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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
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Representing a UAE conglomerate in litigation involving parallel proceedings before Abu Dhabi and DIFC Courts, challenging the enforcement of an international aviation leasing arbitration award based on jurisdictional conflict and public policy grounds.
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Banking & Financial InstrumentsComplex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor Litigation
Counseling a UAE contracting firm on the strategic management of expert meetings in appellate litigation, focusing on the distinction between technical assessment and legal interpretation regarding contractual payment conditions.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyRegulatory & Licensing Fiscal IssuesSensitive Geopolicy
Cassation appeal before the UAE Supreme Court contesting the expert’s interpretation of ‘excise goods’ versus ‘industrial refuse’ and the rejection of international comparative law standards regarding non-consumable manufacturing waste.
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.
Global ArbitrationInvestor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)Treaty Claims (BITs & MAs)
ISDS dispute proceedings under a BIT between an Indian manufacturer and an EMEA State.
Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesInsolvency & Asset RecoveryMajor Litigation
Advising the director of eight Abu Dhabi Global Market special purpose vehicles in responding to liquidation notices issued by joint liquidators of an Irish parent company, contesting shareholder attributions and clarifying ownership structures involving a Dubai Airport Freezone entity.
Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesInsolvency & Asset RecoveryMajor Litigation
Representation of a Middle Eastern creditor in evaluating ‘excusable neglect’ arguments under US bankruptcy law to overcome a missed bar date, involving complex cross-border notice issues and an underlying arbitration clause seated in London.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy
Judicial review proceedings regarding a tax assessment between a UAE consultancy and the Federal Tax Authority challenging the retrospective application of a current Tax Registration Certificate to historical tax periods to deny input VAT deductions.
Digital & Cryptocurrency LitigationMajor LitigationWhite Collar, Fraud & Investigation
Representation regarding the improper execution of trade orders on one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyRegulatory & Licensing Fiscal IssuesSensitive Geopolicy
Cassation appeal before the UAE Supreme Court contesting the assessment of AED 7.5 million in excise tax on tobacco products exported from a free zone, arguing that the goods never entered the UAE mainland for consumption.
Administrative LawGovernment Affairs & RegulationSensitive Geopolicy