Across borders,one file.
Businesses built in the UAE and India rarely stay there. Customers in Europe, a Delaware entity for US investors, suppliers in the GCC, a development team in a third country: each adds a legal system to the file. We provide the coordinating counsel that keeps those systems consistent, drafting cross-border contracts, mapping regulation and instructing local counsel only where the law requires it.
International work is less about knowing every jurisdiction than about knowing which questions each one will ask. A SaaS agreement with a German enterprise raises GDPR, EU consumer and competition law and the choice between German courts and arbitration. A distribution agreement into Saudi Arabia raises agency registration and Sharia-compliance questions. A Delaware holding company raises US securities, tax and corporate formalities. A supplier in a sanctioned or high-risk jurisdiction raises OFAC, EU and UAE Executive Office screening. Missing the question is far more expensive than paying for the answer.
Our international practice was built around the UAE–India–USA corridor and has grown with our clients into the UK, the EU and the wider GCC. We draft and negotiate cross-border commercial, technology and data agreements under English, DIFC, ADGM, Indian, Delaware and New York law; design governing-law and dispute-resolution strategies that can actually be enforced where the counterparty's assets are; run international data-transfer programmes; screen counterparties against sanctions and export-control regimes; and coordinate the formation and housekeeping of foreign entities through a vetted network of local counsel.
The model, led by Raunak Rane, is deliberately simple for the client: one accountable partner, one file, one set of standards. We engage local counsel where reserved activities, formal filings or court appearances require them, brief them precisely, and translate their advice into decisions your management team can act on. International work is provided as cross-border advisory and coordination, with regulated activities undertaken by appropriately licensed professionals in each jurisdiction.
Every mandate is staffed by a founding partner and a small, dedicated team. Where formal representation before UAE courts or authorities is required, we instruct and coordinate registered Emirati advocates so that clients receive one accountable file across legal consultancy and formal representation. Cross-border work between the UAE, India and the USA is run from the same file, with local counsel engaged where applicable law requires.
Supply, distribution, services, licensing and partnership agreements between parties in different countries, with governing-law, jurisdiction, currency, tax, Incoterms and force-majeure provisions that work in practice.
Enterprise SaaS, software licensing, cloud, API, reseller and development agreements for UAE and Indian technology companies selling into the US, UK, EU and GCC, including SLA, data and IP terms.
Selection of governing law and forum, arbitration clause design (DIAC, ICC, LCIA, SIAC), enforceability analysis against counterparty assets and multi-tier dispute mechanisms.
Transfer mechanisms and impact assessments across the UAE, DIFC, ADGM, India, EU, UK and US regimes, intra-group data agreements and processor terms for global operations.
Counterparty and transaction screening against UN, UAE, US (OFAC), EU and UK regimes, export-control classification of technology, sanctions clauses and internal compliance programmes.
Formation and housekeeping of Delaware and other US entities, UK and EU subsidiaries and representatives, coordinated with local counsel, accountants and registered agents.
Market-entry structuring and commercial agreements for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain, agency and distribution law analysis and coordination with licensed local firms.
Multi-jurisdiction regulatory maps, contract-standard harmonisation, entity and licence calendars, and the operating processes that let a small legal team run a global footprint.
The work, on record.
Client names withheld under counsel duties; details rendered indicative.
Global contract standard for a Dubai enterprise-software company
Designed a master SaaS agreement with jurisdiction-specific schedules for US, UK, EU and GCC customers, DPA and transfer mechanisms for each, and negotiated the first twelve enterprise deals under it.
Sanctions and export-control programme for a technology distributor
Built a screening and escalation programme across UN, UAE, OFAC, EU and UK regimes for a Dubai distributor with suppliers and customers in 30 countries, including export-control classification of encryption products.
Delaware holding structure for a UAE–India founder group
Coordinated formation of a Delaware parent with UAE and Indian subsidiaries, intercompany agreements, IP assignment and investor-ready documentation ahead of a US-led seed round, working with US counsel and tax advisers.
Saudi and Qatari market entry for an Indian industrial supplier
Distribution and agency structuring, local-partner agreements and regulatory coordination with licensed counsel in Riyadh and Doha for an Indian manufacturer expanding across the GCC from its Dubai hub.
International Legal Support
Reading, between the codes.
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