Taher Group Law Firm

Kuwait ( TAGLaw )

Alkhateeb, Abdulaziz

Kuwait, Kuwait

+965 22552591 - 97 (7 Lines); +965 1803020

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Alkhateeb, Abdulaziz

Kuwait, Kuwait

+965 22552591 - 97 (7 Lines); +965 1803020

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support@tahergrp.org

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05:37 PM

Biography:

Mr. Abdulaziz Taher Alkhateeb is the founder partner of Taher Group Law Firm. He has been an active lawyer in the Kuwaiti courts, including the Constitutional and the Supreme Courts for nearly 50 years. He continues to head and guide the Group both locally and internationally. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Law from the Cairo University in the year 1969. He is an arbitrator at the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Kuwaiti Lawyers Association. He is former Board Member of Kuwait Judicial Institute, a former member of the Board of Lawyers Association, and a member of the Governmental Advisory Committee of the General Secretariat of Endowments in the State of Kuwait. He has contributed towards drafting and amending several codes of laws enacted by the State of Kuwait through his roles in committees. Among the most prominent committees on which he presided were the “Law Editing Committee”, “The law of rents” and the “Committee to amend the personal affairs laws”. He has published several prominent legal works in the State of Kuwait and the most important of which is the ’Statute of limitations in Kuwaiti Laws” and another book being the “Code of Criminalization and Punishment in Non-Penal Laws”. His publications are a specialized guide used for in the corporate governance, zakat and tax laws, responsibility and contribution of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry towards companies and arbitration of any disputes as well as some research papers in many other fields. He has written a wide range of legal articles for the press out of which about 142 of them have been published in the press which also includes television interviews and audio-visual participations, as well as participation in conferences, seminars and the presentation of several specialized legal courses.

Specialization and experience:

Mr. Alkhateeb is a highly sought lawyer and arbitrator with over 50 years of experience in Commercial Law, Corporate Governance, Taxation and Commercial Arbitration. He has extensive experience in drafting and reviewing commercial and investment contracts, dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration and has vast experience in representing foreign and local investors. For several decades, under his leadership, Taher Group has organized legal and commercial affairs for investment leaders and major international investment companies to meet their needs in accordance with local law.

Professional Registrations:

He was as a registered as a lawyer in the year 1969.

Educational Qualifications:

Bachelors of law from Cairo University, Egypt, 1969.

Languages:
Arabic (under his supervision in Taher Group Law Firm, the international department has speakers of English, Hindi and Urdu).

Books and Research Papers:

• A book on criminalization and punishment in laws other than criminal laws (It was prepared, compiled and published by lawyer Abdulaziz Taher Alkhateeb in the years 2009 and 2018).

• Encyclopedia on ‘Statutes of Limitations in Kuwaiti laws (year 2009).

• Research paper on arbitration between litigation and reconciliation and its flexibility and the application of procedural rules which was published in the year 2007 in the lawyer’s magazine of the Kuwaiti Lawyers Association (Quarterly magazine of the Court).

•The research “Law is one of the pillars of corporate governance”.

• The role of a lawyer in the spread of arbitration culture.

• Research on Zakat and tax.

• Research on the permanent marriage contract - under the Personal Status Code.

• Research on law and personal status court.

• Research on the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry towards the Kuwaiti joint stock companies.

• Research on the ethics of the law profession.

Events, Courses and Symposia:

• A course of the management of an arbitration case held in the Kingdom of Bahrain during the 22^nd and 25^th of April 2007.

• Underwent a Training program for the management of the arbitration case – The art and experience, held in the Kingdom of Bahrain 13^th – 19^th of December 2006.

• Attended the fourth meeting of law firms and legal consultations in the GCC countries during the 7^th – 19^th of April 2007.

• Attended a conference on the sound management of companies (governance) reality and application held in Kuwait in 2007.

• He presided over the multilateral arbitration course by the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from the 29^th of September to the 01^st of October 1996 in the State of Bahrain.

• He attended the course of basic rules in arbitration conducted by the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Gulf Cooperation Council states from the 26^th to the 28^th of November 1996 in the State of Bahrain.

• He received a certificate of attendance of arbitration seminar in the GCC countries (reality and prospects) by the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Gulf Cooperation Council States in Fujairah - United Arab Emirates from 31^st January to the 1^st of February 1999.

• He attended a course on time management procedures and experience in arbitration conducted by the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Gulf Cooperation Council states held in the city of Salalah - Sultanate of Oman during the period 21^st to the 25^th of 1999.

Articles:
He has to his credit a number of articles that were written on:

- Business, Corporate and Arbitration; Execution of Insurance Contracts, Politics - 23/1/1982;

- A New Vision for the Possibility of Creating an Islamic Entity - Politics 25/4/1977;

- Late Payment of Damages and Debt impairment - Al-Tali'ah 25/1/1995, Arbitration - Optional Arbitration On - Al - Tali'ah - 3/5/1995;

- Arbitration – Aftermath of the cancellation of Article 177 and its arguments - 17/5/1995;

- Quantum Arbitration and the formation of arbitration bodies - 24/5/1995;

- Arbitration – Administration of arbitration - Vanguard - 31/5/1995,

- Arbitration - Efficiency and competency of the judicial assistants - 7/7/1999 and during the 14^th of June 1995;

- Challenging the Rulings of the Arbitration Bodies - Al-Tali'ah - 21/6/1995, Arbitration - Lawyer and Arbitration - Al-Tali'ah - 28/8/1995;

- Reading in the Judicial Arbitration Law - 13/9/1995;

- The phenomenon of issuing checks – Discussion in the Arabic newspaper - Siyasah on 28/10/2002;

- The phenomenon of issuing checks without balance and commercial laws – Siyasah newspaper - 29/10/2002,

- The phenomenon of issuing checks without balance – Siyasah Newspaper - 30/10/2002,

- The phenomenon of issuing checks without balance – Siyasah Newspaper - 31/10/2002;

- Conducted a seminar on the criminalization of issuing check without balance – Al Anba Newspaper - 26/1/2003,

- A write up on the issue of licenses of commercial shops – Al Tali’ah Newspaper on 15/ 6/1994,

- A write up on the public issue of shares by Boubyan Bank is not a violation of the law – Al Rai Newspaper on 08/06/2004.

Biography:

Mr. Abdulaziz Taher Alkhateeb is the founder partner of Taher Group Law Firm. He has been an active lawyer in the Kuwaiti courts, including the Constitutional and the Supreme Courts for nearly 50 years. He continues to head and guide the Group both locally and internationally. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Law from the Cairo University in the year 1969. He is an arbitrator at the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Kuwaiti Lawyers Association. He is former Board Member of Kuwait Judicial Institute, a former member of the Board of Lawyers Association, and a member of the Governmental Advisory Committee of the General Secretariat of Endowments in the State of Kuwait. He has contributed towards drafting and amending several codes of laws enacted by the State of Kuwait through his roles in committees. Among the most prominent committees on which he presided were the “Law Editing Committee”, “The law of rents” and the “Committee to amend the personal affairs laws”. He has published several prominent legal works in the State of Kuwait and the most important of which is the ’Statute of limitations in Kuwaiti Laws” and another book being the “Code of Criminalization and Punishment in Non-Penal Laws”. His publications are a specialized guide used for in the corporate governance, zakat and tax laws, responsibility and contribution of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry towards companies and arbitration of any disputes as well as some research papers in many other fields. He has written a wide range of legal articles for the press out of which about 142 of them have been published in the press which also includes television interviews and audio-visual participations, as well as participation in conferences, seminars and the presentation of several specialized legal courses.

Specialization and experience:

Mr. Alkhateeb is a highly sought lawyer and arbitrator with over 50 years of experience in Commercial Law, Corporate Governance, Taxation and Commercial Arbitration. He has an extensive experience in drafting and reviewing commercial and investment contracts, dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration and has vast experience in representing foreign and local investors. For several decades, under his leadership, Taher Group has organized legal and commercial affairs for investment leaders and major international investment companies to meet their needs in accordance with local law.