JOHN L. HABIB
jhabib@kalbianhagerty.com
John L. Habib, Managing Partner of Kalbian
Hagerty LLP's Middle East Practice Group, is based in
our offices in
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Mr.
Habib has a broad corporate, commercial law and litigation
practice, focusing primarily on international distributor
and agency relationship management, corporate governance,
transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. He also has
extensive experience in intellectual property and international
corporate and securities law matters. Mr. Habib regularly
advises clients seeking to access Middle Eastern markets
through direct or indirect private investment. He has advised
and represented clients in diverse industries, including
consumer products, real estate, banking, defense contracting,
project finance and professional services.
Mr. Habib has
practiced law for more than fifteen years in Washington
D.C., New York, Arizona and several countries
in the Middle East. In 1999, he was appointed General
Counsel of Farnam Companies, Inc., a leading Phoenix-based
consumer
products manufacturer with a world-wide distributor network.
He later became the President of Farnam's largest business
unit, and then Vice President of Sales across business
units. Immediately prior to joining Kalbian Hagerty LLP,
Mr. Habib served as Vice President of Acquisitions and
Alliances, responsible for all stages of prospecting,
due diligence and closing transactions.
Mr. Habib earned a B.A.
in International Relations and Political Science from
Colgate University. He was awarded
his Juris Doctor degree from Emory University in 1990,
where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Emory International
Law Review. He is admitted to practice in New York, Maryland,
Arizona and the District of Columbia.
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