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This mandate addresses complex challenges involving Fiscal Policy & Tax Controversy.
The representation required a highly specialized approach to Indirect & Direct Tax Disputes.
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- Service: Sensitive Geopolicy
- Area: Fiscal Policy & Tax Controversy
- Focus: Indirect & Direct Tax Disputes
Selected Mandate
Federal Court proceedings under UAE Tax Procedures Law between a Dubai healthcare free zone and the Federal Tax Authority regarding the retroactive application of late payment penalties to voluntary disclosures.
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Defense of a chemical entity in Federal Court proceedings upholding a TDRC decision to annul AED 813,000 in penalties, proving that non-compliance was caused by the Federal Tax Authority’s three-year technical failure to process a tax group de-registration.
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Advising foreign defendants in a dispositive motion to dismiss before the SDNY, leveraging ongoing cassation proceedings in Abu Dhabi that stayed the enforcement of an assigned arbitral award under UAE Civil Transactions Law.
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Defense of a free zone entity in cassation proceedings contesting the FTA’s methodology for calculating Excise Tax liability, arguing that disparate goods’ raw tobacco, finished products, and moisture loss cannot be aggregated for tax assessment purposes without distinct valuation.
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Advising an international construction firm on the validity of dispute resolution mechanisms in a Letter of Intent, analyzing the conflict between expert determination, FIDIC arbitration clauses, and local court jurisdiction under Qatari law.
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Counseling a foreign judgment creditor on asset recovery strategies in the UAE, securing judicial approval for the attachment of performance bonds and the disclosure of bank balances to satisfy a multimillion-dollar commercial claim.
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Reconsideration application before the Federal Tax Authority for a UAE national oil company challenging VAT assessments on storage tank rentals, arguing for ‘out-of-scope’ classification as real estate supplies within a Designated Zone.
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Structuring a multi-jurisdictional licensing framework for an American software developer to distribute identity and access governance solutions across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar, while navigating US export control laws.
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