INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS & AGREEMENTS
Drafting contracts and agreements and preparation of financing agreements and project finance contracts
Reviewing and negotiation of agreements and terms and conditions
Providing checklists for cross-border transactions
Drafting and Fine-tuning dispute resolution and applicable law clauses
Preparation of various agreements including Non-disclosure agreement, MOUs, LOIs
Reviewing and creating contracts, agreements and other legal documents
Negotiating in-house and outside contracts
Analyzing corporate policies and practices for adherence to laws and regulations
Applying knowledge of employment laws to resolve conflicts and ensure compliance
LAW OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Immunities, privileges and exemptions
Procurement of goods and services contracts
Advice on and drafting and negotiating Host Country Agreements
Rights and obligations of international civil servants
Employment contracts, fair treatment, staff selection, benefits and entitlements
Advice to staff bodies and unions on their rights and obligations under internal laws
Advice on harassment, discrimination, abuse of authority and disciplinary measures
Representation in dispute resolution processes.
INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
AJ & Associates can assist you assess the facts behind claims for damages and help prepare your defense.
You need to know the strengths and the weaknesses of any claim or proposed defense.
AJ & Associates’ principals have extensive experience in providing international litigation management and support. We provide advice
in the following areas:
Assessment and management of litigation, dispute resolution mechanisms and arbitration risks
Enforcement of arbitral awards and civil and commercial judgments in foreign jurisdictions
Mediation process and mediated settlement agreements.
Investor-State dispute settlement
Social and enviromental standards and the impact of commercial activities on human rights and social and environmental
issues.
Advice on general public international law issues such treaty law and territorial sovereignty.
CORPORATE LAW
AJ & Associates provides your company with a complete picture of the regulatory landscape governing its business and
industry as well as conduct in-country assessments of local issues that have the potential to affect your company’s
operations.
AJ & Associates conducts a complete analysis of your company’s risk profile to help you avoid costly court battles. Our targeted analysis
includes verdict and settlement studies, information regarding suits currently pending in the courts and trend information on
trial and appellate court judgments and arguments advanced by the complaining or affected parties.
AJ & Associates conducts legal due diligence to assess the potential risks of a transaction by investigating the obligations and liabilities of
the target company or transaction. This provides objective, timey and reliable information to the potential purchaser.
AJ & Associates conducts due diligence to assess a business opportunity or to address unknown risks. We can perform due diligence investigations by reviewing local business records, looking into business and personal relationships, evaluating legal filings and other sources. We provide
concrete facts so you can make evidence-based business decisions.
AJ & Associates assists clients with the formation and registration of a new company in the Netherlands by incorporating it either
as a limited liability company (B.V) or a joint stock company (N.V.). Other services include preparation and
authentication by a notary of the company’s legal instruments, registration at the Chamber of Commerce, setting up
an office or a business address and opening of a business bank account.
For clients who are interested in the residency by investment program. AJ & Associates can help with you with
the process. The key requirement is to make qualified investments.
BANKING AND FINANCE – ISLAMIC FINANCE
At AJ & Associates, we bring decades of experience working with Islamic financial institutions including the Islamic Development Bank and DMI Trust. We have extensive experience in structuring, documenting and negotiating complex transactions and developing
innovative Shari’ah-compliant instruments, including in relation to asset finance, bank finance, regulation, project finance,
hedging and other structures including Sukuk issuances (both asset-based and asset-backed).
We combine deep knowledge of Islamic financing techniques with a comprehensive understanding of tax and regulatory requirements to assist in the development of market leading products in line with Sharia’a requirements.
We have expertise in managing complex transactions that combine Islamic and conventional financing as well as providing legal advice and preparing legal documentation for project financing in the various compliant modes of financing including, but not limited to:
Profit-and-loss sharing partnership (mudarabah)
Profit-and-loss sharing joint venture (musharakah); diminishing partnership and permanent musharkah
Cost plus contract (Murabaha); Leasing (Ijarah); Contract to Build/Manufacture(Istisna’a) and Installment Sale
Investment Vehicles such as Sharia-compliant Equities and fixed income instruments and Sharia-compliant bonds (Sukuk).
Establishing Waqf (Endowment/Trust) Funds and Waqf investments.
AJ & Associates have extensive experience advising financial institutions, negotiating, drafting and reviewing of financial
agreements, managing financial liabilities and helping structure transactions to protect their clients’ legal and commercial
interests.
We provide a one-stop solution for product development requirements, from design to implementation.
We offer our clients legal advice on a wide range of issues related to matters including energy, infrastructure and
project development (including public-private partnerships) and corporate and commercial law, debt and equity capital
markets, banking and project finance as well as international trade transactions.
We develop financial instruments, prepare legal documentation for project financing, review and document complex structured financings in various sectors in compliance with the international best practices and applicable laws.
We prepare and review legal documentation an assist in the preparation, negotiations and supervision of the execution of
relevant documents necessary for the transactions and review guarantees and security packages.