International, Corporate, Construction Real Estate, Litigation and Intellectual Property, Dubai

Tlg

Old town Office : E-313, Al Tajer residence, Al Saha, Palace Hotel Gardens, Old town, Burj Dubai
Deira office : Office 203, LuLu Center Building, opposite Sheraton Deira, Al Muteena Street, Deira
Dubai 20338
United Arab Emirates

+971 4 4477044

+971 4 2975333

www.tlg.ae

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TLG is one of the GCC's leading premier law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest standards with local expertise. TLG stands for 'The Legal Group'.

The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: corporate and M&A; finance and banking; construction and real estate litigation; real estate; employment; and dispute resolution.

TLG has been involved in advising Government, public sector undertakings, and private corporations in the Middle East and Asia. We have been successful in representing a broad range of clients in areas of oil and gas, banking and Islamic finance affairs, corporate matters, and have a proven record in representing clients in the UAE power and water (green and brown field) projects.

TLG clients range from multinational corporations, governmental institutions, and multinational banks to local companies. The firm continues to build its model of providing comprehensive legal and advocacy services with the ability to litigate on behalf of clients directly in their local courts.

We advise on business set-up in Middle East and Asia on:

-Corporate/M&A
-Construction and Real Estate
-Litigation and Dispute Resolution
-Intellectual Property
-Employment and Residency Regulations
-International tax advisory
-franchising and distribution.

Year this Office was Established: 1995

Languages: English, French, Arabic, German, Burmese, Chinese, Hindi, Gujarati, Filipino, Russian

Practice Areas

The Legal Group offers services on the following areas of practice:

- Anti-Money Laundering

TLG undertake regulatory and compliance investigations on behalf of its clients and advises on enforcement action, searches and seizures. The Anti-money laundering laws have had a singinficant impact on the UAE's financial sector since it came in to force. Our attorneys specialize in anti-money laundering and regulatory advice.

- Banking & Finance

We specializes in high value, sophisticated banking and finance transactions, as well as complex issues in the consumer, compliance and e-commerce areas of retail finance. Already the leading banking and finance firm in the Middle East, our push into Asia continues to strengthen on the back of a number of recent transactions in the region. We are able to service the banks, their clients and our own corporate clients, in multi-jurisdictional transactions and multi-level funding arrangements. Lenders, credit enhancers, sponsors, borrowers and packagers have come to rely on our expert advice and sound commercial experience. Our partners have a depth of experience to enable them to advise clients on the technical aspects of transactions, while taking into account their commercial realities.

- Biotech & Health

Our biotech and healthcare team brings together lawyers, patent attorneys and corporate advisers who have the experience, expertise and professional networks to assist in every aspect of your organization’s operation - from funding start ups to commercializing innovations in biomedical research to stock exchange listing and beyond. Please get in touch with Mr. Sunil Thacker for your inquiries related with Biotech and health care in the Middle East including inquiries on Dubai Health Care City, Dubiotech, the UAE Department of health and Medical Service regulations, etc.

- Capital Markets

Our capital markets team is an integrated group of lawyers focused on debt, equity, hybrid and derivatives work in Dubai, the Middle East and Asia. We are active in each of the key areas of capital markets: Structuring securities for issue in domestic and international markets; Capital management activities such as buy backs, capital reductions and share sale facilities; Corporate governance; Trading systems for capital markets instruments; Regulating the conduct of capital markets players.

- Communications, Media & Technology

With the rapid change of business and technology, you need to minimize the time it takes to seek advice. With our Communications, Media & Technology (CMT) practice being one of the largest in the Asia region, we have the resources and commitment necessary to provide you with all the CMT legal assistance your business requires. Our CMT practice offers unrivalled depth of experience across the full spectrum: media and broadcasting, film and entertainment, telecommunications, information technology, outsourcing, ecommerce, advertising, marketing and privacy. The integration of our intellectual property group and our patent and trade marks attorney practice allows us to also offer a comprehensive intellectual property service to clients in the CMT industry sectors. We regularly advise our clients on Communications and media regulations prevailing in Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain, Riyadh and India.

- Corporate Governance

Corporate governance underpins the world's most successful capital markets. The legal rules can be somewhat dry but their impact is considerable, including on share prices. Key principles of corporate governance include: Proper disclosure of price-sensitive information to the market as a whole; protection of company funds from non arm's length, related party dealings; Best-practice construction of boards and monitoring of board performance;

- Construction

Our offices across Middle East and Asia are the base for a construction group with unparalleled expertise, experience, depth and resources. Since 1964, our expertise has been sought by industry leaders to guide them through the latest forms of project delivery and to represent them in the most complex disputes. TLG is the first law firm in Dubai to obtain precedents right from Dubai court of first instance up to the Dubai courts of Cassation. Our technical excellence in understanding the Dubai property laws including Dubai law no. 13 of 2008 regulating the interim register, Dubai law no. 9 of 2009 has been significant and we regularly advise clients on Middle East construction laws. We make it our business to know the political and environmental framework affecting our clients - to deliver accurate, commercial and cost-effective advice. Please get in touch with our partner Mr. Sunil Thacker for further details.

