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Business Restructuring Advisors Dubai - Business Restructuring Consultants Dubai - MHQ

Experience

We are a multi-services platform catering to a broad spectrum of clients – from individual entrepreneurs and local SMEs to wealthy international families, to established blue-chip companies and multinationals. Our one-stop-shop offering is unique in the Middle East: a holistic and cross-disciplinary combination of a market-leading corporate services firm, a law firm’s specialist expertise and a regulatory & compliance services practice, all through one single platform.

We are recognized as one of the Gulf’s leading entry-to-market providers, while consistently ranking as a tier 1 private client and structuring firm. Whatever the complexity of the situation faced by our clients, we aim to provide them with simple, practical yet innovative solutions. Headquartered in the UAE, we are an entrepreneurial firm for entrepreneurial clients.

BUSINESSES

Business Setup & Restructuring

We advise SMEs, family businesses and large enterprises through most key industries at all stages of their corporate development – whether setting up a presence in the UAE, migrating to the jurisdiction, restructuring their domestic or regional operations or taking their local business to a global level.

Through our multi-services platform we can lead and support a (re-)structuring process from A to Z – advise on the ideal structure, lead the incorporation/registration, handle recruitment/employment of staff, provide ongoing corporate secretarial and administrative support, as well as legal advice.

Local knowledge is key to successfully operate and do business in the UAE. We have close ties with most relevant domestic authorities and a second-to-none practical know-how and understanding of the subtleties of each jurisdiction – which can vary tremendously. We have a particularly strong track record in (re-)structuring operations in the following fields : retail, trading, F&B, F&B supply, e-commerce, digital, finance (ADGM, DIFC, ESCA), real estate, tourism, healthcare, education etc

We routinely facilitate individual and/or corporate sponsorship for companies registered in the UAE mainland – where foreign ownership restrictions apply – through a trusted pool of third party providers. We assist foreign investors in implementing best practice documentation and control mechanisms to mitigate the risks related to a mandatory local shareholder.

 

Recent Work

  • Advised on the restructuring of a privately-owned group with activities in the UAE, KSA, other MENA and EU countries, taking tax, ownership restriction and legacy planning aspects into consideration. Multi-tools legacy planning strategy across various jurisdictions, consisting of PTC, foundation (AGDM jurisdiction), corporate governance, family governance
  • Advised on and assisted several leading Swiss watch and jewelry brands with their entry-to market strategy (Multi-jurisdiction Dubai/Abu Dhabi; set-up of emerging markets trade monitoring function, marketing/sales function, several retail units)
  • Advised one of the world’s leading MICE operator on the migration of its principal’s top Holdco to the UAE, and subsequent morphing into a SFO; further restructuring using DIFC Foundation
  • Advised several entrepreneurial families on the restructuring and consolidation of their UAE business consisting of UAE mainland LLCs, as well as Real Esstate. Use of ADGM & DIFC jurisdictions and tools for enhanced control and security
  • Advised on the re-structuring of a privately-owned group active in master-distribution of luxury perfumes and cosmetic brands in the Gulf, taking legacy planning and asset protection into consideration – use of ADGM & DIFC jurisdiction (SPVs, Prescos, Foundations) for enhanced control and security
  • Advised on the re-structuring of a privately-owned group active in soft commodities trading; use of DIFC foundation regime as a tool to secure and incentivize key-personal (reinforcement or contractual shadow-shareholding rights)
  • Advised on the re-structuring of a leading F&B franchise with more than 40 entities across the Emirates, including morphing of legal types. Use of ADGM jurisdiction for enhanced control and security