Corporate & Commercial
Contracts, commercial arrangements, mergers, shareholder matters and strategic legal support to secure business interests.
UAE legal market experience since 2008
Former Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla
Solicitor of England & Wales and Indian Advocate
For people and business owners in the UAE
Senior UAE legal counsel for legal clarity and business confidence.
Licensed UAE legal support for startups, founders, SMEs, business owners, investors, contractors and international firms who need to protect rights, manage risk and make clear decisions before legal or financial consequences harden.
Litigation
Corporate
Real Estate
Startup Advisory
Company Formation
More than 600 successful cases
Experience applied to legal problems with real commercial consequences.
Dedicated lawyer for your matter
Focused support for the issue, documents and decision in front of you.
98% client recommendation
Built around responsiveness, clarity and practical legal judgment.
UAE legal market experience since 2008
Former Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla
Solicitor of England & Wales and Indian Advocate
Your Benefits
Legal support that helps you feel in control again.
The consulting page is built around a simple promise: reduce uncertainty, protect your rights and interests, and help you focus again on your personal and business life with a clear legal strategy.
You feel in control again
Understand the legal consequences, available options and the next steps that can realistically solve the problem.
You can focus again
Legal stress, recurring doubts and uncertainty are reduced so attention can return to the business and life around the matter.
Risk is mitigated
Financial exposure, contractual pitfalls and future conflict risks are assessed before a decision becomes expensive.
Strategy becomes visible
The work moves from facts to options to action, whether the route is negotiation, documentation, settlement or escalation.
Services
Legal services for personal and business pressure points.
The live consulting page presents a broad UAE legal service desk. This refreshed version keeps that breadth while still giving commercial matters, transactions, founders, contractors and international counsel the clarity of a focused senior-advice homepage.
Litigation and Dispute Strategy
Practical support to avoid costly litigation where possible, resolve disputes and protect rights through the right legal route.
Labour & Employment
Clear guidance on UAE labour law, workforce issues, employee rights and dispute resolution for businesses and individuals.
Real Estate and Construction
Advice for investors, developers and contractors on UAE real estate, construction risk, payment issues and project disputes.
Startup Advisory
Support for founders launching and growing in Dubai, from business structure to compliance and commercial documentation.
Company Formation
Guidance on establishing a UAE business with the right structure, documentation and compliance steps from the beginning.
Working Model
Partner-level legal thinking without unnecessary layers.
Clients usually come to ELP when they want large-firm quality thinking, direct access, responsiveness and practical commercial judgment without the distance or avoidable overhead of a larger team.
Understand the pressure
Facts, documents, relationships, timing and commercial objectives are clarified before legal advice is framed.
Diagnose the leverage
The advice identifies the risks that actually affect the deal, dispute, negotiation or business decision.
Move with discipline
Support can include drafting, negotiation, notices, settlement strategy and UAE advocate coordination where required.
Actual client words from ELP.
Selected from the testimonials published on the main ELP website.
Describes Shoeb as great to work with, “very personable”, and someone with a deep understanding of his field.
Salem Bin DasmalFounder at Silver Spoon Investments LLC
Highlights reliability, professionalism, attention to detail, and the ability to work on “tight deadlines”.
Manoj OmreHuman Resource Manager, Asia Bolts Industries LLC
Notes that Shoeb understands client business well and gives “pragmatic legal advice”.
Federico HerreraHead of Transport, BRM AG
Describes Shoeb as great to work with, “very personable”, and someone with a deep understanding of his field.
Salem Bin DasmalFounder at Silver Spoon Investments LLC
Highlights reliability, professionalism, attention to detail, and the ability to work on “tight deadlines”.
Manoj OmreHuman Resource Manager, Asia Bolts Industries LLC
Notes that Shoeb understands client business well and gives “pragmatic legal advice”.
Federico HerreraHead of Transport, BRM AG
Describes Shoeb as great to work with, “very personable”, and someone with a deep understanding of his field.
