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A curated archive of over 500 of our recent mandates.
Drawn from our archive of over 500 recent representations, this case study highlights our specific expertise in Critical Transactions.
This mandate addresses complex challenges involving Private Wealth & Family Office.
The representation required a highly specialized approach to Asset Protection.
Specific client identities and non-public details regarding this matter have been anonymized.
- Service: Critical Transactions
- Area: Private Wealth & Family Office
- Focus: Asset Protection
Selected Mandate
Coordinating between UAE litigation counsel and UK conveyancing solicitors to execute a court-mandated transfer of deed for a property in Westminster following the restoration of a RAK International Corporate Centre company.
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Representation of a Qatari branch of a leading Indian construction conglomerate in filing criminal complaints before Dubai Public Prosecution regarding the fraudulent misappropriation of over AED 6 million related to a landmark development in The Pearl-Qatar.
Banking & Financial InstrumentsComplex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor Litigation
Representation of private investors in a high-profile dispute against a major Indian financial institution operating in the DIFC, alleging regulatory breaches and negligence in the sale of high-risk AT1 contingent convertible bonds issued by a Swiss global bank.
Banking & Financial InstrumentsComplex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor Litigation
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.
Global ArbitrationInvestor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)Procedural Strategy & Enforcement
Advising a claimant in complex cross-border enforcement litigation, defending the seat of arbitration as the ADGM and securing an adjournment of jurisdiction challenges pending parallel annulment proceedings in the Dubai Courts.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy
Cassation appeal in an administrative tax dispute challenging the misapplication of burden of proof and the disregard of a court-appointed expert’s finding of 8.5 million AED in damages due to the Tax Authority’s 44-month audit delay.
Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor LitigationShareholder & Joint Venture Litigation
Representation of a Cyprus claimant in an application for pre-claim interim remedies before the ADGM Courts to compel the disclosure of valuation materials and facilitate voting rights for a Russian asset disposal by a company listed in Kazakhstan.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy
Legal counsel for a UAE educational entity in a tax dispute regarding the definition of ‘Tax Benefit’, challenging penalties imposed on retroactively invoiced VAT where no financial advantage was gained from government contracts.
Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesInsolvency & Asset RecoveryMajor Litigation
Court proceedings for the seizure of a vessel in satisfaction of a charter debt and outstanding liabilities.
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Acting as UAE counsel to a Dubai Airport Freezone pharmaceutical trading company in providing a capacity and enforceability legal opinion for Non-Deliverable Forward transactions with a Japanese bank’s DIFC branch, governed by English law under an ISDA Master Agreement.
Cross-Border Fraud & Asset TracingMajor LitigationWhite Collar, Fraud & Investigation