United Arab Emirates

Our presence in the United Arab Emirates is centred on our Dubai office, which serves as DAC Beachcroft's regional hub for the Middle East. Our DIFC-based team includes senior lawyers with extensive experience advising clients across the region, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain. The team includes fluent Arabic speakers and is further supported by specialist insurance lawyers across our international network.

Our presence in the United Arab Emirates is centred on our Dubai office, which serves as DAC Beachcroft's hub for the Middle East.

From our hub in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), DAC Beachcroft provides specialist insurance, reinsurance and commercial disputes advice to insurers, reinsurers, brokers, financial institutions and major corporates across the GCC and wider Middle East. Our partner-led team handles high-value insurance, reinsurance and commercial disputes, coverage matters, investigations, recoveries, regulatory issues, debt recovery, and the enforcement of arbitral awards and court judgments.

Our lawyers have advised on matters across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain and have appeared before the UAE Courts, DIFC Courts, ADGM Courts, QFC Courts and leading arbitral tribunals. We advise on complex insurance and reinsurance disputes, coverage matters, recoveries, regulatory investigations and high-value commercial litigation.

Our core capabilities include:

  • Financial lines, professional liability and regulatory investigations
  • Healthcare and medical malpractice
  • Casualty and product liability
  • Property, construction, energy and business interruption
  • Data, Privacy and Cyber
  • Trade credit, political risk and political violence
  • Marine, aviation and transport
  • Reinsurance and subrogated recoveries
  • Commercial disputes

Clients benefit from regional insight, Arabic-language capability and direct access to DAC Beachcroft's international insurance group. Working seamlessly with colleagues across our global network, we deliver coordinated advice on complex disputes, regulatory matters and emerging risks across the GCC and wider Middle East.

United Arab Emirates

1 office in United Arab Emirates

Key contacts in the UAE

FAQs

Our office is based in the Dubai International Financial Centre and serves as DAC Beachcroft’s hub for clients across the GCC and wider Middle East.
We act for insurers, reinsurers, brokers, financial institutions, professional firms, healthcare providers, and major corporates on contentious and advisory matters.
Our lawyers have experience before the UAE Courts, DIFC Courts, ADGM Courts, QFC Courts, Saudi Courts, and leading arbitral tribunals across the region.
Yes. The Dubai team is fully integrated with DAC Beachcroft’s international insurance group, giving clients coordinated access to more than 1,000 insurance lawyers globally.
Yes. The Middle East team includes fluent Arabic speakers, enabling effective support for clients and matters across the GCC and wider region.