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Drawn from our archive of over 500 recent representations, this case study highlights our specific expertise in Major Litigation.
This mandate addresses complex challenges involving Complex Commercial & Corporate Disputes.
The representation required a highly specialized approach to Banking & Financial Instruments.
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- Service: Major Litigation
- Area: Complex Commercial & Corporate Disputes
- Focus: Banking & Financial Instruments
Selected Mandate
Advising a prominent Abu Dhabi conglomerate on resisting the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award in the DIFC Courts, challenging jurisdiction based on the ‘conduit’ theory and public policy defenses.
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Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyRegulatory & Licensing Fiscal IssuesSensitive Geopolicy
Federal Supreme Court proceedings under UAE VAT legislation between a government utility provider and the Federal Tax Authority regarding the non-applicability of VAT on supplies made without consideration to exempt government entities.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyRegulatory & Licensing Fiscal IssuesSensitive Geopolicy
Judicial review proceedings contesting the imposition of AED 22.4 million in VAT and penalties on pharmaceutical products, asserting the Authority’s lack of jurisdiction to create new tax categories for registered medicines in the absence of Executive Regulations.
Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor LitigationShareholder & Joint Venture Litigation
Counsel to a foreign investor in litigation against a major trading company, managing the submission of pleading bundles to validate the transfer of shares and compel the execution of commitments under UAE Civil Law.
Administrative LawGovernment Affairs & RegulationSensitive Geopolicy
Litigation against the Federal Tax Authority regarding the impossibility of filing VAT returns due to portal errors, arguing against the imposition of late payment penalties where the Authority failed to provide a functional payment mechanism.
Global ArbitrationInvestor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)Treaty Claims (BITs & MAs)
Representation in ICSID proceedings under a Bilateral Investment Treaty between a Dutch holding conglomerate and an EMEA State.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy
Judicial review proceedings contesting the assessment of ‘entertainment services’ VAT on hotel expenses for non-employee staff of a foreign parent company, arguing that branch and parent company employees constitute a single taxable person.
Commercial DevelopmentConstruction & EngineeringGlobal Arbitration
Advising a regional construction materials supplier on the enforcement of contractual payment terms against a multinational civil engineering firm, invoking Article 557 of the UAE Civil Transactions Law to raise a plea of non-execution for aged debts.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyRegulatory & Licensing Fiscal IssuesSensitive Geopolicy
Strategic tax litigation for a Jebel Ali Free Zone entity challenging the classification of tobacco dust as ‘excise goods’ released for consumption under Article 12 of the Executive Regulations and the imposition of tax on manufacturing deficiencies.
Construction & EngineeringEnergy & Industrial ProjectsGlobal Arbitration
Advising a South Asian engineering firm on the liability exposure and ‘knock-for-knock’ indemnity structures within a subcontract for a major energy infrastructure project in Abu Dhabi, specifically regarding flow-down obligations from a state-owned oil company.
Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesInsolvency & Asset RecoveryMajor Litigation