Legal Notices

Regulatory information

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm is licensed by the Ministry of Justice Oman (Registration Number 67/2013).

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm Tax Card Number: 8132552

Beach One, Shatti Al Qurum

PO Box 4, PC 102
Al Qurum, Muscat

Sultanate of Oman

Tel: +968 2495 0750

Addleshaw Goddard Oman Legal Consultancy (Civil Legal Consultancy firm) is a Civil Legal Consultancy firm established in the Sultanate of Oman under the Advocacy and Legal Consultations Law promulgated by Royal Decree No. (41/2024) with register number 1666203 and licensed by the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs with trade licence number 2026/22.

Addleshaw Goddard Oman Legal Consultancy (Civil Legal Consultancy firm) Tax Card Number: 150827200

Murtafaat Qurm

PO Box 4, PC 102

Muscat

Sultanate of Oman

Tel: +968 2495 0700

Data protection

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm holds all necessary licences, registrations and authorisations required in order to process personal data in Oman. Nasser al Habsi is the firm’s data protection officer (DPO).

Please refer to our Privacy Notice for information about what we do with personal data relating to you.

If you have any questions in this regard, wish to contact the DPO, or to exercise any of your rights as a data subject, including any concerns or complaints about how we collect, use, handle, store, disclose, or otherwise process your personal data, please email us at:

dpo.oman@nasalaw.com

Where, as part of any matter for you, we process personal data about any third party (including your employees, your customers and any other third parties involved in your matter), you agree that you shall be responsible for ensuring that each data subject to whom such personal data relates:

• receives a Processing Notice, where required in order for us to act for you on the relevant matter; and
• has provided their consent to our processing of their personal data, where such consent is necessary in order for us to lawfully process their personal data as part of acting for you.

AG Group holds all necessary licences, registrations and authorisations required in order to process personal data in the jurisdictions in which it operates, as determined in accordance with the applicable Law for the jurisdiction in which each member of the AG Group is based.

Please refer to the AG Group Legal Notices for information about AG Group, how it provides its services and how it handles personal data relating to you.

Information sharing and use of your information

You agree that any information Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm obtains as a result of acting for you (which may include your confidential information and personal data) may be shared with our suppliers to assist us in providing the services requested by you and complying with the Law. This may involve transfer of, or access to, such information worldwide. Where personal data is transferred to or accessed from another country, we will comply with the applicable requirements governing that transfer or access.

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm (and only as necessary, entities and individuals within the AG Group) may use this information, or disclose it to third parties (and to the extent this information is privileged, you agree to waive that privilege on a limited basis with respect to these parties), for general business purposes, including any one or more of the following:

• for conflict checking;
• for the provision of our services to you;
• for disclosure to other third party advisers working for you on the same matter;
• for disclosure to third parties to whom we outsource relevant support services and where such disclosure may involve transfer, processing and storage of the information using third party software and hosting on third party platforms;
• for fraud prevention, anti-money laundering purposes, anti-bribery purposes and/or generally for the prevention or detection of crime;
• to comply with mandatory reporting obligations;
• to ensure the safety and security of our people and premises (where we also use CCTV);
• for disclosures to our auditors, our own legal and other professional advisors, our banks and insurers and insurance brokers;
• to administer your account with us, including providing e-billing services at your request and tracing and collecting any debts;
• conducting specific tests on or developments to our existing or new systems, networks, applications and software and for the general improvement of our services;
• to manage our business performance, to assess client satisfaction (such as by asking you to participate in surveys) and generally to help improve our services;
• for advertising, marketing and public relations, including sending you direct marketing communications (as permitted by Law);
• as otherwise required by Law;
• where you have given written consent to such use or disclosure.

Marketing, seminars and training materials

We will use your contact details – including names, telephone numbers, addresses and email addresses – to send you marketing communications from Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm or relevant members of the AG Group only where you have given your prior consent. Such communications may include invitations to events, such as seminars or conferences, or briefings or similar publications which we think might be of interest to you.

You may withdraw your consent to receive such communications at any time by writing to the Business Development team at our office or by emailing:

• unsubscribe@nasalaw.com

Anti-money laundering

In order to comply with the Law, Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm is obliged to undertake detailed client due diligence and ongoing monitoring for both new and existing clients. Before accepting instructions, we are required to carry out due diligence to verify the identity of:

• all prospective clients; and
• all connected parties, such as the beneficial owners of a client;
• and we are required to re-verify all checks periodically thereafter.

