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  • With the recent introduction of corporate tax in the UAE, tax is rapidly becoming an integral part of the UAE Corporate and commercial landscape.

    Our tax team has experience in international and local tax laws and is able to navigate our clients through the current uncertainties of the local requirements and provide practical advice and solutions to help manage tax risk in this developing area of law.

    Our team is able to provide clients with tax efficient commercial solutions through close collaboration with our corporate, finance and commercial teams.

    The team provides UAE focused tax advice to clients on a range of corporate and commercial matters, including corporate structuring, M&A, structured finance, commercial transactions, tax administration and tax dispute resolution.

    Our clients include corporates, financial institutions and high-net worth individuals in the UAE and the larger GCC as well as various international law firms in the region that require tax support for their clients.

    • Providing UAE corporate and tax structuring advice in relation to establishment of Holding and operational Companies in the UAE for purposes of shipping, chartering and vessel management business.
    • Providing UAE tax advice in relation to the establishment of UAE Holding and operational Companies in the UAE for purposes of property holding, development and sales.
    • Providing UAE corporate and tax structuring advice to high-net worth clients in relation to the establishment of an appropriate UAE Holding structure for various asset classes.
    • Providing UAE corporate and tax structuring advice to a client in relation to the establishment of a UAE Holding structure for family assets.
    • Providing UAE tax structuring advice to a client in relation to the establishment of a UAE operating company and associated tax considerations of providing software services to local and foreign customers.
    • Theunis Claassen

      Head of Tax
      Tax
      t.claassen@hadefpartners.com
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    t.claassen@hadefpartners.com
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