M&A & Joint Ventures
The structure, control and contractual protection behind a sound investment.
A transaction should serve the investment long after completion. Adad advises buyers, sellers and investors on the Qatar aspects of acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures, connecting the commercial rationale with the rights and obligations the parties agree.
We direct due diligence towards the issues that can change the deal: ownership, authority, licences, key contracts and liabilities. Findings are carried through into price discussions, conditions, warranties, indemnities and completion arrangements, so the legal analysis has a clear purpose in the negotiation.
For joint ventures, we examine how the business will be governed when the partners’ priorities change. Funding, reserved matters, distributions, transfers, deadlock and exit need to reflect both the initial bargain and the relationship the shareholders intend to sustain.
We remain attentive to implementation: the approvals to obtain, the consents to secure and the corporate steps that follow completion. International counsel and financial or tax advisers are coordinated where their input is needed.
THE DECISIONS THAT MATTER
Price and exposure
Identify the liabilities, restrictions and contractual dependencies that should affect price, structure or the decision to proceed.
Control after completion
Translate the commercial bargain into governance, funding, reserved matters and workable transfer and exit arrangements.
Execution of the deal
Sequence approvals, consents and completion steps so that the documents reflect what must happen before ownership changes.