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Key contacts
Managing Partner: Bader El Jeaan
Quick facts
Number of partners

3

Number of other qualified practitioners

3

Languages

English, Arabic, French

Key practice areas
M&A
Firm overview

Meysan’s UAE office advises corporates, investors, funds, state-owned entities, financial institutions, family businesses, and high-net-worth individuals on complex corporate transactions, restructurings, regulatory matters, and strategic commercial arrangements across the UAE and the wider region.

The team combines deep knowledge of UAE law with extensive regional and international experience, enabling it to support clients on sophisticated domestic and cross-border mandates. The practice is regularly instructed on matters involving M&A, corporate restructurings, capital markets, financing, real estate, regulatory compliance, private client matters, project development, and emerging sectors including digital assets, AI, financial services, and technology.

Meysan’s UAE corporate team advises clients throughout the full transaction lifecycle, including structuring, due diligence, negotiation of transaction documents, regulatory approvals, governance matters, disclosure obligations, implementation, completion mechanics, and post-completion matters. The team is particularly experienced in handling transactions that require coordination across multiple jurisdictions, complex regulatory analysis, and careful management of shareholder, board, and market disclosure requirements.

Key practice areas
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • Competition
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
Sector expertise
  • Aviation
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverage
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • Transport
Other offices

Dubai
Al Fattan Currency House Office 2501
25th Floor, DIFC
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
T: +971 4 501 6000
E: info@meysan.com
W: www.meysan.com

Address:
Unit 8, 3rd Floor, Al Maryah Tower,
Abu Dhabi Global Market Square,
Al Maryah Island Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi,
Tel:+971 2 694 8532 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.meysan.com/uae/
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Linked Reviews
M&A

Meysan traces its presence in the Middle East back to 2015. The firm was awarded the Rising Star Law firm of the Middle East the same year it was established. Recently the firm launched its London offices in 2023 with the intention of bringing together leading legal talent in the Middle East and the United Kingdom. Meysan prides itself on having extensive expertise in UAE laws and advising on complex transactional matters, led by Managing Partner Bader El-Jeaan.

 

Highlights  

Meysan acted for Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Co. W.L.L. in connection with the divestment of its 37.58% majority stake in Gulf Cement Company P.S.C. As lead counsel, the team was responsible for the structuring of the transaction; drafting and negotiating the share purchase agreement and disclosure letter; and advising on capital markets regulations, merger control, and other legal considerations. The transaction closed in February 2025 and was led by Bader El-Jeaan and Tarek Yehya.  

The firm also advised on the migration of Al Farwaniya Property Developments Limited to the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) jurisdiction. The team, led by Bader El-Jeaan, contributed to the designing and execution of the strategic legal roadmap for the migration, which included advising on legal restructuring of corporate governance, ensuring compliance with ADGM regulations, and preparing and coordinating the commercial contracts and counterparties’ communications. The transaction closed in September 2024.  

Partner Hasa Rizvi joined the Corporate team from RIAA Barker Gillette (Middle East) in July 2025.  

 

Key Clients  

Agility Logistics; Al Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate Co. W.L.L and Gulf National Holding Co. KSCC; Logic (Logic Information Systems FZ LLC); Al Farwaniya Property Developments Limited (Reem Mall); Al Massaleh Real Estate Company KSCP 

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