Yasin Hamad Al Swihat

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Yasin is a senior associate in AMJ’s litigation and arbitration team and handles commercial and civil litigation cases including enforcement proceedings on behalf of banks and non-banking financial companies and commercial organisations. Yasin main’s focus is on civil and commercial enforcement.

Yasin has expanded his expertise to all aspects of complex actions relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation proceedings and labour law. He has also increasingly developed a practice in the field of trade union law and collective bargaining in Oman.

Highlights

Acting for leading banks in respect of their commercial as well as employment and labour related disputes.
Acting for a leading national and international bank for the recovery of approximately US $ 52 million credit facilities granted to a cement manufacturing entity in Oman.
Acting for a number of leasing and financing companies and banks on enforcement proceedings for recovery of outstanding liabilities from their defaulters through sale of properties/assets mortgaged in their favour.
Successfully represented a leading industrial organisation to represent it in labour claims filed by 13 employees.
Advised a leading company on the applicable laws regarding strikes, labour benefits and participated in strike negotiation meetings on behalf of the management with the Ministry of Manpower, the company Trade Union and the General Trade Union of Oman.
Successfully represented a corporate company against a criminal claim filed by its Trade Union relating to inappropriate usage of the electronic media and represented the company’s CEO in a counterclaim against the Trade Union.
Represented a leading corporate company in liquidation of an affiliate company.

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