14/12/2020
Meet Our Managing Partner
Adv. Islam Smadi
After nearly 30 years of practicing law in Jordan, He has an:
Extensive experience in litigation before courts and arbitration tribunals as well as handling alternative dispute resolution issues.
Extensive experience with legislative drafting and advocacy;
Excellent experience in advising and drafting complex agreements, including concession contracts and licenses;
Extensive experience in assisting the business in incorporating and structuring under the Jordanian Company’s Law, as well as setting up the business partnership and joint ventures involving incorporation
Extensive experience in enhancing opportunities of private sector participation in utilities and public services and in handling privatization transactions, including preparing RFP and tender documents, conducting legal due diligence studies; drafting and reviewing transaction documents and agreements; advising on legal aspects of transaction financing;
Diverse extensive legal practice in areas of Civil Law, Companies Law Commercial Law, Investments, Taxation, Banking, Labour Law, Customs, Utilities, and Insurance;
Assisted in legislative reform of the core of Jordan’s reform agenda related to capital markets, telecommunications and information technology, tourism, environmental policy, civil service, public procurement, investment, tax, securities, and public sector restructuring;
Considerable experience in USAID work, and other donor-funded work.
Extensive experience in privatization transactions and management contracts in relation to water, telecommunication, and electricity.
Mr. Islam Acted as a legal consultant for the Amman Chamber of Industry, and Amman Chamber of Trade, under which different kinds of legal consultations were provided, litigation disputes were handled and the industrial sector was represented before the official and unofficial entities in all what is related to their sector disputes and demands.
Chairman of the Appeals Committee of the Committee to Combat Harassment and Sports Abuse.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Post Company.