Salem Bin DasmalFounder at Silver Spoon Investments LLC
Highlights reliability, professionalism, attention to detail, and the ability to work on “tight deadlines”.
Manoj OmreHuman Resource Manager, Asia Bolts Industries LLC
Notes that Shoeb understands client business well and gives “pragmatic legal advice”.
Federico HerreraHead of Transport, BRM AG
About Shoeb
The senior counsel behind ELP.
ELP is led by Shoeb Saher, a UAE-based legal counsel advising on corporate, commercial, M&A, construction and dispute-related matters.
Shoeb Saher
Senior UAE Legal Counsel
Economic Law Partners FZ LLE
- UAE legal market experience since 2008
- Former Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla
- Solicitor of England & Wales and Indian Advocate
Shoeb has practised in the UAE legal market since 2008 and previously worked with Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla. His work supports business owners, SMEs, investors, founders and international law firms on UAE legal matters that require clear legal analysis and practical commercial judgment.
The approach is direct and business-focused: understand the commercial objective, identify the legal risk, explain the options and help the client move forward with a clear strategy.
2008
UAE legal market experience since
E&W
Solicitor of England and Wales
India
Indian Advocate
Client Fit
Built for clients who value clarity.
ELP is best suited to clients who need senior legal advice on commercial matters, but do not necessarily require a large legal team.
Best-fit clients
- Business owners and SMEs with ongoing legal needs
- Founders and shareholders involved in transactions or disputes
- Investors and buyers reviewing UAE legal risk
- Construction, distribution, franchise and project-based businesses
- International law firms requiring UAE legal input
Usually not the right fit
ELP is not usually the right fit for low-value routine matters or situations where cost is the only deciding factor.
- Routine visa, travel ban and immigration enquiries
- Low-value residential property transactions
- Employee-side employment disputes
- Matters where cheapest is the primary requirement
For Advisers and International Counsel
Reliable UAE legal input for professional referrers.
ELP supports accountants, corporate service providers, consultants and international law firms where a client needs UAE law input on contracts, transactions, shareholder issues, construction matters or dispute strategy.
- Responsive UAE legal support
- Commercial contracts and transaction support
- Shareholder and founder dispute strategy
- Construction and project-related advice
- Clear scope and sensible fee discussions
Insights
Practical commentary on UAE commercial legal issues.
A homepage-ready space for articles, updates or client briefings on commercial contracts, shareholder matters, M&A, construction contracts and dispute strategy.
Contracts
Contract risk that matters in UAE business deals
Practical guidance on liability, termination rights, payment risk and dispute clauses.
Shareholders
Founder and shareholder disputes
How to approach deadlock, exits, misuse of funds and settlement strategy before positions harden.
Construction
Construction contract issues in the UAE
Notes on variations, delay, payment notices, termination risk and project documentation.
Contact
Need clear UAE legal advice on a business-critical matter?
Send a short note with the background, the documents available and the decision you need to make. ELP will confirm whether the matter is within scope and how the next step can be structured.
The first step is usually a focused email. Share the commercial context, the relevant documents and any deadline or pressure point. From there, the matter can be scoped sensibly before work begins.
Email ShoebEmail
Phone
Office
Economic Law Partners FZ LLE
Office 2002, 20th Floor
Creative Tower, Fujairah
Office 2002, 20th Floor
Creative Tower, Fujairah
Working days
Monday to Friday
Contact
Need clear UAE legal advice on a business-critical matter?
Send a short note with the background, the documents available and the decision you need to make. ELP will confirm whether the matter is within scope and how the next step can be structured.
The first step is usually a focused email. Share the commercial context, the relevant documents and any deadline or pressure point. From there, the matter can be scoped sensibly before work begins.
Email
Phone
Office
Economic Law Partners FZ LLE
Office 2002, 20th Floor
Creative Tower, Fujairah
Office 2002, 20th Floor
Creative Tower, Fujairah
Working days
Monday to Friday
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