Family-owned Businesses
Our family business practice specializes in providing clear and practical advice to the regions’ largest conglomerates, SMEs and start-ups. We understand the unique nuances of leading and operating a family business and provide the full range of legal services designed to support you at every stage of your journey.
Our team of highly experienced family business lawyers bring together skills from a variety of disciplines. Whatever your legal need, we can support you, from investment structuring and management, to establishment and set-up, acquisition advice and employment matters, our team works with you to ensure you have the most robust business support and protection.
Services:
- Brand & reputation management
- Corporate structuring & restructuring
- Succession planning
- Dispute resolution & litigation
- Acquisitions & divestures
- Asset management
- Wealth management
- Tax & trusts
- Corporate governance
- Cybersecurity & data protection
- Employment & HR
- Insurance
- Real estate & tenancy
Key Contacts
Jimmy Haoula
Managing Partner
Dr. Ahmad Bin Hezeem
Senior PartnerLatest insights
Optimal Successions in Dubai & the UAE
Panellist at the 2nd Annual conference -Optimal Successions in Dubai & the UAE. Hosted byAcademy & Finance, held at The Palace Downtown Dubai on 23 November 2015. Topic: Which sources...
Family Business Regulations in the UAE
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Legal inheritance for non-muslim expatriates
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The Concept of Healthcare / Medical Trust
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How UAE's new family business ownership law protects against 'hostile situations'
Jimmy Haoula explains, to Khaleej Times, that one of the key attributes of the new law is the prevention of the sale of shares or dividends of family-owned businesses to...
New Law for Family Companies in the UAE
A family-owned business maybe be the oldest form of business organization in human history. In the GCC, the business environment has developed exponentially to the extent that there are large...
The KSA Regional Headquarters (RHQ) Program
The Saudi Arabian Vision 2030 is predicated on the development and diversification of the economy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia). To realise Vision 2030, the Saudi Arabian...
The Legal and Regulatory Changes Impacting Oman
2022 saw a full host of legal and regulatory updates announced in the Sultanate of Oman, aimed at achieving the objectives set out in the 10th Five Year Plan (2021...
Dubai Centre for Family Businesses Unveils Key Initiatives to Support Growth and Continuity
In a bid to fortify the growth and sustainability of family-owned businesses in Dubai, the Dubai Centre for Family Businesses, operating under the Dubai Chambers, has introduced a 'Sample Article...