Author name: advocateshoeb

Deal Governance: Setting Up a Single Point of Contact Deal governance in UAE transactions often fails quietly. Not because the SPA is poorly drafted.Not because the price is wrong.But because no one decided who speaks for the seller. Imagine ten diligence questions sent by the buyer.Ten different managers respond.Different tones.Different facts.Different timelines. The buyer is […]

Why Legal Judgment in UAE Matters More Than Perfect Answers One thing years of legal practice teaches you is this: Clients do not come to lawyers for answers alone.They come for judgment. In theory, the law looks orderly. Statutes exist. Regulations are published. Precedents are searchable. On paper, it appears that every problem should have

Why Contract Maintenance in UAE Is a Silent Governance Risk Contract maintenance in UAE is one of the most neglected aspects of running a business.Almost everyone signs contracts.Almost nobody maintains them. Founders invest time and money into drafting agreements at incorporation, during fundraising, or when bringing on partners. Then the business grows, capital is injected,

Why Data Protection Checks in UAE Matter in Modern M&A Data protection checks in UAE are no longer a niche compliance exercise reserved for European transactions or multinational corporations. They have become a standard diligence checkpoint in almost every serious M&A process. We once advised a UAE-based founder who assumed “GDPR-style” requirements were only relevant

The Hidden Impact of Third-Party Consents: How One Overlooked Step Can Delay or Destroy Your Deal Third-party consents in UAE transactions are one of the most underestimated deal risks.They are invisible at first, silent in the background, and completely capable of derailing a perfectly negotiated Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA). Founders and sellers often spend

Leadership Disputes in UAE: Why Behavior Breaks Deals Before Documents Do Leadership disputes in UAE rarely begin with a bad clause or a missing definition. They begin long before the lawyers are called, long before the first notice is served, and long before the problem becomes “legal.” Most of the major disputes I handle do