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Private equity investment is increasingly popular in the MENA region, with asset values expanding and investors taking bigger stakes.

Regulatory framework defining sanctions has been dynamic and is progressively becoming more complex.

Private Equity (PE) secondary buyouts are often used as exiting strategy for investment besides initial public offerings (IPOs) or acquisitions and also considered as panic sales.

SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, aim to acquire private companies and make them public, by virtue of the SPACs themselves having gone through an IPO.

Selling a business in the UAE involves complex tax considerations that can significantly impact your final proceeds. This guide examines the critical tax implications of share sales versus asset sales, participation exemptions, deal structures, and timing issues that founders and business owners must understand before entering negotiations.

Think about a kid who must complete a 20-page Math homework before hitting the fields to play some ball.

Being part of teams that have advised on major hotel projects such as the sale of the Mövenpick Hotel at Dubai's Jumeirah Beach Residence, as well as others involving Atlantis the Palm...

Macroeconomic headwinds, lower VC funding and M&A downturn risks remain high. However, innovations in new emerging AI technologies are attracting larger investments, giving it a major boost.

With Expo 2020 Dubai fast approaching, many businesses are looking to enter the UAE market and existing businesses are looking to expand their presence.

Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, MOE (Minister of Economy), and Board Chairman of the securities and commodities authority (SCA) was responsible for the introduction of a set of regulations ...

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is a general term that refers to the consolidation of companies through various types of transactions.

Recently there has been a noticeable wave of mergers (especially in the banking sector) within the GCC. Just in 2017, there were 85 mergers in the UAE

2024 saw the announcement of several material developments in merger control regulation throughout the MENA region.

Escrow is becoming a standard feature in Middle East–Asia transactions as businesses manage growing cross-border risk. By placing funds with a neutral third party until agreed conditions are met, escrow reduces counterparty risk, secures payments and enables complex multi-party deals to proceed with greater certainty and control.

In the Middle East, a family business is not just a commercial venture but a legacy, often with family members holding majority ownership and steering day-to-day operations.

Tender and procurement are two processes that go hand in hand. You cannot have one without the other, and these processes are ones which occur in a multitude of countries and jurisdictions around the world.

Over the last 18 months, the UAE overhauled its competition regime through a series of legislative changes.

The UAE is now on the cusp of a major shift in its merger regime with the recent issuance of the Ministerial Decree No. 3 of 2025 announcing the details of the turnover thresholds (the "Turnover Decision")...