Alkhateeb, Fawaz
Alkhateeb, Fawaz
Biography:
Mr. Fawaz Alkhateeb is a senior partner and attorney at Taher Group Law Firm. He is admitted to practice before all courts in Kuwait including the Constitutional and Supreme Courts. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Kuwait University in the year 2009 and obtained a master’s degree in Law from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom in the year 2012. He went on to secure his PhD from Durham University, Law School in the United Kingdom during December 2020. He has had exposure as a legal consultant at the British Legal Advisory Center in Manchester in collaboration with Clifford Chance LLP, Hill Dickinson Law Firm and Manchester University. He has executed duties as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of International Law (KILAW) during 2014-2015. He has successfully headed the quality assurance committee (ISO 9001) at Taher Group Law Firm in both at the Kuwait and Cairo offices in addition to being, a certified quality auditor (IRCA) since 2014. He is a registered Court Receiver at Kuwait's Ministry of Justice. He is also a registered arbitrator at the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He functioned as the head of the Constitution Defense Committee, and currently, he heads the Standing Committee for the Defense of Lawyers at the Kuwait Lawyers Association (BAR). He specializes in corporate law, corporate finance and commercial law. He is presently writing his doctoral thesis on financial regulation and Market Abuse. Mr. Fawaz has represented many clients in numerous financial, corporate and commercial matters.
Specialisation and experience:
Mr. Alkhateeb is an international lawyer and arbitrator with over ten years of experience in General, corporate and commercial law. He has extensive experience in pleading and defending before all courts in the State of Kuwait. He is primarily focused in rendering legal services in area of business law, corporate law, furthermore in commercial law, insolvency law and judicial proceedings. He has worked on many cases including corporate and financial market matters. Alkhateeb provides services to a range of clients including high-net worth entities, companies and individuals. Alkhateeb has also contributed towards the leadership of the international department (foreign) and the management of legal affairs in the group. He has also contributed towards the provision of specialized legal courses to leading private sector entities within the State of Kuwait.
Professional registrations:
He is registered lawyer since 2009.
Educational Qualifications:
He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Kuwait University obtained in the year 2009, a Master of Laws from the University of Manchester, the United Kingdom in the year 2012 and presently pursuing his PhD at Durham University, in the United Kingdom.
Languages:
Arabic and English.
Research and legal studies:
▪ Doing Business in the State of Kuwait: An Overview (Thomson Reuters, Q & A, January 2018).
▪ "Reducing Corporate Responsibility: Advice from the External Consultant" (Association of Institutional Advisors ‘ACC’ 2017) p 34.
▪ "The Impact of Economic Theory on Corporate Law in the United Kingdom and the State of Kuwait - Comparative Study", (JD Supra, LLC 2012).
http://documents.jdsupra.com/52ed0e2a-4a4c-4f35-b25a-7097b9a12a1a.pdf
▪ "Building Consistent and Stable Countries", (Kuwait:National Consensus Conference‘INCM’ Conference Paper - April 2014).
▪Master Thesis, "Monetary Evaluation of Cases in which Courts raise the Legal Cover of Holding and Subsidiary Companies - Comparative Study between the State of Kuwait and the United Kingdom", (the UK: University of Manchester 2012).
▪Master Thesis, "Critical Discussion of the Principle of Independent Documentary Credit, Problems arising from Principle and Exceptions to its Application", (the UK: University of Manchester 2012).
"Explaining the rules of the profession of a lawyer and the legal pursuers", (Kuwait: Kuwait University 2008) - nominated as the best research at Kuwait University Faculty of Law - in 2008.
▪Research on "Rights and Freedoms in Kuwaiti Law", (Kuwait: Kuwait University, Faculty of Law, 2006).
Experiences and interests in other areas:
▪ Vice-President of the Kuwaiti Mind Sports Association (Kuwait Chess Federation) 2014.
▪ Had won the first position in the Kuwait Chess Championship held in 2000.
▪ He is a certified chess referee from the International Chess Federation and the Leadership Development Center - Kuwait.