Our Corporate and Commercial Department

Our Corporate and Commercial Department specialises in establishment of businesses and thereafter in providing the necessary advice and legal documentation required to achieve our Clients’ on-going commercial objectives.

We offer a complete package designed to provide an efficient service with the least disruption to our Clients and at a cost that is not governed by the number of hours spent on a matter.

The Principal of the Firm, Cynthia Trench, is Head of the Department. With over twelve years of experience as a Lawyer in the United Arab Emirates, she has a thorough working knowledge of U.A.E. laws and of the indigenous market. 

has extensive contacts in the local community and in the Government Departments and Federal Ministries, enabling us to complete our services expeditiously.

Specifically, we provide the following services, amongst others :-

We advise on the most appropriate legal entity through which to conduct business in the United Arab Emirates. We draft all the documentation required to set up a new business and handle our Clients’ Licence submission.

We deal with the establishment of the following types of business:-

• Trading Companies (Limited Liability Companies, sole proprietorships, GCC concerns)

• Professional Consultancies

• Partnerships

• Joint Ventures

• Branches and Representative Offices of foreign companies

• U.A.E. Free Zone Establishments including the new Dubai Internet and Media City, and the Gold and Diamond Park

• Offshore Companies

We also prepare a comprehensive security package to protect the foreign Clients’ interests in the business.  Back to Top

We form and maintain companies in the United States, British Virgin Islands, Channel Islands and other European and Caribbean jurisdictions for our Clients with the purpose of preserving and protecting assets and providing solutions to inheritance, tax and property issues.  Back to Top

We advise upon and draft the full range of Commercial Agreements, including:-

• Memoranda of Understanding

• Business Management Agreements

• Commercial Agency, Distribution and Supply Agreements (including registrations, renewals and de-registrations)

• Joint Venture Agreements

• Shareholders Agreements

• Share or Assets Sale and Purchase Agreements

• Franchise Agreements

• Shipping Finance Agreements

• Hotel Management Agreements

• Commercial Leases

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We advise Clients on legal strategies related to web-site B2B, B2-Clients and e-commerce developments. Not only do we vet all legal issues in respect of such web developments, we also provide strategies on web company formation with a view to flotation, having regard to taxation and intellectual property protection issues.  Back to Top

We assist in ship sale and purchase, from registration of owning offshore companies to registration of ships in the relevant jurisdictions, bearing in mind taxation issues and other specific requirements of the Clients.  Back to Top