Agha & Shamsi is a legal consultancy established in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide excellence in the practice of law throughout the Middle East and beyond.

The Firm provides multi-disciplinary legal services in complex cross-border and leading domestic transactions with a focus on the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) countries.

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Corporate and Commercial (e.g., joint ventures, M&A, company restructuring, distributorship/agency/franchise arrangements, legal due diligence, corporate governance)
Real Estate and Construction (e.g., commercial and residential development, ijara financing, EPC contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, leases, construction dispute resolution)
Projects (e.g., upstream, midstream, downstream, power, pipeline, mining, water)
Tailored Islamic Finance Solutions (e.g., ijara, murabaha, mudaraba, takaful, musharaka, ististna'a, wakala and sukuk transactional structures utilized e.g., in infrastructure and project finance, asset finance (e.g., aviation finance))
Dispute Resolution (e.g., litigation, arbitration and other various forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR))
Private Equity (e.g., Islamic fund formation and structuring, venture capital)
Employment (e.g., transactional advice, benefit schemes, contentious representation )
Company Set-Up, Attestation/Notarization (e.g., limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, partnerships, branches, representative offices, free-zone companies)
Intellectual Property (e.g., patents, copyright, trademark license agreements, technology acquisition)
Estate Planning (e.g., Shariah-compliant wills, trusts)
Liaison with Regulatory Authorities (e.g., Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), Department of Economic Development of Dubai, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Justice, Abu Dhabi Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), Chambers of Commerce)
Shariah Board Advice (issuance of comprehensive fatwas from our Shariah Board, in relation to transactions in various practice areas)
UAE & Foreign Law Advice (e.g., Saudi Law (through affiliation), New York Law, Russian Law, English Law (through affiliation), Chinese Law (through affiliation), Japanese Law (through affiliation))
Legal Translations (e.g., English to Arabic; Arabic to English; Russian to English; English to Russian)

To contact our Firm, please send an email to info@aghashamsi.com

Our multi-lingualš team would be happy to assist you. Please note that the Firm, pursuant to being a Shariah compliant firm by mandate, does not represent parties that engage in non-compliant activities (e.g., related to alcohol, tobacco, gaming (casinos) or pornography, interest-based (riba); does not avail of any credit/debt facilities; and does not invest in interest-based (usurious) instruments).

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