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Criminal Lawyers in Dubai
30 Sep 2021

Economic and Fraud Provisions in Middle East

Economic and Fraud Provisions in the Middle East “There is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open…

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Lawyers in Abu Dhabi
26 Aug 2021

Amendments in Jointly Owned Property Law

Amendments in Jointly Owned Property Law Investments are supposed to be financial decisions. However, in real life, people often make investment decisions emotionally. This is truer of real estate investments. Individuals get emotionally attached to their homes or the idea of owning a home. Hence, they make decisions based on…

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Law Firms in Dubai
07 Mar 2021

Leasing Law DIFC

Leasing Law DIFC “But land is land, and it’s safer than the stocks and bonds of Wall Street swindlers.”                                                              …

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Lawyers in Dubai
06 Dec 2020

Termination of Sale Purchase Agreement

Termination of Sale Purchase Agreement in the UAE Introduction  A Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) is a widely used contract/agreement in business transactions. It is predominantly used in the land department. It is beneficial, and a vital necessity that people looking to settle or finalize a deal of either property…

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Lawyers in Dubai
02 Nov 2020

Real Estate Developments in auhdxb

Real Estate Developments in Abu Dhabi and Dubai The United Arab Emirates is continuously witnessing positive developments in the real estate market. The market is adapting to the changing terms of the scenario around the choices of the investors willing to invest in the real estate market. Abu Dhabi and…

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Lawyers in Dubai
02 Sep 2020

ADGM Registered Businesses Real Estate

How ADGM Registered Businesses can Own Real Estate in Dubai Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an established free-zone and international financial centre in Abu Dhabi was legally established pursuant to Federal Decree Number 15 of 2013 and Abu Dhabi Law Number 4 of 2013 (the ADGM Founding Law). ADGM attracts…

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Lawyers in Abu Dhabi
02 Aug 2020

Non-payment of Service charges

Non-payment of Service charges in Dubai and Abu Dhabi The Real Estate Regulatory Agency ("RERA") issued a notice in April 2020, stating that the homeowners in Dubai who defaulted on 2019 service charge payments will have their fines waived. But did this mean that the waiver would extend to 2020…

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Lawyers in Dubai
05 Apr 2020

How to Get Away with Building

How to Get Away with (a) Building? A short essay on joint development agreements, musataha structures and constructions on third-party property. Queen Elizabeth II is frequently regarded as the owner of one of the world’s largest real estate portfolio with properties in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Falkland Islands and Canada…

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Lawyers in Dubai
01 Mar 2020

Investors’ Due Diligence Real Estate

Investors’ Due Diligence Before Purchasing Real Estate in Dubai Numerous authors, legal professionals, bankers and jurists have written papers on the increased foreclosure rates preceding 2008 in the United States' real estate market. This predicament led to a domino effect of issues on mortgages, (the infamous) collateral debt obligations and other…

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Lawyers in Abu Dhabi
02 Feb 2020

Musataha Agreement

Musataha Agreements in the UAE Introduction The Rights of Musataha is a vital tool for real estate development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It enables the investors to establish stable and safe investment projects whilst achieving the adequate balance between the rights of the proprietor and those of the…

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Lawyers in Dubai
02 Feb 2020

Owners Association in Dubai

Owners Association in Dubai “Home ownership is the cornerstone of a strong community.” – Rick Renzi On the bright sunny morning on 9 November 1987, the United States District Court (E.D. Virginia - Alexandria Division) ruled on a very important question in the real estate sector at that stage –…

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Property Lawyers in UAE
10 Dec 2019

Defective Handed Over Real Estate

  Defective Handed Over Real Estate Units As Winston Churchill once said: “Land monopoly is the mother of all monopoly”. Decades later, this statement has still proven to be accurate as real estate is a booming industry all over the world. Real estate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in…

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Financial Lawyers in UAE
10 Oct 2019

real estate market financing rules

Does the UAE real estate market need new financing rules? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) property market has experienced quite a few major developments within the past decade, with a host of new laws, initiatives, and real estate projects being announced. Moving into 2019, the UAE real estate market has…

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Property Lawyers in Abu Dhabi
06 Aug 2019

off-plan contract termination

The decision of the Land Department to cancel the registration In the judiciary of cassation in Dubai and Law 19 of 2017 Due to the importance of the real estate market in Dubai, especially the sales system on the map, which allows the investor to buy through installments and allows…

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