Family Business & Private Health

We build legal structures and put in place binding agreements which defend family assets from both external and internal risks; and we formulate and record agreements which pave the way for seamless succession and sound stewardship for families in business.

Our team can:

  • Structure your business and investments to reduce and manage legal risks and exposures.
  • Tailor-make structures which insulate your family against business disruption at times of transition.
  • Develop family agreements and trust deeds which permit clear and structured transitions to future stewardship.
  • Create frameworks for resolving issues and differences, without damaging the fabric of family life.
  • Formulate clear pathways to succession and stewardship under both Sharia and common law inheritance rules.
  • Prepare wills for non-Muslims made under the jurisdiction of the Dubai International Financial Centre; and also prepare wills for expatriate nationals effective under regional legal systems.

Building a Sharia Compliant Structure

Many of our lawyers are well versed in Sharia law, so we can build a legal framework for family business in harmony with the principles of the Sharia.  We work with leading Sharia scholars so that, where appropriate, family structures and understandings can be compliant with the Sharia.