other transaction documents
  • Corporate re-organisation, due to changes in foreign ownership restrictions, family business, succession planning or business growth
  • Pre-IPO readiness
  • Managing licensing and regulatory authorities

Negotiating and drafting full range of commercial contracts including: 

  • Franchise, agency (including registered agencies) and distribution agreements
  • Retail and licencing agreements 
  • Manufacturing and supply agreements
  • Private label agreements
  • Sales agreements
  • Marketing media and social influencers agreements

AL has strong experience in setting up and launching international franchise brands in the MENA region including establishing distribution and retail channels; product licensing and registration, obtaining permits, approvals and clearances from government authorities including seaport and custom authorities.

AL has extensive experience in electronic (particularly telecommunications and home electronics), retail (particularly fashion, beauty, health and wellness) and F&B sectors.

Drafting employment contracts, keeping in view recent labour law reforms
Advising on employment and labour laws
Conducting employee investigations and implementing disciplinary actions
Leading termination and redundancy disputes

AL has unique experience in establishing a compliance function and embedding a culture of compliance, inclusion and diversity, particularly in a growing enterprise.

  • Drafting code of ethics, policies, and procedures
  • Creating and implementing a bespoke compliance program
  • Establishing whistleblowing and reporting systems
  • Investigating fraud and white-collar crimes
  • Advisory on international sanctions, FCPA, UK Anti-Bribery Act

With most businesses in MENA being family businesses, AL works closely with business leadership to transition the business from one generation to another.

AL assists with:

  • Family business governance advisory, including drafting family constitution, family shareholder agreement, family articles of association
  • Advising on family offices, family committees, succession planning and more.

Consulting on creation of a bespoke governance structure for businesses, particularly creation of committees and drafting their terms of reference. 

Advising on decision making and authority matrix for companies, at the group and subsidiary level.

  • Intra group restructuring of IP assets, driven by tax or commercial considerations
  • Advising on creation of IP including trademark and tradename
  • Assisting with registration and maintenance of IP with WIPO or authorities in MENA
  • IP infringement actions
  • Personal status laws
  • Cross jurisdictional divorce and marital disputes
  • Child welfare
  • Inheritance
  • Commercial and residential property disputes
  • Structuring purchase transactions
  • Review and draft of SPAs, developer, rental and finance

AL works with select licensed litigators across the MENA on full spectrum of litigation and arbitration services including:

  • Debt recovery 
  • Banking law disputes
  • Breach of commercial contracts
  • Civil and criminal litigation

Outsource all or part of your general counsel function to AL.

AL has extensive in-house experience in MENA, including chief legal and compliance officer roles, as well as advising on setting up in-house legal functions.

AL specialises in:

  • Corporate Governance and reforms
  • Enterprise Risk Management advisory
  • Policy drafting and implementation
  • Managing board affairs
  • Managing shareholder’s relations
  • Providing strategic planning and corporate / commercial advisory
  • Working closely with business function to provide legal guidance and training
  • Creating docket of bespoke standardised agreement templates
  • Company set-up and formation in mainland and free zones across MENA
  • Joint ventures, small to medium mergers and acquisitions, and drafting shareholders' agreement, sales and purchase agreement and other transaction documents
  • Corporate re-organisation, due to changes in foreign ownership restrictions, family business, succession planning or business growth
  • Pre-IPO readiness
  • Managing licensing and regulatory authorities

Negotiating and drafting full range of commercial contracts including:

  • Franchise, agency (including registered agencies) and distribution agreements
  • Retail and licencing agreements
  • Manufacturing and supply agreements
  • Private label agreements
  • Sales agreements
  • Marketing media and social influencers agreements


AL has strong experience in setting up and launching international franchise brands in the MENA region including establishing distribution and retail channels; product licensing and registration, obtaining permits, approvals and clearances from government authorities including seaport and custom authorities.

AL has extensive experience in electronic (particularly telecommunications and home electronics), retail (particularly fashion, beauty, health and wellness) and F&B sectors.

  • Drafting employment contracts, keeping in view recent labour law reforms
  • Advising on employment and labour laws
  • Conducting employee investigations and implementing disciplinary actions
  • Leading termination and redundancy disputes

AL has unique experience in establishing a compliance function and embedding a culture of compliance, inclusion and diversity, particularly in a growing enterprise.

  • Drafting code of ethics, policies, and procedures
  • Creating and implementing a bespoke compliance program
  • Establishing whistleblowing and reporting systems
  • Investigating fraud and white-collar crimes
  • Advisory on international sanctions, FCPA, UK Anti-Bribery Act

With most businesses in MENA being family businesses, AL works closely with business leadership to transition the business from one generation to another.

AL assists with:

  • Family business governance advisory, including drafting family constitution, family shareholder agreement, family articles of association
  • Advising on family offices, family committees, succession planning and more.

Consulting on creation of a bespoke governance structure for businesses, particularly creation of committees and drafting their terms of reference. 

Advising on decision making and authority matrix for companies, at the group and subsidiary level.

  • Intra group restructuring of IP assets, driven by tax or commercial considerations
  • Advising on creation of IP including trademark and tradename
  • Assisting with registration and maintenance of IP with WIPO or authorities in MENA
  • IP infringement actions
  • Personal status laws
  • Cross jurisdictional divorce and marital disputes
  • Child welfare
  • Inheritance
  • Commercial and residential property disputes
  • Structuring purchase transactions
  • Review and draft of SPAs, developer, rental and finance

AL works with select licensed litigators across the MENA on full spectrum of litigation and arbitration services including:

  • Debt recovery 
  • Banking law disputes
  • Breach of commercial contracts
  • Civil and criminal litigation
Alizeh is a UK qualified Barrister with over twenty years of experience in both in-house and private practice. She has held leadership roles in legal and compliance functions at large regional corporations, including family conglomerates, in the UAE and MENAP. Alizeh is a partner at ‘Alizeh Legal’, a virtual legal consultancy platform consisting of a diverse network of lawyers from across the UK and MENAP region.
Alizeh HaiderCEO
Alizeh Haider

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