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Emad has more than 20 years of hospitality, real estate and corporate finance experience. His practice focuses on joint ventures, hotel leasing agreements, branded residential developments, managing and licensing agreements, and mergers and acquisitions. He has successfully negotiated, handled and led complex transactions totaling billions of dollars for residential, retail and hospitality portfolios across the Middle East.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Negotiated and structured transactions for a group real estate and hospitality portfolio, including deals for real estate, hospitality, finance and corporate transactions.
Prepared and negotiated heads of terms, letters of intent, memorandums of understanding, hotel management agreements, franchise agreements and all other ancillary agreements for the hotel management arm of a real estate and hospitality portfolio.
Carried out owner ‘due diligence’, providing support to the operations and finance team of a real estate and hospitality portfolio on all matters related to the hotels, managed or franchised.
Experience
Negotiated and structured transactions for a group real estate and hospitality portfolio, including deals for real estate, hospitality, finance and corporate transactions.
Prepared and negotiated heads of terms, letters of intent, memorandums of understanding, hotel management agreements, franchise agreements and all other ancillary agreements for the hotel management arm of a real estate and hospitality portfolio.
Carried out owner ‘due diligence’, providing support to the operations and finance team of a real estate and hospitality portfolio on all matters related to the hotels, managed or franchised.
Supported a hotel client in relation to opening and closing processes, managed debt recovery process and litigation related to the business at all levels.
Structured large borrowing deals for a hotel client, including deal structuring, loan documentation and associated documentation review and preparation, procuring external legal support.
Managed multimillion-dollar tax and legal due diligence projects for buyers and sellers.
Managed complex litigation related to hotel management agreements in the Middle East, which involved representing both property owners and hotel operators in disputes over contractual obligations, operational performance, revenue sharing, termination rights and compliance with local regulations.
Managed and negotiated complex discussions with government authorities on the development of mega real estate projects, which included residential, hospitality and retail components.
Credentials
Education
Education
- School of Law, The University of Jordan, 1997
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Jordan