A clean closing in the UAE is the product of a deal architecture that anticipated the registry, the regulator, and the seller's lawyer.
Recent transactional work includes the acquisition of one hundred percent of a DWTCA free-zone target via a deferred-completion SPA with layered control mechanisms, an earn-out consideration structure, and a regulatory frustration mechanism — and a coordinated secondary transaction involving the sale of Class A preferred units and tokens through an exclusive platform engagement, including tag-along analysis, dilution modelling, ADGM SPV incorporation, and securities-law compliance.
Our M&A book is weighted toward founder-led businesses, family offices, sponsors selling down minority positions, and strategic buyers entering or exiting UAE markets — rather than mega-cap public M&A. The work that follows is bespoke, but the discipline (deal architecture, focused diligence, paper that survives the registry) is consistent.
“Deferred completion, earn-outs, and tag-alongs are not a complication to manage — they are how value is preserved between sign and close.”
We coordinate with foreign counsel where the seller, the buyer, or the assets sit outside the UAE, and we handle the closing-mechanics work — KYC, MOFA legalisation, free-zone and DDA filings, board and shareholder resolutions, escrow paperwork — that often determines whether a signed deal actually closes on time.