The UAE remains one of the most sophisticated and well-developed legal services markets in the Middle East. Established in 2021, our offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi have quickly become pivotal hubs for delivering Meysan’s hallmark expertise in high-end corporate and dispute resolution matters.

Our UAE team is recognized for advising on complex, cross-border transactions, and corporate governance issues, as well as representing clients in high-stakes disputes across sectors such as finance, real estate, and energy. With a deep understanding of UAE law and the region’s business environment, we seamlessly integrate local insight with the international standards Meysan is renowned for, ensuring bespoke and commercially driven solutions for our clients.

Meysan's UAE office handled significant matters, including advising Agility on the groundbreaking ADX listing of Agility Global PLC, acting for National Real Estate Company on Abu Dhabi's largest private mixed-use development, Reem Mall, and representing Iraq Telecom Limited in multiple high-profile disputes involving asset seizures and enforcement of judgments. Additionally, Meysan advised Securities House and Al Dhow Capital on the acquisition of a 65% stake in Aster DM Healthcare GCC.

• Asset finance
• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Derivatives
• Capital markets: Equity
• Capital markets: High yield
• CLO/CDO
• Competition
• Covered bonds
• Financial restructuring
• Financial services regulatory
• Hedge funds
• Investment funds
• Islamic finance
• M&A
• PPP/PFI
• Private equity
• Private equity funds
• Project bonds
• Project development
• Project finance
• Real estate finance
• Real estate funds
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Securitisation
• Structured finance/securitisation
• Trade finance

Dispute Resolution – Abdullah Alnajjar (aalnajjar@meysan.com)
Meysan has swiftly forged a reputation as one of the most prominent and well-respected law firms in UAE. Our lawyers provide counsel on complex transactional matters that clients expect only from large international law firms, as we act mostly as lead transaction counsel, while other firms tend to do more local counsel mandates. Our lawyers in the UAE advise a diversified client base ranging from international and regional leading firms to private clients.
Some examples of the matters we work on for our diverse clientele are:

• Representing Iraq Telecom limited in multiple matters, involving various bodies including the International Chamber of Commerce and the Dubai International Financial Centre, in cases amounting to billions of AED in value.
• Acting successfully for the Commercial International Bank in a claim with the Dubai Courts to recover a real estate loan wrongfully withheld from the client
• Acting for Sanam Real Estate Co in a dispute over a plot of land, successfully bringing about the transfer and registration in our client's name.
• Acting for Al Farwaniya Property Development & Reem Mall in a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for certain debts; the court found they were not guilty and unconnected to the case.

Corporate – Bader El Jeaan (beljeaan@meysan.com)
Our UAE firm is recognized for its work on high-profile complex transaction matters, led by our Managing Partner, Bader El-Jeaan, who is considered the go-to lawyer for complex M&A transactions. Some recent examples are:

• Representing Agility Public Warehousing Company KSCP in the first-ever re-domiciliation of a public company in the GCC from one country into another country, and from one stock exchange to another, in a deal worth US$3 billion.
• Acting as counsel to Securities House and Al Dhow Capital, the two anchor investors in the consortium led by Fajr Capital, on the acquisition of a 65% stake in Aster DM Healthcare FZC.

Abu Dhabi
Unit 8, 3rd Floor, Al Maryah Tower,
Abu Dhabi Global Market Square,
Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 2 694 8532

Dubai
Al Fattan Currency House Office 2501
25th Floor, DIFC
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 4 501 6000