Alsuwaidi & Company

Retail and Consumer Goods

The UAE continues to attract international retail and consumer brands and also regional brands. We help these businesses understand how to operate their business in the UAE so that they remained focused on their business

Our intimate knowledge of the UAE local market combined with our legal prowess enables us to support and bring legal certainty to our clients so that they can focus on what they do best. We handle and support all commercial needs including, advising and transacting for new retail leases, updating distribution agreements, protecting their  brand, employment advice. or dispute resolution in New York.

Key issues where we support retail clients include property purchases and leasing arrangements, commercial issues such as intellectual property rights and franchising, employment matters, and compliance with regulation and corporate governance. Our dispute practice offers complementary support should matters turn contentious with our priority always being to help our clients go further.

Recognition

Alsuwaidi & Company’s local Litigation practice is recognised by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.

“A client found the team to be ‘a respectable name in the courts and in front of the judges’”.
Chambers & Partners, 2021

“A client said ‘They have always replied promptly and in detail regarding any queries, provided immediate automatic updates for ongoing legal work and have achieved perfect outcomes.’”
Legal 500, 2021

“Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, executive-level employment litigation and debt recovery are areas of activity for Alsuwaidi & Company”.
Legal 500, 2020

“Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, executive-level employment litigation and debt recovery are areas of activity for Alsuwaidi & Company”.
Legal 500, 2020

Runner up in the Asian Legal Business, 2021 Litigation Law Firm of the Year, and UAE Law Firm of the Year.

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