Expert Guides - United Arab Emirates

The Impact of OECD GloBE Proposals in the Middle East

Shiv Mahalingham, of Cragus, sets out a summary of the key proposals for Global Anti-Base Erosion under Pillar Two and looks at the potential impact on the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) region (a region that is at present characterized by the introduction of new/revised transfer pricing...

13/05/2021 Shiv Mahalingham, The Cragus Group, United Arab Emirates

The use of technology to conduct ADGM arbitrations

When the ADGM Regulations (‘Regulations’) were issued in December 2015, we rightly welcomed them as “one of the most modern and progressive arbitration laws in the Middle East” (Global Arbitration Review, February 2017)

23/09/2020 John P Gaffney, Al Tamimi & Company, United Arab Emirates Malak Nasreddine, Al Tamimi & Company, United Arab Emirates

The Impact of COVID-19 on Transfer Pricing

This article looks at the current COVID-19 crisis and the impact it will have on Transfer Pricing and Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) who are dealing with Transfer Pricing issues.

29/03/2020 Shiv Mahalingham, The Cragus Group, United Arab Emirates

Current trends in the Middle East – law and practice – opportunities and challenges for the infrastructure, construction and energy sectors

Against the backdrop of new oil market realities and the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East the oil exporting and non-oil economies are implementing structural reforms to diversify their economies away from hydrocarbons and generally to boost the role of the Private Sector

19/01/2017 Terry Fleet, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, United Kingdom Rashid Khan, CMS, United Arab Emirates

Islamic Finance Structures for Solar and other Renewable Projects

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has recently seen a surge of interest in developing renewable energy, in particular solar energy projects

17/10/2016 Tim Burbury, King & Spalding, United Arab Emirates Nabil A Issa, King & Spalding, United Arab Emirates Usman Ahmad, King & Spalding, United Arab Emirates

Dubai International Financial Centre: A go-to jurisdiction for enforcement

The Dubai International Financial Centre ("DIFC"), the common law off-shore exception within the UAE's civil law system, is quickly evolving into a go-to jurisdiction for enforcement actions

14/10/2016 Björn Gehle, Reed Smith, United Arab Emirates Roberta Wertman, Reed Smith, United Arab Emirates

The GCC Evolving Tax Landscape

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have in the past few years faced significant fiscal challenges, heightened by reduced revenues from their traditional oil and gas resources

04/08/2016 Reggie Mezu, Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla, United Arab Emirates

The UAE: An Anti-Corruption Update

The past 12 months have seen two key developments in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the anti-corruption field

15/03/2016 Adam Vause, DLA Piper, United Arab Emirates Eamon Holley, DLA Piper, United Arab Emirates Sharif Hamadeh, DLA Piper, United Arab Emirates

Middle East PPP Policy Developments: Kuwait and Dubai

In a climate of falling oil prices and tightening government budgets, several states in the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC) are looking again at Public Private Partnerships (PPP) as one of several business models for the development of essential infrastructure assets and services

15/03/2016 Tim Burbury, King & Spalding, United Arab Emirates

What does the Cape Town Convention mean for the UAE?

International Interests

The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and its Protocol on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, each dated 16 November 2001 (together the Cape Town Convention), were intended to standardise aviation finance transactions. To achieve this objective,...

18/06/2015 Paul Jarvis, Dentons, United Arab Emirates Andrew McMullan, Dentons, United Arab Emirates

