Through our combination of experts working closely between our mainland Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and ADGM offices, we are perfectly positioned to advise on the full spectrum of issues arising in connection with the drafting, legalizing, and enforcement of wills, trusts, and testamentary succession, as well as advising on the intricacies involved in probate and estate administration for assets located in all UAE Emirates and abroad. Our professionals are licensed with the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority, Abu Dhabi Judicial Department and Dubai Legal Affairs Department (Advocates, Barristers and Legal Consultants), DIFC, ADGM, and other civil law jurisdictions. As such, we can provide comprehensive services and advice seamlessly from a single source.
Our team members are experts in UAE personal status law, Sharia and civil law, as well as common law wills when ADGM, DIFC, and trusts, foundations and other arrangements are required, in order to give you and your family the peace of mind you deserve.
We advise local and regional family businesses and private clients, as well as expatriates residing in the UAE, with will formation and estate and succession planning. Our legal consultants and business professionals work in unison amongst our Private Client, Taxation and Real Estate desks. We understand the dynamics involved in such proceedings, and make sure to provide our client base with an interdisciplinary and individualized service. As such, we assist our clients beyond drafting and notarizing wills (including cross-border legalization and attestation if appropriate) in accordance with their and their families’ particular circumstances. We provide a single focal point when administering estates under UAE, DIFC, ADGM or Sharia law, including getting in touch with all relevant authorities and following up on obtaining Letters of Administration, Succession Certificates and Grants of Probate and, where necessary, liaising on your behalf with executors, beneficiaries, trustees and other involved parties. In addition, we are aware of the importance of ensuring discreteness and making delicate processes as seamless as possible, and the assistance and guidance provided to our clients is always carried out with these pillars in mind.