Corporate advisory in the Middle East

Our firm provides comprehensive corporate and commercial advisory services, supporting businesses across all stages of their lifecycle.

We advise on all matters of corporate law in the Middle East and can assist with:

• The drafting and negotiation of a full range of commercial agreements including, but not limited to: 
  • supply agreements;
  • distribution agreements;
  • franchise agreements; 
  • licensing agreements; and
  • service contracts.
• Regulatory compliance
• UAE legislative developments
• Corporate governance 
• Strategic advice and risk mitigation

Our team partners with clients to deliver practical, strategic and commercially-focused legal advice, helping them manage risk, achieve operational goals and drive business growth in competitive markets.

Regulatory structuring and approvals

We advise clients on the regulatory structuring, licensing strategy and obtaining required approvals for businesses operating in regulated sectors in the UAE.

Our work focuses on designing corporate, ownership and governance structures that align with applicable regulatory frameworks, support investment and growth strategies and enable transactions to be executed efficiently and with regulatory certainty.

We act for founders, family offices and multinational groups across the full business lifecycle, including market entry and initial structuring, through expansions, acquisitions and reorganisations. Our experience includes advising on:

• regulatory classification and licensing strategy for innovative and evolving business models;
• jurisdictional structuring across UAE mainland, free zones and financial free zones;
• establishing and structuring regulated entities to meet regulatory requirements;
• ownership, control and governance considerations impacting regulated businesses; and
• regulatory aspects of mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations, including change of control and approval processes.

We engage directly with regulators where appropriate to ensure that regulatory considerations are addressed pragmatically and proportionately.

Our approach is commercial, structuring focused and transaction aware, enabling clients to move forward with confidence in an ever evolving regulatory environment.