Meysan’s UAE office serves as a strategic hub for the firm’s regional operations, offering market-leading expertise in both corporate transactions and dispute resolution. With a deep-rooted understanding of UAE laws and regulations, our multilingual team advises corporates, funds, investors, and high net worth individuals on high-stakes M&A transactions, complex regulatory matters, and sophisticated cross-border deals. On the disputes front, we represent clients in some of the UAE’s most significant commercial, employment, and financial litigation cases, as well as arbitral award enforcement. Led by Managing Partner Bader El-Jeaan, a leading figure in the M&A space, our UAE team is recognized for its ability to deliver exceptional results in both contentious and transactional mandates.
Founded in 1951, Paul Hastings has grown into a global powerhouse with more than 1,500 lawyers in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
The firm provides superior intellectual capital and execution to the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers and corporations. With elite teams in 17 core practices, we have earned a well-deserved reputation as a top international firm, with a trajectory of continued growth and success.
Our teams work closely with clients to understand their unique businesses and anticipate the challenges that may lay ahead. Our efforts helping them secure the best possible results in their most important matters have earned us a wide range of industry-leading honors and awards.
Led by our UAE office Managing Partner, Ahmed Ibrahim, our lawyers are experts in advising on all aspects of UAE laws. Our UAE offices are well placed to provide legal support across the GCC.
We advise local and international companies on a full range of issues from contentious and non-contentious corporate and commercial matters, including major project work, establishing and conducting business across the Emirates, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, employment matters, distributions and franchise arrangements.
Our capital markets team is the most active ECM team in the UAE, having led almost all the IPOs and rights issues in the UAE, including two UAE issuers listed on London Stock Exchange.