With over 21 years of experience in the real estate and hospitality industry, Emad, served as a Partner with Big Four firms, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Executive Board Member, and interim CEO, with a number of dynamic and highly respected groups of companies with investments and ventures in real estate and hospitality across the Middle East and North Africa.
Emad is a widely respected lawyer with professional experience in commercial transactions, with a specific focus on the Real Estate and Hospitality sectors, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, hotel leasing agreements, branded residential developments, and management and licensing agreements.
Emad has negotiated, re-negotiated, litigated, arbitrated, and advised on more than 200 hotel management and franchise agreements during the course of his carrier.
Emad has state-of-the-art experience in dealing with major hotel operators and worked on some of the most iconic hotels in the Middle East and Africa.