Practice Areas

The State and its apparatus promulgate complex rules and regulations to execute their delegated authority and ensure the State's functionality.  Our lawyers have vast experience in this area of the law, and we are the best-placed law firm to assist individuals and businesses in understanding and complying with these legal requirements, as well as representing them on all disputes arising from these regulations.

Commercial disputes are becoming complex and more difficult to navigate and manage.  They involve virtually every type of dispute that can arise in the business context.  The stakes can be high, whether a business is reacting to actual dispute or proactively trying to avoid disputes and limit the risks.  From the onset, we help our clients make well-informed decisions.  

We understand the importance of proactively reducing the risk, and when disputes arise, we also understand that the goal is bringing them to a close in cost-effective and efficient manner.  In reaching these goals, experience is paramount.  The lawyers in our firm possess deep experience in handling complex commercial disputes, and they represent clients before all types of trial and appellate Omani courts.   

We advise clients on all their back-end construction-related legal needs.  Our lawyers possess vast experience in complex construction disputes.  They frequently act for both owners and contractors in large infrastructure-related disputes.  

We advise companies and their managers, directors, and shareholders with respect to the formation, governance, and day-to-day legal problems of such entities.  Our lawyers, with their knowledge, innovative and broad perspective are well-placed to help our corporate clients in the unique issues as well as the regular day-to-day and operational issues that they face. 

As Sheikh Majid Al Alawi was heading the criminal department in the supreme court and has 20 years experience as a Criminal judge, we believe that our services in this area is incomparable. 

We understand the pressures that today's companies, boards of directors, management teams and individual executives face in connection with their workforce.  We regularly help guide our clients through the myriad of challenges that they face.  Our clients come to us for strategic, board-level advice on crucial complex employment-related issues, as well as day-to-day support on complex issues and litigation.  We provide our clients with practical, business-oriented advice, as well as vigorous representation before the employment disputes resolution boards and courts.  We also provide a broad range of non-litigation advice in all types of workforce-related matters.  These services include, and not limited to, drafting employment contracts, handbooks, policies and contracts, dealing with “problem employees”, conducting internal corporate investigations, and advice in reductions of workforce. 

We offer well-grounded legal advice and counsel in connection with compliance issues and disputes concerning environmental requirements and potential environmental damages. Our firm advises on a range of environmental law issues, and our services cover environmental litigation and compliance advice.

Our firm offers a full range of insurance-related services covering transactional, regulatory advice, and disputes. Our lawyers have vast experience in handling all types of insurance litigation.  

Our team handles a variety of litigation cases. The team possesses the knowledge and experience required for successfully representing our clients in a wide range of disputes before the Omani courts.   

International and local arbitration are complex and ever evolving fields of law.  Therefore, the need for deeply knowledgeable and experienced legal counsel is paramount when things come to arbitration.

In our firm, arbitration isn’t the general knowledge that some lawyers in the market possess: it’s our specialty. Our deep and varied experience sets us apart and affords our clients priceless insight into winning strategies and arguments. Our collective experience brings with it unique knowledge of arbitrators, institutions, expert witnesses, which can make the difference in the outcome of an arbitration dispute.

Shipping and maritime litigation can be complex and unpredictable.  Our services range from advising and representing clients in pollution incidents, collisions, and cargo loss, to complex commercial litigation and insurance claims. 

Whether you need advice on real estate leasing, acquisition and disposition, development, or just you need the services of astute lawyer to represent you in a real estate dispute, our committed and respected attorneys and counsels are keen and ready to help you succeed.

When it comes to restructuring and insolvency, our lawyers have widespread experience in this field. The firm’s experience spans both representing debtors and creditors in all restructuring and insolvency efforts and proceedings in or out of court. We work for businesses in financial distress, as well as creditors looking to recover their money. 

We at Majid Al Alawi consider ourselves your Legal Partner. Therefore, as Taxation is complex and evolving, we make sure that our team is always covering  the tax updates and ensure the best structures for our business partners.