Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Corporate advice, contracts, due diligence and DIAC arbitration — clear enough to act on, and delivered at the pace the UAE market demands.
Practice areas
Standing corporate counsel for boards, founders and in-house teams.
Contracts drafted from a blank page — or a hard look at the one you were handed.
Know what you are buying before you sign.
Counsel and representation in arbitrations at the Dubai International Arbitration Centre.
Formation, structure and the agreements that carry the business.
Registration, the tax treatment of a transaction, and the disputes that follow.
Contracts, policies and terminations under UAE labour law.
Acquisitions, leases and off-plan purchases, checked before signature.
AML, UBO records, economic substance and the policies a licence depends on.
The approach
We work with founders, boards and in-house teams across Dubai and the wider UAE. That means commercial context first: what the contract is really for, where the exposure sits, and what it takes to close.
How an engagement runs
Use the form, WhatsApp, email or a call. A short description is enough.
Within one business day we agree scope, timeline and price.
Scope, fees and terms in writing. Work starts once it is signed.
Written advice, drafted documents and negotiation, reasoning made plain.
From first draft to signature, execution and follow-through.
Fees
A commercial agreement taken apart clause by clause, with a mark-up and a plain-language risk memo.
A legal review of an acquisition target — corporate, commercial, employment, IP and regulatory.
Standing counsel for a full year — a fixed annual fee, billed quarterly, for companies that need answers all year.
Free tools
Estimate corporate tax at 0% / 9%, check Small Business Relief and the free-zone de minimis test.
Add or remove 5% VAT, and check whether you must — or may — register.
Gratuity under UAE labour law: 21 days per year for the first five years, 30 days after, capped at two years’ wage.
Mainland, free zone, DIFC/ADGM — or a combination? Six questions point you to the right starting structure.
Insights
A share purchase rarely leaves the target’s contracts untouched. Bank facilities, key supplier agreements and shareholder arrangements in the UAE commonly carry a change-of-control trigger that lets the counterparty accelerate, reprice or terminate once ownership moves.
Read the noteMost disputes are shaped long before the hearing, by the wording of the clause that sent the parties there. Seat, rules, language, the number of arbitrators and the scope of what is referred all decide the timetable and the cost.
Read the noteThe licence is rarely the real issue. What matters is where the revenue comes from, who the counterparties are, and whether the activity is regulated.
Read the noteA short description is enough to start. We reply to every enquiry personally, usually within one business day.