Office Address
ICD Brookfield Place, Level 40
Al Mustaqbal Street
DIFC
Dubai, UAE
We resumed serving clients from Dubai in 2014 to further expand our Middle East presence. The office focuses on advising public and private sector clients in a range of practice areas in which our lawyers have broad experience, including energy, oil and gas, antibribery, economic sanctions and other international trade controls, debt and equity capital markets, Islamic and conventional finance, corporate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), public policy and dispute resolution, as well as construction and engineering, entertainment and other economic activity in the region.
Dubai is an international business hub that is strategically positioned as the business crossroads between Africa, Europe and Asia. The Dubai office furthers Akin’s commitment to place subject matter experts on the ground where our clients are and also serves as a base to support the firm’s expanding Africa practice.
The lawyers in our Dubai office include Arabic speakers to better serve our clients.
Office Leadership
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Mahmoud (Mac) Fadlallah |
ICD Brookfield Place, Level 40
Al Mustaqbal Street
DIFC
Dubai, UAE
ICD Brookfield Place, Level 40
Al Mustaqbal Street
DIFC
Dubai, UAE
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Our capital markets lawyers routinely advise issuers (comprising financial institution, corporate and sovereign issuers), underwriters, originators and corporate trustees across the full spectrum of international debt and equity capital markets transactions, often in first-of-their-kind offerings.
On the debt side, our team is particularly well known for advising on public and privately placed Sukuk offerings utilizing creative Shari’ah compliant structures. The team also advises on investment grade Eurobonds, equity and asset linked bonds, medium term note (MTN) programmes, regulatory capital and hybrid bonds and asset backed securities and securitisations.
On the equity side, our team has advised on initial public offerings (IPOs), rights issues and listings across a number of international and regional exchanges in transactions, which have often included a 144A component. The practice also advises on multijurisdictional securitisation and bond restructurings (including non-contentious amendments of Eurobonds and highly negotiated restructurings of defaulted bonds) and liability management exercises.
Our capital markets lawyers routinely advise issuers (comprising financial institution, corporate and sovereign issuers), underwriters, originators and corporate trustees across the full spectrum of international debt and equity capital markets transactions, often in first-of-their-kind offerings.
On the debt side, our team is particularly well known for advising on public and privately placed Sukuk offerings utilizing creative Shari’ah compliant structures. The team also advises on investment grade Eurobonds, equity and asset linked bonds, medium term note (MTN) programmes, regulatory capital and hybrid bonds and asset backed securities and securitisations.
On the equity side, our team has advised on initial public offerings (IPOs), rights issues and listings across a number of international and regional exchanges in transactions, which have often included a 144A component. The practice also advises on multijurisdictional securitisation and bond restructurings (including non-contentious amendments of Eurobonds and highly negotiated restructurings of defaulted bonds) and liability management exercises.
Corporate
Our corporate lawyers assist clients in cross-border joint ventures, M&A, restructurings, divestitures, securities offerings, project financings, leveraged buyouts, capital markets transactions and international taxation.
Our Dubai lawyers have significant experience throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with clients ranging from early-stage companies to large, more established multinational corporations, as well as government-related and affiliated entities, including sovereign wealth funds, authorities and regulatory agencies. These entities are active in key industry sectors, including energy and infrastructure, utilities, telecom and defense. The corporate team leads complex and sophisticated transactions, crossing borders and industries.
Finance
Our finance lawyers advise on a broad range of conventional and Shari’ah compliant financing products, from bilateral terms loans and financings to syndicated, cross border and multi-tranche financings across the capital structure.
The group has particular knowledge in Islamic finance, and has a wealth of experience advising governments, developers, borrowers, investors, Islamic finance institutions, commercial banks, export credit agencies and development finance institutions with regard to different Islamic financing transactions.
Corporate
Our corporate lawyers assist clients in cross-border joint ventures, M&A, restructurings, divestitures, securities offerings, project financings, leveraged buyouts, capital markets transactions and international taxation.
Our Dubai lawyers have significant experience throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with clients ranging from early-stage companies to large, more established multinational corporations, as well as government-related and affiliated entities, including sovereign wealth funds, authorities and regulatory agencies. These entities are active in key industry sectors, including energy and infrastructure, utilities, telecom and defense. The corporate team leads complex and sophisticated transactions, crossing borders and industries.
Finance
Our finance lawyers advise on a broad range of conventional and Shari’ah compliant financing products, from bilateral terms loans and financings to syndicated, cross border and multi-tranche financings across the capital structure.
The group has particular knowledge in Islamic finance, and has a wealth of experience advising governments, developers, borrowers, investors, Islamic finance institutions, commercial banks, export credit agencies and development finance institutions with regard to different Islamic financing transactions.
Our full-service energy law practice encompasses transactional and regulatory matters in relation to conventional and renewable energy as well as international upstream work in exploration and production, midstream work in pipelines, transportation and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and downstream work in petrochemicals, refineries and marketing.
Our clients include United Arab Emirates (UAE) and international developers, financial institutions and sovereign states across the energy value chain from exploration and production companies to renewable energy investment funds. Our UAE lawyers have extensive experience counseling clients on energy transactions internationally, including significant transactional experience on energy projects and joint ventures in the UAE and MENA region.
Our full-service energy law practice encompasses transactional and regulatory matters in relation to conventional and renewable energy as well as international upstream work in exploration and production, midstream work in pipelines, transportation and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and downstream work in petrochemicals, refineries and marketing.
Our clients include United Arab Emirates (UAE) and international developers, financial institutions and sovereign states across the energy value chain from exploration and production companies to renewable energy investment funds. Our UAE lawyers have extensive experience counseling clients on energy transactions internationally, including significant transactional experience on energy projects and joint ventures in the UAE and MENA region.
