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Drawn from our archive of over 500 recent representations, this case study highlights our specific expertise in Critical Transactions.
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Representing a New York consulting firm in negotiating a cross-border services agreement with an Ethiopian-backed UAE entity, including complex guarantor provisions, performance-based remuneration structures, and dispute resolution via ICC arbitration in the DIFC.

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Expert Testimony & Foreign LawMajor LitigationUnited States Court Proceedings

Defending UHNW individuals and a UAE conglomerate in New York proceedings resisting a US$ 90 million judgment enforcement action premised on alter ego liability and piercing the corporate veil regarding alleged asset dissipation.

Critical TransactionsDigital Assets & FintechE-Commerce & Data Privacy

Legal risk assessment to a global retailer on executing a cloud distributed order management system across borders.

Administrative LawGovernment Affairs & RegulationSensitive Geopolicy

Administrative appeal against a Tax Dispute Resolution Committee decision dismissing an objection as ‘premature’ despite the expiry of statutory deadlines for the Federal Tax Authority’s reconsideration, arguing constructive rejection.

Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor LitigationShareholder & Joint Venture Litigation

Representation of a UAE-based investment entity in a dispute concerning a Cayman Islands exempted company, alleging fraudulent share dilution and misrepresentation of the capitalization table in a proposed multi-million dollar share transfer transaction.

Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy

Application for a stay of execution against the Federal Tax Authority, asserting that enforcing disputed administrative penalties before final adjudication would cause irreparable financial harm to the judgment debtor.

Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy

Cassation appeal before the UAE Supreme Court contesting the validity of ‘late payment penalties’ arising from voluntary disclosures submitted to correct invoice formats (from tax invoices to credit notes) where the underlying tax liability had been fully settled.

Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy

Urgent request to stay execution proceedings for a multinational technology company, arguing the premature enforcement of a AED 5 million tax penalty pending the outcome of a substantive appeal before the Federal Supreme Court.

Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesInsolvency & Asset RecoveryMajor Litigation

Representing a subcontractor in claiming a debt of AED 3.9 million from a main contractor undergoing restructuring, asserting creditor rights and demanding warranties against fraudulent concealment or destruction of financial records.

Expert Testimony & Foreign LawMajor LitigationUnited States Court Proceedings

Counseling a Middle Eastern healthcare executive on the enforceability of exclusive jurisdiction clauses in Abu Dhabi, demonstrating to a US court that UAE courts may override such clauses to allow foreign proceedings to continue.

Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy

Representation of an education investment company before the Federal Supreme Court contesting the imposition of administrative penalties for a clerical error in a VAT return, establishing that no liability arises absent actual prejudice to the public treasury.