We may terminate the provision of any services to a client, or be instructed to do so by the relevant authorities, if such client fails to provide evidence of identity or if we suspect that the client or any other party connected with such client or with the matter is involved in any activities proscribed by relevant Law.

In providing CDD data to Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm, the client consents (and has obtained the consent of any individual whose personal data they provide) to such data being retained after our relationship with the client has ended. The period of retention we consider necessary takes into account our regulatory requirements and limitation periods for potential legal proceedings and therefore may be subject to change and may exceed 5 years.

Communication and information security

We will communicate with you and, as appropriate, third parties using any normal means such as letters, fax, e-mail, text, instant messaging, telephone, voicemail and video conferencing or using CD-ROMs, DVDs or USB devices. If there is any mode of communication which you do not wish us to use, please notify the partner responsible for the matter in writing.

If you regard any communications from or to us as particularly confidential, or require particular security arrangements with regard to a matter or have alternative communication requirements please notify the partner responsible for the matter in writing.

Our anti-virus and anti-spam filters and other security arrangements may reject or filter legitimate emails. Please ensure that any important email you send is followed up by a telephone call if it has not otherwise been acknowledged.

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm cannot guarantee the availability or security of its electronic information, storage and communications systems.

The services we provide

Our services are provided to and for the benefit of our client only. No other person may use or rely upon the services undertaken for you nor derive any rights or benefits from such services unless expressly agreed otherwise.

If there is any change in the Law after the date on which any services are provided, we have no responsibility to notify you of the change or the consequences of such change, unless expressly agreed otherwise.

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm alone is responsible for the provision of the services. No individual assumes any personal responsibility to you and accordingly, no individual shall owe you any personal duty of care. Accordingly, when instructing us, you agree that (a) you will not bring any claim whether in contract, tort, under statute or otherwise against any individual or against any other member of the AG Group and (b) individuals and other members of the AG Group shall be entitled to rely upon this provision, save to the extent such agreement is prohibited by applicable Law.

Applying agreed liability limits

Any amount agreed with you in writing as a limit on our liability, shall be applied (a) to each matter upon which we act for you; (b) to Losses arising in any circumstances whatsoever, whether in contract, tort, under statute or otherwise, and howsoever caused (including our negligence or non-performance); and (c) as an aggregate cap on the liability of Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm and if applicable to the matter, any relevant member of the AG Group.

Where we have agreed a monetary cap on our liability, the amount of such cap shall be the greater of (a) such amount agreed with you in writing; and (b) the minimum amount permitted under applicable Law.

Professional indemnity insurance

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm maintains professional indemnity insurance and our current insurers are Aviva Insurance Limited, whose address is 18th Floor St Helen's, 1 Undershaft, London EC3P 3DQ.

Handling of client monies: cybercrime

Please be aware there is a significant risk posed by cybercrime fraud, specifically affecting email accounts and bank account details. Please be advised that you will not be notified of changes to our bank account details via email.

If you receive an email from someone purporting to be from Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm advising you of a change of bank account details, particularly during the course of a transaction:

• do not reply to the email;
• do not act on any information contained in the email; and
• immediately contact the person dealing with your matter.

If you are in any doubt, at any time, please do not send money to Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm electronically without speaking to the person dealing with your matter first to verify the account details. Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm does not accept liability in respect of a money transfer to a bank account which is not a Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm bank account.

Handling of client monies: interest policy

In the ordinary course when we act for you we will hold any money of yours in our general client account on your behalf.

When we pay out funds or on completion of the matter we will apply interest, in accordance with our current Interest Policy (interest rates are available on request and may be positive, negative or zero), to the money we have been holding for you.

We will pay interest to you, except when:

• in accordance with your instructions and/or applicable Law, we are not to apply any interest to any monies we hold for you;
• in accordance with your instructions or any agreement you have entered into or undertaking we have given on your instructions, the interest has been paid to a third party;
• the interest is less than £100.00; or
• the interest rate applied is zero or below zero.

Where you know or reasonably expect that we will hold a high value sum for you and/or that we will hold a sum for a considerable amount of time, you can request us to place the money in a designated account. In that event we would account to you for the full amount of any interest received in respect of such amount from the bank.

