December 21, 2020

Mazen Tumi – Attorney at Law and Managing Partner, Tumi Law Firm

Tumi Law Firm is well known in the Arabic world for offering quality legal consultation and guidance to its clients worldwide at very genuine rates. The firm has a reputation of an excellent and trust worthy law firm. Because of this reason, the firm has gradually expanded from a small beginning some thirty years ago to become the largest law firm in Libya, building a national and international reputation for excellence. The firm offers exclusive services in the area of legalization of documents in Libya that cover legal translations, corporate visa applications for nationals and payroll services. The practice area also includes corporate law & business start-up, intellectual property, investment law, petroleum industry including oil and gas, immigration law, aviation & maritime law, insurance law, banking finance law and employment law. The firm’s current managing partner, Mazen Tumi, is an able litigator who has not only been practicing law for many years now but also helping the firm to grow to new heights under his excellent leadership.

Mazen Tumi holds three degrees from reputed institutions and is a member of the Libyan Bar Association, the Arab Lawyers Union, and the Arab Institute of Arbitration. He is a graduate from the School of Law at Tripoli University and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. He then went to Europe to do Master of Laws degree, graduating with Distinction from the University of East London, with a specialization in Corporate and Commercial Law, and International Trade. Over the years he has worked with several clients and gained extensive experience representing both national and international companies and organizations in their various transactions, including joint ventures, concessions, EPSA, DEPSA, and EPC agreements, MOUs, shareholders’ agreements, Project Finance and Securitization, Onward Investments, and commercial disputes. With his educational background and expertise in the field, he has managed to involve himself as a key player in an impressive number of projects in Libya including Mergers & Acquisitions, Privatization, and Financial Facilities.

Mazen Tumi is a seasoned litigator and highly experienced lawyer who specializes in Oil and Gas, Corporate Law, Construction, and Finance, and has been involved in a significant number of projects in Libya including Mergers & Acquisitions, Privatization, and Financial Facilities. He has facilitated several corporates in their business ventures and helped numerous projects to materialize. Some of the projects that he has successfully advised include a U.S. Energy Group, where he negotiated the due diligence process in an international acquisition transaction of Oil and Gas companies in the Middle East and Africa valued at $150 million. He has also advised a global financial institution based in Bahrain regarding its Islamic finance project on facilities granted to a Cyprus company through a Master Murabaha Agreement.

Mazen Tumi is currently a member of the Libyan Bar Association, the Arab Lawyers Union, and the Arab Institute of Arbitration. In addition, he is a Managing Partner at the Tumi Law Firm, where he gives counsel to leading international companies, such as those in the Agency, Distribution, Construction, Telecommunications, and Oil and Gas sectors. He also advises and represents clients with respect to litigation and legal proceedings in regard to the Libyan law.