The firm
About Ben Hemden Law Firm
A law firm focused on the interests that need to be protected
Ben Hemden Law Firm is a Tunis-based law firm directed and supervised by Ahmed Ben Hemden, a Tunisian lawyer admitted to practise before the Courts of Appeal.
The firm advises and represents individuals, businesses, executives, shareholders, investors and clients based outside Tunisia in matters governed by Tunisian law.
Our approach is built on a straightforward principle: the value of legal work is not measured by the number of documents produced or proceedings initiated. It lies in understanding what is at stake, protecting the client’s legal position and directing the matter towards an outcome that is legally supportable and practically relevant.
For that reason, every engagement begins with the facts, the documents and the client’s objective before the appropriate legal instrument or procedure is selected.
Advisory work, risk prevention and litigation
Legal risk does not begin when a claim is filed.
Advisory work
It may arise while an investment is being structured, a contract is negotiated or performed, a company is being managed, a property transaction is being prepared, or when a decision begins to affect the rights of a shareholder, creditor or owner.
Risk prevention
The firm therefore acts both before disputes arise and after they have become unavoidable.
Litigation
This connection between advisory work and litigation allows transactions to be considered in light of the disputes they might later generate, while existing disputes can be understood in the context of the documents, decisions and relationships that preceded them.
Prevent risk where possible. Act strategically when a dispute can no longer be avoided.
Matters that cross legal boundaries
Not every case fits neatly within a single area of law.
A shareholder dispute may simultaneously involve corporate law, contractual obligations, evidence, liability and procedural strategy.
Protecting an asset may require administrative action alongside litigation or urgent protective measures.
A cross-border matter may require careful separation of what is governed by Tunisian law from the legal effect of a foreign document, decision or status.
The firm pays particular attention to matters in which several legal avenues need to be assessed together, so that an action which may be correct in isolation does not undermine the broader objective of the case.
Business, investment and asset protection
Business, investment and the protection of assets form an important part of the firm’s practice.
The work includes corporate matters, shareholder relationships, equity interests, contracts and situations where the legal position of an investor, executive or other stakeholder needs to be protected.
The firm’s practice also extends to real estate transactions and disputes, financial obligations and matters in which preserving an asset or valuable right is central to the engagement.
This experience means that legal questions are considered within their commercial and practical context.
The question is not only what the law provides.
It is also:
What value needs to be protected? What may place it at risk? And what legal decision should be taken before the position becomes more difficult to preserve?
Cross-border and international matters
The firm assists clients who live outside Tunisia while their legal, financial, business or family interests remain in the country.
They may be foreign investors, shareholders in Tunisian companies, Tunisians living abroad, property owners, heirs or parties to proceedings taking place in Tunisia.
Where the nature of the matter allows, the firm organises the work so as to limit unnecessary travel through remote consultations, document exchange, powers of attorney and representation before the relevant institutions.
These matters require particular attention to the validity of documents, the scope of representation, procedural formalities and the distinction between steps that may be carried out through counsel and those requiring the client’s personal involvement.
Geographical distance should be legally managed, not allowed to become a loss of control over the matter.
Direct supervision of the firm’s legal work
Ben Hemden Law Firm is directed and supervised by Ahmed Ben Hemden.
The assessment of matters, development of legal strategy and conduct of engagements accepted by the firm are organised under his supervision.
The purpose is to maintain consistency between the client’s objective, what the facts and evidence can realistically support and the legal actions taken on the client’s behalf.
The firm seeks to ensure that clients understand, as clearly as possible, what is established, what remains uncertain or requires verification, the material risks, the available options and the recommended next steps.
Clarity does not mean oversimplifying the law. It means giving the client the information needed to make an informed decision.
View Ahmed Ben Hemden’s professional profileA clearly defined engagement
Before accepting an engagement, the firm reviews the nature of the matter and carries out the necessary checks, including conflict-of-interest verification.
An engagement may be limited to legal advice or the drafting or review of a document. It may also cover negotiation, specific proceedings or broader representation in an ongoing matter.
The scope of work, the services to be provided and the applicable fees are agreed with the client.
The purpose is to establish from the outset what the firm is being asked to do, for what objective and within what scope.
Independence, confidentiality and realistic legal assessment
Counsel’s role is not to tell a client what the client would prefer to hear.
It is to assess the position on the basis of the facts, the available evidence and the applicable law, and to explain the available options and risks clearly enough for an informed decision to be made.
Where uncertainty exists, it should be identified.
Where a course of action carries risk, that risk should be understood.
And where the outcome depends on a court, an authority, another party or circumstances beyond the firm’s control, no artificial promise should replace that reality.
Initial exchange
Instructing the firm
If you have an interest or matter requiring legal attention in Tunisia, you may send the firm a concise chronology of the relevant facts, the principal documents available and details of any known deadline.
An initial assessment will help determine the nature and urgency of the matter and whether the firm is in a position to accept the engagement.