United Arab Emirates
Business Service Providers in the UAE
Legal Services
Afridi & Angell
Contact: Charles Laubach
P.O. Box 9371
Dubai, UAE
Emirates Towers
Level 35
Sheikh Zayed Road
Phone: 971-4-331 0900
Fax: 971-4-331 0800
Email: claubach@afridi-angell.com
Web: http://www.afridi-angell.com
Afridi & Angell is a leading full service law firm with a 35 year history in the United Arab Emirates. Our acclaimed banking, maritime and project practice areas are supplemented with a general corporate and commercial practice involving energy, project development, construction, commercial agency, franchising, e-commerce, intellectual property, dispute resolution, employment, corporate governance and compliance. We have considerable experience with aspects of U.S. law having application to American companies doing business overseas, such as the FCPA, sanctions and the antiboycott laws.
Agha & Shamsi,L.L.C
Contact: Mr. Oliver Ali Agha, Managing Partner
P.O. Box 107913
Suite 200, Sheikh Sultan bin Suroor Al Dhaheri Building
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971 2 674 7234
Fax: +971 2 674 7237
Email: oliver.agha@aghashamsi.com
Web: http://www.aghashamsi.com
Agha & Shamsi is the world's first Shari'ah compliant legal consultancy offering multi-disciplinary and comprehensive commercial legal services in corporate, commercial, cross border transactions, M&A, joint ventures and domestic transactions (including company set up, arbitration and dispute resolution) in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Our exceptional legal team is reliable, thorough, and has in-depth knowledge of UAE, Saudi and Shari'ah law applicable to the domestic jurisdiction and the foreign commercial community. We regularly assist multi-nationals, national companies and government departments throughout the Middle East independently or in collaboration with local partners. Our clients rely on our wide global perspective and our exceptional local network of contacts in fulfilling their business and commercial goals.
As a Shari'ah compliant practice, we are able to offer Shari'ah law advice and have our own Shari'ah board.
The firm has a rich history of servicing the US business community inside and outside the Middle East and has lawyers qualified in US law. Oliver Agha is a New York Lawyer who was previously with DLA Piper, Clifford Chance's Saudi Affliate and Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Al Tamimi & Company
Contact: Nadia Salem
P.O. Box 23443
Doha, Qatar
3rd Floor Ras Abou Aboud
Next to Abou Baker Al Siddik Mosque
Phone: 974 457 2777
Fax: 974 436 0921
Email: n.salem@tamimi.com
Web: http://www.tamimi.com
Al Tamimi & Company is the "largest", independent law firm in the Middle East. Our Iraq practice consists of a number of highly qualified and experienced local lawyers based in Baghdad and supported by Al Tamimi & Company's UAE and regional offices.
The Iraq office since its inception has acted for a variety of regional and multinational clients including corporations, contractors, investment banks, oil and gas companies and on behalf of international law firms.
Al Tamimi was recently awarded International Office of the Year at the 2009 Legal Business Awards.
Ali Al Aidarous International Legal Practice
Contact: Naved Naqvi
P.O. Box 33299
Dubai, UAE
Zalfa Building
Suite 101
Al Garhoud Street
Phone: 971-4-282 2800
Fax: 971-4-282 8011
Email: legal@alialaidarous.com
Web: http://www.alialaidarous.com
Ali Al Aidarous International Legal Practice was established in 1996, and is a "leading boutique" law firm consisting of international lawyers with both common law and civil law experience, who are fluent in English, French and Arabic. The firm specializes in corporate matters, and is nationally licensed. The litigation section represents local and international clients before all levels of UAE federal and local courts. The transactional section of the firm provides legal services in international joint ventures, company formation, corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, construction, real estate, maritime, insurance, banking, corporate, finance, arbitration, distribution, and intellectual property matters.
Baker Botts LLP
Contact: David Emmons
P.O. Box 23425
Dubai, UAE
Burj Dubai Square
Building 6, Level 7
Phone: 971-4-436 3636
Fax: 971-4-436 3737
Email: david.emmons@bakerbotts.com
Web: http://www.bakerbotts.com
Baker Botts has a long history in the region and benefits from the knowledge and reputation of James A. Baker III, former U.S. Secretary of State, and Robert Jordan, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. We are recognized for expertise in energy-related matters, infrastructure projects, finance (including Islamic finance), real estate, company and JV matters (including formation and M&A), capital markets and other capital-raising transactions, government contracting, dispute resolution and IP matters, among others.
