Ahmad is a Partner and Head of the Corporate and Private Wealth practices at Hadef & Partners in Dubai. He advises family businesses, private clients, corporates and investors on a broad range of UAE and cross border corporate, governance, private wealth and succession matters.
His corporate practice includes advising local and international public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, reorganisations, joint ventures, corporate governance and other strategic corporate matters.
His private wealth practice focuses on advising UAE and international families on the structuring, governance and succession of family businesses and private wealth. He regularly advises on family holding structures, DIFC and ADGM foundations, family governance arrangements and the reorganisation of substantial business, investment and real estate interests across generations.
Ahmad is ranked by Chambers and Partners in its High Net Worth guide for Private Wealth Law and is an accredited adviser with the DIFC Family Wealth Centre. He has also contributed to the development of the UAE’s private wealth framework, including through his involvement with the DIFC Wealth Management Working Committee. The firm’s Private Wealth team was named Private Wealth Team of the Year at the Middle East Legal Awards.
Ahmad is a Canadian qualified lawyer and has practised in Dubai for nearly 20 years. Prior to moving to the UAE, he practised corporate and commercial law and tax in Canada, including with a leading Canadian law firm and a major Canadian institutional investor.
He is fluent in English, Arabic and French and holds an LLB and a graduate degree in Taxation and Commercial Law from Canada.
Admissions
- Advocate, Barreau du Quebec, Canada