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Trowers & Hamlins LLP entered
into a formal association agreement with Abdul Karim Al Fauri &
Associates in 2005. Adbul Karim Al-Fauri & Associates was
established in 2002. The three partner firm has a corporate
practice that represents many of Jordan’s large companies. Partner
Abdul Karim Al Fauri previously spent ten years at Trowers &
Hamlins and his team continues to assist international law firms
with due diligence in Jordan. Prominent international clients
include Bloomberg and Visa. Al Fauri’s experience outside Jordan
means the firm is much in demand and enjoys a close relationship
with the government. Clients are ‘increasingly looking for lawyers
with international experience, and not many other firms in Jordan
can offer that’ (Legal 500 2008).
Abdul Karim Al Fauri &
Associates has advised the Jordanian government on privatisation in
the electricity, gas and petroleum sectors. It recently finished a
draft of the new Petroleum Law, which is currently before
parliament. Projects and disputes advice to the Privatisation
Commission show the firm’s name partner Abdul Karim Al Fauri is
much respected. The firm is currently advising the Jordanian
government on a proposed pipeline across Jordan to the port at
Aqaba, and on the country’s master plan for power, and assists
companies in the country’s potash sector - a vital source of export
revenue - on projects outside Jordan.
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