Where a negative interest rate or any other charges are applied to the money that we hold for you in an Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm account, we shall have the right to deduct such sums from the money that we hold on your behalf and you are responsible for any resulting shortfall in the money which we then transfer to the ultimate recipient (subject to our doing so in accordance with your instructions and applicable Law).

E-billing

Where you have requested that, as part of our services, we invoice you via a third party e-billing provider, Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm will, unless you expressly notify us in writing to the contrary, use a web based SaaS e-billing application hosted by a third party to provide the invoices in the electronic format required by your e-billing provider.

You warrant that you are entitled to permit Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm to access and use the e-billing service you require and agree to reimburse Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm for any costs or other liabilities incurred by Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm in engaging with your preferred e-billing provider.

Neither Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm nor any of its personnel shall incur any liability caused by the act, omission, fraud, delay, negligence, insolvency, collapse or default of such e-billing provider (save to the extent of any negligence on our part), including its failure to process your data in accordance with legal requirements.

Financial institutions and systems

If you wish to know the name of the deposit-taking institution(s) where your client money is being held, please ask the partner responsible for any matter.

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm shall incur any liability caused by the act, omission, fraud, delay, negligence, insolvency, collapse or default of a deposit-taking institution or a financial clearing or payment system (save to the extent of any negligence on our part). This does not affect the enforceability of any express legal undertaking.

In the UK, some clients may be entitled to compensation in the event that monies are lost due to the collapse of a deposit-taking institution, please refer to the relevant jurisdictional page of these Legal Notices for further information.

Complaints handling

You and any third party have a right to complain, click here for the Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm Client Complaints Process.

Definitions and interpretation

In these Legal Notices, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm is licensed by the Ministry of Justice Oman (Registration Number 67/2013) and operates in Oman (Tax Card No. 8132552).

Addleshaw Goddard Oman Legal Consultancy (Civil Legal Consultancy firm) is a Civil Legal Consultancy firm established in the Sultanate of Oman under the Advocacy and Legal Consultations Law promulgated by Royal Decree No. (41/2024) with register number 1666203 and licensed by the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs with trade licence number 2026/22.

AG Group means Addleshaw Goddard Oman Legal Consultancy (Civil Legal Consultancy firm) and other entities and individuals who are members of the AG Group, full details of which are set out in the AG Group Legal Notices.

DP Law means all applicable Law relating to data protection, the processing of personal data and privacy in force anywhere in the world from time to time, and processing, controller, processor, personal data, special category data, personal data breach, data subject and supervisory authority shall have the meanings given to them (or nearest equivalent terms) in the applicable DP Law for the jurisdiction.

Law means, in any jurisdiction in which Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm or any member of the AG Group provides services, applicable: (a) common law; (b) case law; (c) legislation, enactment, statute, statutory instrument, regulation, by-law; ordinance or subordinate legislation; (d) statutory, industry or other professional regulations, rules, codes, guidance, regulations, practice directions, instruments and provisions.

Losses means all losses, liabilities, fines, damages, costs and expenses including legal fees on a solicitor/client basis and disbursements and costs of investigation, litigation, settlement, judgment, interest and penalties.

Processing Notice means information required under Relevant DP Law to be provided to a Data Subject where that Data Subject’s Personal Data is collected, obtained or otherwise Processed.

We, us, and our, means Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm.

You means the client, being the person or persons identified by us as having provided our instructions and to whom we are providing the services and your shall be construed accordingly.

Use of the words other, includes, including, for example and in particular and similar words or phrases, do not limit the generality of any preceding words and any words which follow them shall not be construed as being limited in scope to the same class as preceding words where a wider construction is possible.

References to us carrying out work for or providing advice to our clients, include all aspects of our services, for example drafting documents, negotiating on our client's behalf and advising on the Law.

Any reference to liability means that, notwithstanding any provision in these Legal Notices which details the extent to which the liability of Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm and entities and individuals within the AG Group is limited or excluded, nothing in these Legal Notices shall limit or exclude the liability for death or personal injury arising out of negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation or any other matter which cannot be limited or excluded by Law.

Use of the words expressly agreed means we have given prior consent in writing.

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For further information about Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm, including how we are regulated, please refer to the Legal Notices on our website. For information about how we process your personal data, please refer to the Privacy Notice on our website. This document is for general information only and is correct as at the publication date. It is not legal advice, it does not create a solicitor-client relationship and Nasser Al Habsi & Saif Al Mamari Law Firm assumes no duty of care or liability to any party in respect of its content.