Our global investigations and compliance practice brings together firm lawyers who have deep substantive experience in specific industry sectors and lawyers with proven track records of leading important investigations.
Our antibribery investigation and compliance lawyers represent clients on matters in which the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), U.K. Bribery Act and other antibribery issues may arise. Our representations have included work on behalf of several UAE and Gulf sovereign/state-owned entities as well as global firms doing business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
Akin represents aircraft and component manufacturers, governments, defense contractors, investors and boards of directors on strategic advisory issues and transactional and government contracts matters; in litigation and arbitration matters; and before government agencies and other bodies on a host of regulatory and compliance issues.
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Our global investigations and compliance practice brings together firm lawyers who have deep substantive experience in specific industry sectors and lawyers with proven track records of leading important investigations.
Our antibribery investigation and compliance lawyers represent clients on matters in which the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), U.K. Bribery Act and other antibribery issues may arise. Our representations have included work on behalf of several UAE and Gulf sovereign/state-owned entities as well as global firms doing business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
Akin represents aircraft and component manufacturers, governments, defense contractors, investors and boards of directors on strategic advisory issues and transactional and government contracts matters; in litigation and arbitration matters; and before government agencies and other bodies on a host of regulatory and compliance issues.
Learn about our global investigations and compliance capabilities >
Our lawyers are well versed not only in the courtroom and arbitral tribunals, but we have also led some of the most high-profile investigations in the MENA region, whether in anticorruption or other white collar matters, as well as routinely spearheading cross-border advocacy matters that span across multiple jurisdictions.
Effective in U.S., English and MENA laws, we can provide global solutions to global problems for governments, multinational businesses and high-net-worth individuals.
Our international arbitration offering in Dubai is part of our global arbitration practice. Working in teams drawn from across Akin’s global network, including other experienced arbitration practitioners operating out of the firm’s offices in the U.S., London, Geneva, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong, we have a particularly strong track record of handling construction-related arbitrations in the region.
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Our lawyers are well versed not only in the courtroom and arbitral tribunals, but we have also led some of the most high-profile investigations in the MENA region, whether in anticorruption or other white collar matters, as well as routinely spearheading cross-border advocacy matters that span across multiple jurisdictions.
Effective in U.S., English and MENA laws, we can provide global solutions to global problems for governments, multinational businesses and high-net-worth individuals.
Our international arbitration offering in Dubai is part of our global arbitration practice. Working in teams drawn from across Akin’s global network, including other experienced arbitration practitioners operating out of the firm’s offices in the U.S., London, Geneva, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong, we have a particularly strong track record of handling construction-related arbitrations in the region.
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We offer our clients an array of services designed to optimize their ability to engage in the cost-efficient and timely exchange of goods and services across borders in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
We are one of the few international law firms to have a dedicated international trade controls practice represented by a team of lawyers with on-the-ground capabilities throughout the UAE and the MENA region.
We advise on the regulatory and compliance aspects of all transactions with cross-border dimensions, including the extraterritorial application of U.S. export control laws, economic sanctions and a wide range of other trade compliance issues, as well as trade policy and World Trade Organization (WTO) matters.
In addition, our lawyers have broad experience representing clients in all aspects of export controls, economic sanctions, FCPA and antibribery compliance, including the development of global compliance programs, the conduct of third-party due diligence and internal investigations.
We offer our clients an array of services designed to optimize their ability to engage in the cost-efficient and timely exchange of goods and services across borders in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
We are one of the few international law firms to have a dedicated international trade controls practice represented by a team of lawyers with on-the-ground capabilities throughout the UAE and the MENA region.
We advise on the regulatory and compliance aspects of all transactions with cross-border dimensions, including the extraterritorial application of U.S. export control laws, economic sanctions and a wide range of other trade compliance issues, as well as trade policy and World Trade Organization (WTO) matters.
In addition, our lawyers have broad experience representing clients in all aspects of export controls, economic sanctions, FCPA and antibribery compliance, including the development of global compliance programs, the conduct of third-party due diligence and internal investigations.
Akin has an established regulatory practice in the UAE that works in tandem with our international regulatory practice. We regularly advise governments in the Middle East on the development of new laws.
We offer in-depth comparative analysis of legal and regulatory frameworks from around the world; develop comprehensive strategic and tactical plans to achieve specific objectives at all levels of government; direct advocacy with government decision-makers, and form and coordinate professional teams to advance client objectives; and draft and analyze legislation and monitor its implementation.
Akin has an established regulatory practice in the UAE that works in tandem with our international regulatory practice. We regularly advise governments in the Middle East on the development of new laws.
We offer in-depth comparative analysis of legal and regulatory frameworks from around the world; develop comprehensive strategic and tactical plans to achieve specific objectives at all levels of government; direct advocacy with government decision-makers, and form and coordinate professional teams to advance client objectives; and draft and analyze legislation and monitor its implementation.
Our Middle East projects group has extensive experience advising governments, developers, borrowers, contractors, investors, development finance institutions and commercial banks in relation to the development and financing of major projects.
We have helped our clients win and complete some of the most significant deals to come to market across a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, power (including renewables), water and wastewater, infrastructure and metals and mining.
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Our Middle East projects group has extensive experience advising governments, developers, borrowers, contractors, investors, development finance institutions and commercial banks in relation to the development and financing of major projects.
We have helped our clients win and complete some of the most significant deals to come to market across a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, power (including renewables), water and wastewater, infrastructure and metals and mining.
Learn more about projects & energy transition capabilities >