Our Services and Practices
Our expert legal team understands the value of our client’s need for esteem personal assistance at every possible opportunity, and to guarantee continuous turn of events and achievement, at this firm, we are committed to strict standards and rules within a discreet professional conduct to address all concerns of our valued clients. As a company, we are ready and willing to work around the clock to clear your problems. Our firm has much experience in assisting private, local and multinational companies in various sectors in establishing and operating their businesses in Dubai, UAE. Our lawyers will advise you on the best legal structure in accordance with UAE law, we will advise you and ensure that you will be represented fairly, legally and fully throughout the entire legal process. Don’t worry, we will defend you. We are a diverse group of lawyers’ race and nationality, such as Indian lawyer, Filipino lawyer, Arabic lawyer, African lawyer, Asian lawyer, Western lawyer, Russian lawyer, European lawyer, latino lawyer, american lawyer and turkish lawyer.
Our Services Include:
- Criminal law
- Family Laws
- Civil Law
- Insurance Laws
- Cyber Crimes Law
- Sport Law
- Bankruptcy Law
- Constitutional law
- Personal Injury Law
- Health Law
- Startups & Technology Law
- Corporate & Commercial Law
- Due diligence
- Claims & Disputes Resolution
- Employment and Labor Laws
- Real Estate and Property Laws
- Intellectual Property Laws
- Shipping and Maritime Laws
- Banking & Finance Laws
- Data Protection and Privacy Laws
- Corporate Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures Law
- UAE & MENA law
- International Law
Commercial Law
Saif Al Shamsi Advocates and Legal Consultants provides extensive legal services in all branches of law, especially in commercial sectors. Our team of commercial lawyers are highly regarded in this fields, they have the ability to convey business and commercial law insight into all business matters for all types of internal or external business transactions or investments. We also believe in taking into account the opinions of experts from across the company on some of the vital issues affecting commercial transactions such as corporate finance, agreements, intellectual property, alternative dispute resolution, consumer protection guidance and more.
Our firm also has a history in working on bank cases, both representing and working on cases against financial institutions. We offers help in concluding contracts & proxies, technology communication, and banking legislation, along with debt collection services and recovery for individuals, companies, and establishments.
We also guide foreign investors in dealing with, negotiating and partnering with their business associates in UAE and to set up and register a business within the country, whether it is a free zone or mainland.
We also represent both borrowers and lenders on all aspects of restructuring and bankruptcy. We are also experienced in assisting on bankruptcy litigation cases as well as representation in Suspension of Debt Payment Obligation proceedings in many relevant commercial courts.
Criminal Law
We have a team of the best criminal lawyers in Dubai who are committed to criminal matters within the Emirate of Dubai and other concerned emirates in the UAE. Using the latest technology, logical procedures, research and examination information bases, we are ready to react quickly and convincingly to any criminal emergency with any client.
Our office undoubtedly understands the need for urgent legal advice in criminal matters. Our lawyers are trained to handle cases from police investigations to prosecution and criminal court. They ask for bail and file warrants and notes on all charges, especially misdemeanors and any federal violations. we will work with our clients until the case is closed in the Court of First Instance / Court of Appeal / Supreme Court. We ensure that our clients are represented fairly, legally and fully throughout the entire justice process. Our team of lawyers have the right to represent before all courts in the UAE including Dubai and our branch office will provide you with direct representation by the best criminal lawyers in Abu Dhabi.
Civil Law
Saif Al Shamsi Advocates is committed to the sensitive handling of all cases with regards to the handing social and family related issues and or civil issues related to corporate and project sectors to the legitimate path as per their requirements. Examples are defamation (including libel and slander), breach of contract, negligence resulting in injury or death, and property damage.
Our expert civil lawyers in Dubai are able to handle every matter from the initial stage to the final outcome with precision. Our team has the ability to legally represent clients in every registered court within the country. Additionally, our team of civil lawyers can assist foreign clients sitting in different jurisdictions through our international affiliations. Invariably, our law firm has earned the stature to handle civil disputes of all nature with the help of our qualified and experienced civil lawyers in the UAE. Our civil claims attorneys manage a wide range of common cases including individual agreements, property disputes, compensation claims, breach of contract, insurances, land and formal concerns.
We also cover wide range of family law mainly divorce, child custody, alimony, annulment of marriage and support disputes, and pre-nuptial agreements, and more. The governing of marital disputes is available via a group of relevant experts in family law with international competence. Our family law practitioners are well-experienced in assisting clients on family and inter-personal relationship legal issues. We offer timely and well thought out legal approaches in handling these types of cases for our clients.
