Commercial

Our dedicated Commercial Team works closely with our colleagues in the Corporate, Employment, Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, and Real Estate teams as part of a full-service response to our clients' needs.

Being a specialist and dedicated team means that the Commercial Team can devote its expertise purely to commercial legal and regulatory matters. This allows the team to provide clients with the highest level of expertise on local UAE law and culture and distinguishes Hadef & Partners in the region.

The Commercial Team’s specialist knowledge and hands-on experience in various sectors also sets our Team apart. Our lawyers have worked in the technology, media, education, retail, and hospitality industries, bringing a unique perspective to our services. Moreover, our broader firm expertise spans energy, utilities, financial services, real estate, health, pharmaceutical, construction, transportation, tourism, manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, sports, and media. This breadth of knowledge ensures that we understand each sector's specific challenges and opportunities, enabling us to provide our clients with tailored, practical, and commercial solutions.

Our Commercial Team is equipped to handle a wide range of commercial matters. We can advise and assist on the full remit of commercial contracts and issues that may affect businesses operating in the UAE.

• Advising a leading education program provider, working with their internal procurement team to provide legal and regulatory advice on a wide range of RFPs and commercial collaboration contracts, explicitly focusing on contracting with UAE government entities.
• Advising a well-known GCC airline regarding its business operations in the UAE, including advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, including contracts for the purchase of goods and services, IT-related contracts, consumer-facing contracts, collaboration agreements, and general day-to-day commercial inquiries.
• Advising a ‘cooling as a service’ provider, drafting a comprehensive suite of documents for their in-house legal team covering their cooling as a service initiative. Working closely with our Licensing and Regulatory team advising on the regulatory aspects of providing a de-centralized cooling service in the Emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
• Advising a global conglomerate on setting up a centralized service provision for its multi-national group of companies, drafting the related intra-group services agreement, and liaising with our Tax Team to ensure that the tax and transfer pricing elements were addressed.
• Advising a nuclear electric power company on its entry into a services agreement to provide post-transaction support in the form of services and trademark licensing following a spin-off of one of its entities.
• Advising a renewable energy and desalinated water production plant provider regarding a request for statistical information from a UAE government organisation.
• Advising a well-known UAE-based school on its internal and external confidentiality documentation and drafting a suite of non-disclosure documents for various uses.
• Advising a leading hotel brand on entering into a non-disclosure agreement, with a specific focus on the choice of jurisdiction.
• Advising a leading education institution on terminating its after-school activity provider for poor service provision.
• Advising a leading gaming company on the age of consent for entry into commercial relations.