Chadbourne & Parke LLC
Contact: Daniel J. Greenwald, Managing Partner
P.O. Box 23927
City Tower 1, Suite 201
Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai, UAE
Phone: 971-4-331 6123
Fax: 971-4-331 0844
Email: dgreenwald@chadbourne.com
Web: http://www.chadbourne.com/dubai
Chadbourne & Parke, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, traces its roots in Dubai to 1979. Today, the Dubai office has a broad-based international commercial practice that reflects the Firm's strengths in complex and multi-jurisdictional dispute resolution, energy, project finance, cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, and due diligence and legal investigations.
In all matters, the Firm endeavours to ensure its legal services are consistent with its clients' strategy, philosophy and objectives. We emphasise the quality of our legal work, responsiveness to our clients and their needs, the maintenance of high professional and ethical standards - especially in matters of confidentiality and conflict of interest - and commitment to the community and civic responsibilities. The Firm's attorneys understand the need to provide high-quality legal work that is also innovative, practical and adapted to the realities of the region and its peoples.
Clyde & Company
Contact: Jonathan Silver
P.O. Box 7001
Dubai, UAE
City Tower 2, Level 1, Suite 102
Sheikh Zayed Road
Phone: 971-4- 331 1102
Fax: 971-4- 331 9920
Email: jonathan.silver@clydeco.ae
Web: http://www.clydeco.com
One of the "major law firms in the GCC", Clyde & Co LLP has a long regional history stretching back 25+ years, "exceptional local knowledge" and over 160 specialist lawyers and paralegals comprehensively servicing the Middle East, Gulf States and the Indian subcontinent. Our Middle East regional offices work together as a single unit, ensuring comprehensive regional coverage for our clients.
Clyde & Co's regional expertise includes corporate, banking & finance, commercial, intellectual property, dispute resolution, energy, infrastructure & projects, aviation, shipping, insurance, TMT, employment, real estate and construction.
Denton Wilde Sapte
Contact: Ibrahim El Sadig
P.O. Box 1756
Dubai, UAE
API World Tower, Level 26
Sheikh Zayed Road
Phone: 971-4-331 0220
Fax: 971-4-331 0201
Email: ibrahim.elsadig@dentonwildesapte.com
Web: http://www.dentonwildesapte.com
Denton Wilde Sapte is an international law firm headquartered in the City of London. With an expanding network of offices and associates in Europe, Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East, we combine world-class industry skills with excellent financial and corporate capabilities. We offer a comprehensive range of commercial legal services. We are recognized for our sector strengths in banking and finance; energy, transport and infrastructure; technology, media and telecommunications and real estate development and investment. By understanding our clients’ businesses and the industries in which they operate, we can provide creative, yet practical, advice of the highest quality based on expert local knowledge.
Global Advocates and Legal Consultants
Contact: Camille Paldi, Associate
P.O. Box 93443
Dubai, UAE
Al Garhoud, Liberty building
2nd floor, Office 203
Phone: 971-4-282 5777
Fax: 971-4-282 9199
Email: camille@globaladvocates.net
Web: http://www.globaladvocates.net
Global Advocates and Legal Consultants is a full-service Emirati Law firm combining the legal expertise of lawyers from the Emirates to the USA with legal qualifications stretching from China to the UK. All four Emirati Partners have been in practice for over 12 years and are licensed before all courts in the UAE with two lawyers also being registered at the DIFC Courts. Furthermore the local partners have an extensive UAE network which includes the Dubai police and Public Prosecutor, which facilitates any kind of legal transaction within the UAE. We specialize in a range of inter alia corporate, commercial, Islamic banking, and real estate and construction law as well as labor and immigration issues, company formation throughout the UAE including offshore company formation in JAFZA and the RAK FZE, and civil and criminal litigation and arbitration. We are small in size however large in the scope of services we provide to our clientele.
Holland & Knight LLP - Abu Dhabi
Contact: Mr. Donald P. Moore, Executive Partner
Al Masaood Tower, Nissan Showroom
7th Floor, Suite No. 701- Al Najda Street
P.O. Box 112738
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Phone: +971 2 676 3118
Fax: +971 2 676 4477
Email: donald.moore@hklaw.com
Web: http://www.hklaw.com
Holland & Knight is a global law firm with over 1,100 lawyers in more than 20 offices in the United State, United Arab Emirates, China and Mexico. Founded more than 100 years ago, the firm has grown into one of the largest law firms in the world. Clients in the Middle East have been assisted by Holland & Knight for many years in connection with a wide range of activities including Aircraft and Vessel financing, Banking and Finance, Construction, Corporate law, Energy, Hospitality, Infrastructure, International trade &security matters, Joint ventures, Maritime, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private wealth Management, Transportation (air,land & sea).
The firm also represents clients from the region in connection with their U.S. activities, including regulatory and compliance matters. Clients in the region served by Holland & Knight include Airlines, Banks, International &local private companies, Investors, Sovereign governments, Local and foreign government military departments.
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