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Expert	Firm	Practice area
Abbott, James	Clifford Chance	Commercial Arbitration, White Collar Crime
Abraham, Robin	Clifford Chance	Banking, Energy and Natural Resources, Islamic Finance, Project Finance
Ahmad, Amir	Reed Smith	Islamic Finance
Ahmed, Shibeer	Squire Patton Boggs	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Islamic Finance, Project Finance
Akhtar, Pervez	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions
Al Mulla, Habib	Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla	Commercial Arbitration, Litigation
Al Tamimi, Essam	Al Tamimi & Company	Best of the Best (Global), Commercial Arbitration
Ali, Jawad I	King & Spalding	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best (Global), Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Ali, Rahail	Hogan Lovells	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best (Global), Capital Markets, Islamic Finance
Al-Louzi, Sami E	White & Case	Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions
Anagnostou, Peter	DLA Piper	Rising stars
Arab, Hassan	Al Tamimi & Company	Commercial Arbitration, Litigation
Aslam, Qasim	Dentons	Banking, Finance and Transactional
Aslam, Qasim	Dentons	Best of the Best (Global), Islamic Finance
Baird, Andrew	Watson Farley & Williams	Islamic Finance
Barr, Gordon	Al Tamimi & Company	Labour & Employment
Blanksby, Mark	Clyde & Co	Commercial Arbitration, Construction
Brewer, Graham	Clifford Chance	Rising stars
Briggs, Richard	Hadef & Partners	Best of the Best (Global), Commercial Arbitration, Litigation, Shipping and maritime
Burbury, Tim	King & Spalding	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Construction, Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Burke, Stephen	Baker Botts	Rising stars
Calnan, Bonnie	Dentons	Real Estate, Women in Business Law
Campbell, Scott	Linklaters	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions
Carnell, Nick	Taylor Wessing	Best of the Best (Global), Construction
Chandrasekera, Rovine	Stephenson Harwood	Shipping and maritime
Chowdhry, Marie	Pinsent Masons	Rising stars
Clayton, Jane	Norton Rose Fulbright	Investment Funds, Women in Business Law
Cockrell, Charles	HFW	Rising stars
Cole, Adrian	King & Spalding	Best of the Best (Global), Construction
Crossley, Neil	DLA Piper	Labour & Employment
Davis, Shawn	King & Wood Mallesons	Energy and Natural Resources
Deans, Rob	Clyde & Co	Trademarks
Dey, Debashis	White & Case	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Capital Markets, Islamic Finance, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Diosi, Michael	Allen & Overy	Banking
Dowsett, Philip	Dechert	Private Equity
Dundas Jr, Philip B	Shearman & Sterling	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Energy and Natural Resources
Elder, Iain	Shearman & Sterling	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best (Global), Project Finance
Farhad, Alain	Mayer Brown	Commercial Arbitration
Ford, Rebeccca	Clyde & Co	Labour & Employment
Fraser, Mark	Taylor Wessing	Construction
Fried, Jonathan	Linklaters	Best of the Best (Global), Capital Markets
Gaffney, John P	Al Tamimi & Company	Commercial Arbitration
Gandapur, Rabia	Deloitte	Rising stars
Garousha, Khalid	Allen & Overy	Banking, Finance and Transactional
Garousha, Khalid	Allen & Overy	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Mergers and Acquisitions
Ghaffari, Amir	Vinson & Elkins	Commercial Arbitration
Gibbon, Richard J	Squire Patton Boggs	White Collar Crime
Gimblett, Richard	HFW	Aviation
Gordon, Vince	HFW	Banking
Greaves, Andrew	Addleshaw Goddard	Construction
Grose, Michael	Clyde & Co	Best of the Best (Global), Construction
Hamadeh, Sharif	DLA Piper	White Collar Crime
Hamra-Krouha, Mohamed	Clifford Chance	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Project Finance
Hardman, Jack	Clifford Chance	Rising stars
Henderson, Steven	Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla	Real Estate
Holder, Sara	Rouse	Patents, Women in Business Law
Holder, Sara	Rouse	Trademarks
Holley, Eamon	DLA Piper	White Collar Crime
Hourani, Husam	Al Tamimi & Company	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Islamic Finance
Humphrey, Nick	Kennedys	Aviation, Best of the Best (Global)
Hutton, Scott	Squire Patton Boggs	Construction
Ingram-Johnson, Ian	Allen & Overy	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Ireland, Philip	Maples Group	Best of the Best (Global), Investment Funds
Issa, Nabil A	King & Spalding	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Jaballah, Rita	Al Tamimi & Company	Litigation, Women in Business Law
Jarvis, Paul	Dentons	Aviation, Shipping and maritime
Jawed, Tahir	Maples Group	Best of the Best (Global), Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Jones, Wayne	Clyde & Co	Insurance and Reinsurance
Kanji, Rizwan	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Capital Markets, Islamic Finance
