United Arab Emirates: M&A/Private Equity

The UAE's Guidelines on Relevant Market Definition, published in July 2026, establish a comprehensive framework for competition analysis that directly impacts merger notifications, dominance assessments, and market power evaluations. Drawing on internationally recognized tools like the SSNIP and SSNDQ tests...

Selling a business in the UAE involves complex tax considerations that can significantly impact your final proceeds. This guide examines the critical tax implications of share sales versus asset sales, participation exemptions, deal structures, and timing issues that founders and business owners must understand before entering negotiations.

Buying a business is not only about agreeing on a price. A company may appear profitable and well-established, but the buyer could also be taking on unpaid liabilities, contractual restrictions, employment disputes, regulatory problems or pending claims.

The UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism is developing a National Competition Platform that will use artificial intelligence to transform competition enforcement, potentially reducing merger review timelines to 15 days while automating antitrust investigations and exemption procedures.

The UAE Cabinet has issued Executive Regulations to the Competition Law, introducing significant procedural clarifications for merger control filings.

Federal Decree-Law No. 20 of 2025 introduces significant amendments to the UAE's Commercial Companies Law, fundamentally reshaping corporate structuring possibilities. How do statutory drag-along and tag-along rights, multiple share classes for LLCs, and cross-jurisdictional redomiciliation enhance transactional flexibility and minority protections? This analysis examines the sophisticated evolution of the UAE's corporate legal framework and its implications for complex investment structures.

Imagine seeing your dream car at a secondhand car dealership. You've dreamed of purchasing that car for many years, and now you finally can.

While many organizations perceive their business entity as a legal formality, it's actually the backbone of their operations. Everything from growth potential to tax strategy and governance depends on the entity structure.

At a time when global investment environments are becoming increasingly complex, due diligence in finance has evolved from a traditional financial vetting tool into a multi-dimensional process.