- Energy

Our team has an in-depth understanding of the energy industry. Our team is made up of specialists in electricity and gas industry regulation, competition policy, environmental regulation, industrial relations, project finance, corporate restructuring, privatization and corporatisation. We also draw on the expertise of lawyers in other groups within the firm, as required, for areas such as financing or taxation. We have negotiated contracts with retailers, network operators, financiers and those interested in developing or bidding for new capacity or for the sale of existing electricity assets.

- Funds Management - Real Estate & Superannuation

The Real Estate and Funds Management teams service all aspects of asset management and have particular skill in complex structured transactions (including developments) and funds management products which involve real estate. We have some of Middle East's leading experts on managed investments law and real estate law. The teams advise some of Middle East's largest fund managers, corporations and multinationals, including having acted on some of Gulf's most significant real estate deals, trust floats, mergers and development projects and having devised sale and leaseback transactions for major banks and corporations.

- Infrastructure

Our team has achieved international recognition for its advice to government and corporate bidders on many of the region's most significant infrastructure and PPP projects. We can help with the range of issues affecting your business - everything from financing, construction, environment and planning through to property, native title, industry regulation and government contracting. Importantly, we adopt a team approach and work together with other advisers to ensure that each project is a success.

- Intellectual Property

Whether you're protecting a new idea or involved in a multi-jurisdictional dispute, you need advisers who can help with all facets of intellectual property law. Our intellectual property practice gives you access to a streamlined service from some of the world's top intellectual property practitioners. We're known for our pragmatic, common-sense approach. For experience and credentials in the region, we're unmatched. We combine the skills of our commercial and litigation intellectual property lawyers with those of our integrated Patent & Trade Marks Attorneys firm allowing us to offer a comprehensive intellectual property service. Our ability to provide seamless advice for the creation, commercialization, management, protection and enforcement of our clients' intellectual property rights sets us apart from our competitors. We handle and provide prompt advise on registration under UAE Trademark Laws, registration under Qatar Trademark Laws, registration pursuant to Jordan Trademark Laws, trademark registration in Saudi Arabia, trademark registration in Bahrain, and trademark registration in Egypt as well as Syria.

- Litigation & Dispute Resolution

We appreciate that our clients' first priority is to manage and minimize risk. Our aim is to give clients a thorough and clear assessment of their position, the various options available, and a recommendation on how best to achieve a timely, commercial and cost-effective solution. We employ sophisticated electronic systems and databases and make use of extensive paralegal resources to achieve significant efficiencies for our clients. We work with our clients to adopt the most appropriate course of action. Where litigation is unavoidable, we pursue it rigorously, innovatively and efficiently. Please get in touch with Mr. Sunil Thacker for inquiries related with Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Qatar Arbitration and Conciliation Centre, GCC Commercial arbitration centre.

- Mergers & Acquisitions

With emphasis on quality, innovation and timeliness, we deliver highly successful outcomes in mergers and acquisitions for leading companies in Dubai, Middle East and around the world. We also have significant Private Equity expertise.

- Project Finance

Our team is often praised for its commerciality and thorough understanding of the bankability of issues. We know how to draft contracts and documents that meet the needs of financiers, and to identify and resolve issues that could potentially delay or break deals. Our clients benefit from our understanding of alternative sources of funding and our ability to work closely with their financial advisers.

- Private Equity

Our experienced Private Equity team provides legal services across Asia to leading private equity firms, venture capital investors, underwriters and financiers across the full range of private equity transactions.

- Tax

Insightful taxation analysis and experience is required to deliver effective commercial outcomes in today's complex environment. Our lawyers are renowned for precise, commercially-informed advice on all areas of direct and indirect taxation throughout the Middle East, Asia including India (Income Tax Act, 1961) on areas of income tax, capital gains tax, GST, stamp duty, customs and excise.

Additional Practice Areas: Expert Determination, Appraisal, Adjudication, Electricity and Gas Industry Regulation, Industrial Relations, Corporate Restructuring, Real Estate Funds Management, Superannuation, Stapling of Vehicles, Breaches of Confidence, Continuous Disclosure, Securities Litigation, Asset Recovery, Professional Indemnity, Public Inquiries, Royal and Special Commissions, Coronial Inquests, Regulatory Investigations and Compliance, ASIC/ASX Investigations, APRA, ATO, ACCC Investigations, Workplace Relations/Occupational Health & Safety, Asset and Company Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts, Fundraising and Establishment of Funds, Debt Financing