Fares Group Law Firm Libya - Tripoli

We intervene along the whole investment cycle from creation through implementation and
delivery till litigation where need be. This includes :

 Engineering, procurement, and construction projects,
 Public procurement contracts,
 Corporate governance,
 Intellectual property protection,
 Labor immigration law,
 International trade transactions,
 Debt collection,
 Litigation :
 Pre-arbitration ;
 Dispute resolution phases.
 Foreign exchange regulations,
 Bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements.
Banking Regulations.
Taxation.

 Defend claims for suppliers, and contractors and owners ;
 Negotiate, review, analyse and draft engineering and construction contracts accompanying
all modes of implementation of projects including :
 Design-build contract,
 Design-Build-Operate contract,
 Building lease,
 Administrative emphyteutic lease,
 Procurement documents,
 Transactional protocol agreements.
 We ensure continuous monitoring of the proposed operation, including at the time of the
operations prior to acceptance of the completed work;
 We assess and manage economic, legal and technical risks ;
 We tailor legal solutions to avoid dispute ;
 We define environmental constraints prior to the launch of the project’s inception ;
 We assist with preparing bids in response to calls for tenders/PPP ;
 At the project implementation stage, we intervene in:
 Acquisition of the necessary official authorizations,
 Handling the relationship with the relevant public services, etc.).
 Litigation linked to project implementation :
 Litigation concerning public utility declarations,
 Disputes related to administrative authorizations,
 Disputes on responsibility,
 Claims over defective work,
 Engineering claims
 Workplace injury claims,
 Change order requests,
 Costs overruns claims,
 Bonds and liquidated damages claims,
 Architectural or engineering wrongdoings
 Industrial design litigation,
 Construction and contract litigation,

 Tender litigation.
 Insurance and liability matters :
 Builders' risk insurance,
 Errors and omissions coverage,
 Professional liability insurance.
 Regulatory planning and municipal approvals ;
 We advise on projects finance requirements ;
 We ensure representation before competent courts in dispute resolution, arbitration and on
appeal.

Our industrial property attorneys provide :
 Following-up on application and examination procedures of patents, trademarks, designs,
…etc up to delivery before the receiving and examining authorities ;
 Make and effect :
 Operating agreements ;
 Co-ownership rules contracts ;
 Coexistence contract ;
 Corporate transfer contract and registration.
 Carry out interventions against counterfeiters such as :
 Counterfeit claims and customs seizures in order to put an end to infringements of
the rights of holders.

Friendly settlement :
 In the field of Trademarks and design :
 Research and analysis of preceding rights (availability), and national and
international registration ;
 Follow-up on opposition and cancellation proceedings ;
 Patent and industrial property contract litigation ;
 Application and tracking of Customs processes .
 Alongside registration issues, we advice our partners in order to improve the value of their
intellectual property assets by :
 Negotiating licensing agreements ;
 Negotiating research and development and the transfer of their rights ;
 Acquisitions with industrial property portfolios ;
 Trademarks pledge agreement.
 Industrial property litigation, in this stage we provide :
 Pre-litigation management ;
 Warnings and summons ;
 Request for finding, seizure and identification ;
 Follow-up of seizure procedures in infringement cases ;
 Action for counterfeiting patents, trademarks, and design and related legal
proceedings ;
 Revocation or invalidity actions before IP offices
 Actions for the declaration of non-infringement ;
 Litigation relating to patent assignments or licences ;
 Assessment of damages ;
 Proceedings for invalidity or claim to ownership ;
 Negotiations and settlement agreements.