Lawyers from across the Akin network have advised on Middle East-based matters for decades. We have been in the region for more than 15 years and, in 2008, opened our Abu Dhabi office in response to strong client demand. We are located in Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, the heart of Abu Dhabi’s new central business district.

Our office is fully integrated into our firmwide system of cross-border, cross-practice collaboration. Our lawyers in Abu Dhabi have a rich history of representing high-profile Middle East clients in multibillion-dollar transactions and counseling Middle East entities in energy, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), telecom, media and technology (TMT), investment funds, construction, entertainment and defense matters, as well as offering services in critical fields such as international trade, international arbitration and dispute resolution, health care, cybersecurity, investigations, policy and regulation, intellectual property and financial services.

Lawyers in our Abu Dhabi office collaborate with, and enjoy support from, our international network of lawyers, advisers and staff in Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Geneva and the United States in order to seamlessly and effectively provide practical strategies and innovative solutions for our clients in virtually all areas of the law. In addition, the multicultural team of lawyers in our Abu Dhabi office is able to provide multilingual advice to our clients, including in Arabic, English, Hindi, Russian and Urdu.

ADGM Square
Al Sila Tower, 21st Floor
Abu Dhabi, UAE

ADGM Square
Al Sila Tower, 21st Floor
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi Services & Sectors

Corporate & Finance

Our cross-border corporate transactions practice assists clients in general corporate matters, cross-border M&A, joint ventures, project financings, restructurings, divestitures, securities offerings, leveraged buyouts, capital markets transactions and international taxation. The practice regularly engages in cross-border transactions, representing early-stage companies to large, more-established multinational corporations, while also offering industry-specific experience.

In addition, our Middle East and North Africa (MENA) corporate lawyers regularly advise government-related and affiliated entities, including sovereign wealth funds, authorities and regulatory agencies on a wide range of transactions and representations.

Our finance team has a wealth of experience advising governments, borrowers, investors, developers, contractors, Islamic finance institutions, export credit agencies, development finance institutions and commercial banks in relation to conventional, multisourced and Islamic finance across a diverse range of financial products, including general banking (covering syndicated and bilateral investment-grade corporate finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, asset finance, structured finance and restructurings), project finance and debt capital markets.