Initial Public Offerings

A substantial component of our expertise lies in our knowledge of the UAE market, its practices, procedures and the workings of UAE regulatory bodies. Our lawyers have developed good relationships with the securities markets’ regulators, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority.

Whilst these times of unprecedented global financial turmoil have seen a dramatic drop in the number of IPOs completing in the UAE and the Middle East region as a whole, our depth of experience in helping some of the UAE’s highest profile companies go public and raise the capital necessary to see them reach the next level continues to stand us in good stead when it comes to advising clients looking to achieve the same results.

In addition to having been at the forefront of the development of the securities and capital markets in the UAE, Hadef & Partners continues to be able to draw upon the experience of our lawyers from other jurisdictions with longer-established securities markets (including the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States), and this enables us to apply a considered logic to regulated securities work, including initial public offerings in the Dubai and Abu Dhabi markets, even in circumstances where there may not yet be any direct precedent in those markets themselves.