We provide a wide range of legal and paralegal services in GCC & Middle East countries Europe & North Africa, and their neighboring regions through an extensive network of branches and representative offices.

Our long-standing business relationship with our associates allows us to deliver a truly global service. To discuss how we can help you, please send an email with your questions ( info@dralyaqoutlawfirm.com ). Our team will ensure that your inquiry receives a prompt response.

1. We will decline to act where there is a conflict of interests, namely:

  • where we already act for one client and are asked to act for another client whose interests in the specific matter in question conflict or are likely to conflict with those of the first client; and/or
  • where we hold confidential information of one client and could only act in the best interests of another client by breaching our duty of confidence to that first client; and/or
  • Where we are the address for service for a patent, trademark or design registration and we are asked to take some action adverse to those specific registered rights;
  • Save that in circumstances of urgency, where our refusal to act would cause irreparable harm to a client, we will act by doing the bare minimum required to preserve that client’s position while alternative representation is found.

2. Unless agreed in advance with the client otherwise, we will not consider ourselves unable to act in situations of pure ‘commercial conflict’, including, but not limited to, situations where:

  • we are asked to act for clients who compete with each other;
  • we are asked to perform bulk searching or renewals, and do not have direct contact with, or provide substantive advice to, the ultimate client.

3. In some circumstances, however, we are prepared to discuss restricting ourselves in circumstances envisaged by paragraph 2 above. Such restrictions will be for a finite period and must be approved by the relevant Managing Partner and agreed in writing with you. Such restrictions may be reviewed from time to time in light of changed circumstances.

4. For all new matters, we check our records to try to identify possible conflicts. Whether a conflict exists or may arise is a matter of judgment and therefore there may be different opinions on the issue. Where a client is unsatisfied with a view we have taken on a possible conflict issue, we are happy to discuss it (within the confines of what we are permitted to disclose).