UAE

Our Offices

Gibson Dunn has represented government-affiliated entities, prominent companies, and financial institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Middle East for more than 40 years.

Today, Gibson Dunn has a market-leading, integrated UAE practice servicing both local and international clients across a variety of practice areas and industries. The team’s 30+ lawyers in the UAE practice English, New York and UAE law (including ADGM and DIFC). The firm has recently expanded significantly in the UAE and wider region, which is the largest investment made by any international firm during this time.  

Gibson Dunn has offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Our full-service UAE team – which has worked on-the-ground in the UAE for many years – covers M&A, private equity, energy and infrastructure, project development and project finance, finance (including Islamic finance) and restructuring, capital markets, regulatory and legislative matters (including financial regulatory), international arbitration, and dispute resolution.

Our clients include Government-related entities (including sovereign wealth funds), family offices, multinational corporations and financial institutions. In particular, our UAE team works closely with Abu Dhabi Government entities, across various different practice areas, which has given us a holistic understanding of their requirements, preferences and negotiation positions. Also, several of our team members have experience being seconded to Abu Dhabi Government entities.

Our UAE team has been recognized with various industry-leading awards, as well as firm and individual rankings (including in Band 1) by Chambers Global for UAE Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets (Equity), and by Legal 500 EMEA for UAE Oil, Gas and Natural Resources (including a Hall of Fame individual ranking), Infrastructure and Projects (including Project Finance), Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Capital Markets and Banking and Finance. Members of our UAE team are also recognized by Chambers Global for Middle East-wide Corporate/M&A, Projects & Energy and Capital Markets (Equity); and Egypt Corporate/M&A, Projects & Energy and Capital Markets.

Gibson Dunn has accelerated its UAE In-Country Value (ICV) strategy and currently has a number of ongoing ICV initiatives, including establishing a formal training programme for UAE nationals in our Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices.