Regulatory Notice
United Arab Emirates
Hourani & Partners (“H&P”) is authorized and duly licensed by the Dubai Department of Economic Development (License # 104453) and the Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department (License # ADF-2012-78) to provide advocacy, legal consulting, and other legal services.
As the official professional regulatory body in Dubai, the Department of Legal Affairs also has jurisdiction over the individual attorneys practicing in Dubai where applicable. The Dubai government through the Department of Legal Affairs requires attorneys to be individually licensed by it in order to lawfully provide legal services in the Emirate. There are a host of requirements to be satisfied and standards to be met – including on a recurring basis in the form of continuing legal education – in order for an attorney to become and remain duly licensed and registered to practice law in Dubai.
In jurisdictions where H&P does not have its own presence or license to practice law, legal services are provided through associations with separately constituted and regulated entities, each of which carries an independent license to practice law. Each of these associated law firms provides legal and other client services in accordance with the relevant laws of the jurisdictions in which they respectively operate, and is subject to the laws and professional regulations of such jurisdictions. Moreover, they may from time to time adopt various practices and procedures that are aligned with H&P to the extent permissible, however they are independently owned and operated by their respective members, partners and/or other principals.
Saudi Arabia
Advocacy, legal consulting, and other legal services are provided in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Mohammed M. Zarei & Khalid N. Alhamdan Law Firm (“ZH Partners”), a Saudi law firm duly licensed and registered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under Professional License Number 878/12/323 and Legal Establishment Number 00005707-0, with offices in Riyadh, Jeddah and Khobar. H&P has entered into a association arrangement with ZH Partners.
As the official professional regulatory body in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Ministry of Justice also has jurisdiction over the individual attorneys employed by or practicing under ZH Partners in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia.
United States
Advocacy, legal consulting, and other legal services are provided in the United States by Hourani Global (Legal) PLLC (“Hourani Global”), a US law firm duly licensed and registered as a domestic professional service limited liability company pursuant to the laws of the State of New York under Department of State ID# 5943348. H&P has entered into an of counsel association arrangement with Hourani Global.
The New York Bar Association requires attorneys to be individually licensed, registered and admitted in the State of New York in order to practice law in the State of New York. There are a host of requirements to be satisfied and standards to be met – including on a recurring basis in the form of continuing legal education promulgated by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board – in order for an attorney to become and remain duly licensed and registered to practice law in the State of New York.