Maritime Law
The maritime law of the United Arab Emirates is very complex and diverse, that because UAE have one of the world’s busiest ocean ports in the Emirate of Dubai.
Saif Al Shamsi Advocates & Legal Consultants team of marine lawyers possesses deep knowledge and insight into maritime law. We represent clients in shipping litigation and arbitration proceedings and also deal with shipping accidents, collisions, ship arrests, as well as legal matters relating to ports and harbors, warehousing, freight forwarding, sale and purchase of ships, ship registration and financing. Over the years our firm has represented ship owners, operators and charterers, marine insurers and reinsurers including P&I insurers, hull and machinery underwriters, freight forwarders and other shipping agents, cargo interests, oil & gas companies, lending banks and other financial institutions. We also handle both ‘dry’ and ‘wet’ shipping and advise on cargo claims, liability issues, maritime liens, ship mortgage/hypothec, charter party disputes, vessel collision and salvage, and marine insurance.
Our dedication to cases and our commitment to our clients helps us help them achieve their offshore business efficiency goals as we provide proficient legal assistance to facilitate your business contracts and operations along with careful consideration for arbitration or litigation in any specific marine matter and all kinds of maritime disputes arising from breach of contractual obligations.
Real Estate
Real estate sector in the UAE is a very profitable business. At Saif Al Shamsi and Legal Consultants we have the best real estate lawyers in Dubai, we provide professional guidance and advice to our local or international clients wishing to invest in real estate within the country, whether they are investors, property developers, property contractors and individual property owners in their real estate interests. Our team of real estate lawyers in Dubai have effectively achieved amazing results in providing legal guidance and assistance in various real estate matters involving either the owner/tenant, buyer/seller, successors who inherit the property or cases against property developers.
We are experienced in advising developers on land acquisitions, permits and licensing matters, on banking and finance matters, dealing with contractors, service providers, customers, and drafting the necessary contracts and documents. We have also assisted many corporate clients from various sectors, embassies, and high net worth individuals on sale and purchase of property transactions as well as on commercial leases of all degrees of size and complexity.
Oil and Gas
Oil and gas is one of the huge fields in UAE. So we have appointed the best lawyers in the oil and gas industry in our firm. We at Saif Al Shamsi Advocates & Legal Consultants provide the best advice, guidance and assistance for our clients both internally and abroad to help them oversee all types of energy resources laws and regulations. We will also advise you on production sharing and technical assistance contracts as well as drilling rig contracts, services agreements, charter parties and other agreements customary in this sector. We assist in the establishment of and licensing of new oil & gas supporting services companies and provide on–going legal advice with respect to all aspects of their operations. As regulations in this sector are continuously changing, our lawyers keep abreast of such changes and advise our clients accordingly.
In addition, We have also been actively involved in various aspects of the mining sector, advising clients in coal, nickel, copper and gold sectors among others. We assist in the acquisition of mining companies, as well as establishment and licensing of new mining companies and provide on–going legal advice with respect to all aspects of their operations, including mining rights and land title issues, labor, tax, environmental and other regulatory matters. We also represent mining companies as borrowers as well as banks lending to the mining industry and have extensive experience with secured, project lending in the mining sector. We also advise clients in a variety of other natural resources sectors, including palm oil, timber and other plantation products. In the mining & natural resources sector our firm has represented clients from all over the world.
Labor Law
At Saif Al Shamsi Advocates & Legal Consultants, we make it our mission to provide dedicated labor law support for both employers and employees and create equitable terms of employment in a manner compatible with the UAE labor law and relevant regulations.
Our devoted team of corporate lawyers with over two decades of experience in the UAE labour law, support our clients in both public and private sectors, whether on the UAE mainland or within free zones.
This process starts at the outset of the recruitment process, where our legal consultants and local advocate help ensure that the selection and hiring process is in line within the UAE law, as well as the subsequent labour contracts and relevant documents generated. Our employment lawyers in Dubai also assist our clients and their employer-employee relationship, including HR policy, procedure documentation and employee handbooks, disciplinary concerns, grievance and dismissal procedures, employment transfers, mergers, acquisitions, divestment, or business reorganization. Other services include, employment policies, confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation, intellectual property protection and directors/managers’ duties and liabilities.
Our advocates will advise corporate clients on employment contracts, company regulations, collective bargaining arrangements, termination and severance matters, social security and pension funds, expatriate work permits, visas, residency permits and related Governmental approvals and filings. We also represent clients on labor from settlement negotiations and appear before the relevant administrative tribunals up to the Supreme Court.
