Firms in the spotlight: ADG Legal

Commercial disputes across the globe are becoming increasingly onerous to navigate. International business expansions and cross-border transactions carry risks of complexity, increased corporate scrutiny, and changing geopolitical and regulatory environments. Whilst clients look to proactively mitigate their risks, the attending stakes can be significant for businesses with potential global impact.

Complex commercial disputes can often present an array of serious profitability, reputation, and sometimes existential issues for businesses. Our approach is straightforward: understanding the dispute, proactively working with the client to provide tailor-made strategies, and then implementing them to achieve the desired outcomes. Recognizing that business objectives can evolve (and sometimes rapidly), we keep flexibility at the core of our approach.

From the onset of a dispute through to its resolution, we employ bespoke and creative dispute resolution strategies, often leading to satisfactory outcomes. Once retained, we work with our clients to immediately identify the strengths and weaknesses of the case. Our commercial disputes team takes an integrated approach from the very earliest stage to assess risk, with or without other professional advisors (as necessary), enabling our clients to avoid a costly dispute. Our integrated practice structures enable our commercial disputes team to collaborate with our non-contentious lawyers for providing our clients with strong support, regardless of their location.

Our team is committed to resolving complex commercial disputes (regional and international) efficiently and practically, whether it be litigation, arbitration, or other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Our lawyers have full rights of audience before all UAE courts (including the DIFC Court), free zone authorities, and tribunals. We have also carefully curated a network of leading firms and individuals in numerous other jurisdictions, enabling us to provide a seamless dispute resolution service for all clients, regardless of jurisdiction.

Be it complex trans-national or high-stakes regional disputes, our lawyers attend to each client’s case focused on strategies that will yield the most optimal outcome. With our wide international and regional network of partners, we ensure to take into due consideration all aspects of the matter, including the prospects of successful enforcement. In doing so, our commercial disputes lawyers regularly represent clients on mandates involving asset tracing and asset recovery, mutual legal assistance, and other national or international barriers to enforcement.

Our experience also extends to assisting our clients with formulating and implementing ingenious strategies in alternative dispute resolution and out-of-court settlements. Our lawyers both prevent and resolve disputes by providing practical, creative, and cost-effective advice to achieve our client’s strategic and commercial objectives.

Our commercial disputes team, of high-caliber and dynamic lawyers from international and local backgrounds, is known for its expertise in banking and finance, construction and infrastructure, real estate, intellectual property, insolvency and bankruptcy, product liability, joint venture, and shareholder disputes.

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