There is no doubt that the latest rapid developments occurred in the life and society requiring from the all to cope with and to be cautious in all dealings, which may require involving specialized and experienced persons in the matter, and from this point the idea of legal insurance looms in prospects. The idea of legal insurance is parallel to the idea of insurance in general whether life insurance or vehicle insurance or any other branch of insurance. However, the frame of the idea of legal insurance is distinguished as the insurance assigned to specialized and qualified law firms, not to insurance companies. The idea of legal insurance based on an agreement to be concluded between an individual or entity and one of the law firms whereby such individual or entity maintains insurance against any problem or case or legal matter that may unexpectedly occurs. The law firm in such cases shall take all the legal procedures required for protecting the insured person by promptly sending one of the lawyers or consultants to assist such person in the situation and to take all the legal procedures required for exiting such person out of such situation. Accordingly, Al- Raya Law Office serves legal insurance to its clients through a team of lawyers and consultants experienced in all aspects of law. In addition, Al-Raya sets up a hotline where a client can access at any time requesting the assistance and the Office will immediately send the specialized person to exit the client out of the situation. The critical situations that the client may face are being detained by the police or expose to vehicle accident or being a party to ruction or any obstacle hinders the attendance of the client to the Office or being in the process of concluding a contract and requires prompt legal advice. The Office provide the clients with the service of obtaining ID for each client including the information of the client and the number of the hotline for assistance at any time and at any emergent situation. This service is very helpful for the foreign communities in Kuwait who may face difficulty in communicating in Arabic as upon showing such ID for anyone who can call us, we will promptly attend to assist the client in the situation.

After the world has become one nation, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and the connection between local and international transactions, the arbitration has been acquired an outstanding role in resolving disputes among investors. Our office is considered as one of the national offices specialized in arbitration, which is handled by arbitrators admitted to appear before the local and international arbitration institutions. Our lawyers have a wide- range expertise in representing clients in all stages of litigation or local and international arbitration regardless the nature of the dispute. Upon receiving any case, our lawyers strive to represent clients in terms of the best standard practices through developing strategy of handling the case, evaluating facts and determining the legal situation and enforcing the judgments issued in favor of the clients.

The Office serve, to the clients, legal advices pertaining to performing their businesses in the State of Kuwait with taking into consideration laws, by laws and procedures relevant to the Kuwaiti commercial law and companies law. Upon determining the form of the project, the Office assists the clients in drafting agreements and contracts, proceeding with the necessary procedures and obtaining the licenses required. In addition, the Office assists the clients in appointing representatives, establishing branches for their businesses and incorporating joint projects and agencies in the State of Kuwait. In this regard, the activity of the Office comprises of drafting commercial agreements and contracts, providing legal advice in all aspects of law, which include (joint projects agreements- articles of association-agencies agreements-concession contracts-license contracts- supply and distribution contracts- purchase and sale contracts- finance and collateral agreements). The Office has a wide-range expertise in attending ordinary and extra-ordinary general assemblies of joint-stock and limited liability companies, manages such assemblies in the manner maintaining the full legal protection of the client and claims the clients’ rights in the light of such assemblies with taking into consideration the situation of the client whether a member in the board of directors or a chairman or a manger or just a shareholder or a partner. The Office has a distinguished expertise in handling accountability cases filed against companies’ managers and members of board of directors. The Office has obtained several judgments against prominent businessmen who were the subject of the debate of the Kuwait Society. In addition, the Office handles criminal cases emerging from such accountability whether abuse of confidence or forgery or fraud cases.

The Office pursues all types of compensation cases, whether individual or collective, emerging from the fault of the third party and cases of work injury, accidents and medical error resulting in injury or death, and contractors and engineers’ mistakes whether the client is plaintiff or defendant. The Office co-operate with all insurance companies for pursuing all cases filed from/against such companies, whether can be resolved amicably or by bringing to the court room or to the arbitration.

Engineering contracts, construction contracts, finance agreements, intellectual property rights, copyright and publishing, trademarks and patents.

The Office has a wide-range expertise in pursuing family law cases including (divorce- alimony- child support- heritage disputes- representing heirs’ claims inside or outside the State of Kuwait). Further, the Office serves legal advice’s in such area.

The Office provides legal advices to the clients (embassies- companies- corporations- individuals) in all labor disputes pursuant to the local labor law. In addition, the Office represents the clients, in labor disputes, before labor departments and courts. The Office has the expertise required for assisting the clients in preparing internal regulations and policies pertaining to employees, drafting employment contracts in accordance with local laws, and providing legal consultations concerning labor disputes.

The Office represents the clients in various stages of criminal cases from the stage of criminal investigation till the stage of criminal trial, appeal and cessation. The lawyers of the Office pursue criminal cases pertaining to commercial activities (Commerce misdemeanor- press misdemeanor- municipality misdemeanor), and provides legal advices to the clients with respect to any violation to the local laws and by-laws.

The main goal from obtaining any judgment is the enforcement and procurement of such judgment, which requires expertise in all enforcement departments. The Office has a team of employees specialized and qualified in pursuing enforcement process with Ministry of Interior until procurement of the amounts. The Office has a department for enforcement and procurement handles all types of claims whether claims relating to companies or corporations or individuals and whether plaintiffs or defendants.