Technology
At Saif Al Shamsi Advocates & Legal Consultants, we undertake full range of legal services to our clients in the fast-moving technology sector including corporate structuring, financing, commercial property, commercial contracts, intellectual property protection, employment litigation and commercial litigation. And most of all full support for start-ups and new tech projects.
We provide a “one stop” legal advisory service to all technology start-ups on all legal aspects of setting up your business and make sure that the basic institutional structures and minimum legal requirements are in place right at the outset.
Every technology project has its own unique personality, all businesses need to comply with minimum requirements. This will include having some minimum acceptable use policy terms that they will also need to establish the Privacy Policy and provide appropriate terms and conditions. As a full-service law firm, we will help you manage intellectual property, carry out transactions, handle litigation, and bypass the law to deliver creative business solutions, handle trademarks, patents, copyrights, industrial designs, trade secrets, plant variety protection, intellectual asset management, investigation, enforcement, litigation and IP audits, and on all aspects of franchising arrangements. We also advise on the negotiation and drafting of the relevant documents and agreements, applications for registration, assignment, and public announcements, both for international and UAE clients.
Taxes
At Saif Al Shamsi Advocates & Legal Consultants we handle tax issues as well. If you need personal taxation advisory or corporate tax legal counseling, you need to find reliable tax lawyers in UAE. As a respected tax law firm in Dubai, we have a team of legal professionals with many years of advisory, arbitration, compliance and litigation experience related to tax law. Our personal tax lawyers provide professional guidance with up-to-date knowledge of UAE tax law to locals as well as abroad.
We have an extensive knowledge on the current tax laws and policies of the UAE government and are able to advise clients on the most tax-friendly approach to all types of transactions, both corporate and personal. We assess the tax implications of investments, business structures, and various transactions and also represent clients in tax disputes before relevant tax courts and its representations.
Litigation & Arbitration
Litigation & Arbitration requires mindful preparation, the right tools and the right team on your side, all including legal argument and assessment of evidence as well as reliable advice on choosing the right forum in terms of applicable rules and appointed arbitrators.
At Saif Al Shamsi Advocates & Legal Consultants, we undertake representation of clients in local and international arbitration proceedings across a variety of industry sectors. We can offer our clients, an all-inclusive range of professional legal services, that will ensure that the procedural and substantive integrity of a final arbitral award is addressed at the all important stage of local Court ratification.
We provide legal advice and guidance to our clients that is necessary to reap the maximum benefits from the adjudication process. Our client focused legal services are designed to efficiently provide a legal assessment of all evidence adduced, necessary for extracting a decision that would help manage the risks of a subsequent arbitration more efficiently or even pave the way to a successful and cost saving settlement.
we also offer our service internationally, Often the place of arbitration may have been agreed in one jurisdiction whereas the tribunal or the parties are based in another. Our knowledge of the arbitral processes in many Model Law based jurisdictions enables us to represent our clients with a combined arsenal of local substantive law knowledge and international arbitration practice familiarity. Our experienced litigators regularly represent international and local clients as plaintiffs or defendants before the UAE courts, and assist clients with settling disputes and advising on appropriate and effective litigation strategies.
Mergers & Acquisitions
At Saif Al Shamsi Advocates & Legal Consultants, we have the best Mergers and Acquisitions lawyers that advise private and public entities in a broad range of transactional matters, counseling buyers, sellers and targets in connection with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, leveraged buy-outs, strategic alliances and other related transactions.
We are particularly active on behalf of our clients in range of services provided by us includes, Asset and stock structured purchases and sales, Spin-offs and divestitures of subsidiaries and divisions, Auctions, Tender and exchange offers, equity investments, Privatizations. Such services are generally provided in the context of representation of strategic or financial buyers/sellers involved in the acquisition or disposition of public or privately held companies or making equity investments; representation of governmental and quasi-governmental entities; and the representation of domestic and multinational corporations in connection with their internal and/or transaction-related restructurings and recapitalizations.
Our lawyers approach every transaction with a sense of urgency and purpose.
The expertise of our lawyers allows us to guide clients through every stage of mergers & acquisitions, from rendering advice on procedures and requirements as well as advising on possible pitfalls, conducting due diligence and structuring, to negotiation and preparation of the transaction documents, in compliance with UAE law. We have assisted various local and multinational clients in successfully completing many acquisitions and mergers in various industry sectors.