Kantaria, Samir	Al Tamimi & Company	Labour & Employment
Karia, Sachin	Allen & Overy	Construction
Keenan, Richard	Covington & Burling	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Project Finance
Kerur, Sachin	Reed Smith	Construction
Khan, Anbreen	Deloitte	Tax, Women in Business Law
Khan, Muneer	Simmons & Simmons	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best (Global), Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Khan, Nadim	Jones Day	Project Finance
Khoja, Sara	Clyde & Co	Labour & Employment
Kim, Judith	Allen & Overy	Energy and Natural Resources, Women in Business Law
Kimatrai, Sameera	Allen & Overy	Rising stars
Kramer, Nicholas	CMS	Construction
Lahiri, Shourav	Reed Smith	Construction
Lassoued, Ibtissem	Al Tamimi & Company	White Collar Crime
Latif, Qudeer	Clifford Chance	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best (Global), Islamic Finance
Law, Alex	Deloitte	Tax
Liddington, Jamie	Hadef & Partners	Labour & Employment
Lovett, Graham	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	Commercial Arbitration, Litigation
Lunjevich, Michael	Hadef & Partners	Real Estate
Mackenzie, Andrew	Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla	Rising stars
Mahalingham, Shiv	The Cragus Group	Best of the Best (Global), Transfer Pricing
Matthews, Stephen	Baker Botts	Project Finance
McMullan, Andrew	Dentons	Aviation
McViety, Paul	DLA Piper	Best of the Best (Global), Islamic Finance
Mewawalla, Sarosh	Linklaters	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Project Finance
Mezu, Reggie	Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla	Tax
Miller Rankin, Erin	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Construction, Women in Business Law
Miller, Claire	Beale & Company	Construction, Women in Business Law
Mills, Christopher	Clyde & Co	Litigation, Shipping and maritime
Mir, Zubair	Herbert Smith Freehills	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Mohammed, Anzal	Allen & Overy	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best (Global), Capital Markets, Islamic Finance
Moriarty, Matthew	The Cragus Group	Transfer Pricing
Mufti, Imran	Hogan Lovells	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Islamic Finance
Nash, Jon	Dentons	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Nasreddine, Malak	Al Tamimi & Company	Commercial Arbitration
Nelson, Michelle	Reed Smith	Construction
Newboult, Suzannah	DLA Piper	Construction, Women in Business Law
Norman, Jodi	Allen & Overy	Banking and Finance, Women in Business Law, Financial Services Regulatory
Norman, Philip	Clyde & Co	Commercial Arbitration
Obeidat, Omar	Al Tamimi & Company	Trademarks
O'Connell, Kiersten	Allen & Overy	Rising stars
O'Grady, Tom	DLA Piper	Real Estate
Paracha, Mohammed	Norton Rose Fulbright	Islamic Finance
Parker, Jon	Gowling WLG	Trademarks
Parris, Richard	Clifford Chance	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Paul, Dhruv	Watson Farley & Williams	Rising stars
Peake, Robert	Cragus Group	Tax
Punwar, Philip	Baker Botts	Commercial Arbitration, Construction
Quinlan, Henry	DLA Piper	Commercial Arbitration
Rai, Harj	Latham & Watkins	Banking, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Islamic Finance
Rainey, Michael	King & Spalding	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best (Global), Islamic Finance
Risbridger, David	Simmons & Simmons	Construction
Sacks, Phillip Charles	Dechert	Best of the Best (Global), Investment Funds
Saoudi, Yazan	Al Tamimi & Company	Shipping and maritime
Sengupta, Rishi	Kennedys	Rising stars
Shadmand, Sheila L	Jones Day	White Collar Crime, Women in Business Law
Shah, Imtiaz	Hogan Lovells	Islamic Finance, Investment Funds
Shah, Imtiaz	Hogan Lovells	Banking, Finance and Transactional
Shah, Rustum	Hogan Lovells	Best of the Best (Global), Islamic Finance
Shah, Rustum	Hogan Lovells	Banking, Finance and Transactional
Sioufi, Chris P	Dechert	Investment Funds
Stevens, Mark	Cragus Group	Tax
Sutcliffe, Jonathan H	K&L Gates	Commercial Arbitration
Tannous, Sami	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Rising stars
Taylor QC, Tim	King & Wood Mallesons	Litigation
Taylor, Guy	EY	Transfer Pricing
Taylor, Paul D	Eversheds Sutherland	Construction
Tse, Nicholas	Alem & Associates	Commercial Arbitration
Turrini, Michael	White & Case	Construction
Vause, Adam	DLA Piper	White Collar Crime
Veall, Christine J	Donald H Bunker and Associates	Aviation
Vidal, Orlando	Norton Rose Fulbright	White Collar Crime
Wadham, David	Ashurst	Banking, Finance and Transactional
Wakerley, Sam	HFW	Insurance and Reinsurance
Walker, Deirdre	Norton Rose Fulbright	Litigation, Women in Business Law
Waller, Alexis	Clyde & Co	Real Estate, Women in Business Law
Wertman, Roberta	Reed Smith	Commercial Arbitration
Wilson, Thomas P	Squire Patton Boggs	Construction
Young, Joycia	Clyde & Co	Trademarks, Women in Business Law
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