Bankable. Enforceable. Cross-Border.
Banking & Finance Lawyers in Dubai, the UAE & Egypt
Structure transactions with confidence, protect lender and investor interests, navigate financial regulation, and manage cross-border finance matters across Dubai, the wider UAE and Egypt.
Strategic Banking and Finance Counsel
Built for Sophisticated Finance Matters
Financial transactions create opportunity, but they also create regulatory, documentation and recovery risk. Al Adly & Co. advises clients on banking, finance and financial services matters across Dubai, the wider UAE and Egypt, combining premium transactional guidance with corporate and litigation strength.
We support banks, financial institutions, lenders, corporate borrowers, investors and family businesses across the full lifecycle of a finance matter: structure, regulatory positioning, negotiation, documentation, security, closing, restructuring and dispute response.
Our role is not only to protect legal position, but to help clients complete transactions, preserve relationships, maintain regulatory confidence and move forward with clarity.
Whether you are arranging a credit facility, reviewing a security package, entering the UAE market, financing an acquisition, restructuring exposure or coordinating a UAE-Egypt transaction, we help you move with clarity and protect your financial position.
Why Finance Transactions Need More Than Documentation
Advice Beyond Generic Legal Review
Banking and finance matters suffer when legal advice is too abstract, too slow or disconnected from how financial institutions actually make decisions.
A facility agreement is not only a document. It is a risk allocation tool. A security package is not only a formality. It determines what can be recovered when a transaction is under pressure. Regulatory positioning is not only a compliance item. It can decide whether a business model, financing route or payment flow is viable across Dubai, the wider UAE and Egypt.
Timing Matters
When to Contact Us
Speak to us before signing a facility agreement, granting security, accepting personal guarantees, restructuring debt, launching a regulated finance activity, or entering a UAE-Egypt financing arrangement.
Legal Services
Banking and Finance Matters We Handle
Finance matters rarely fail because of one document. They fail when structure, regulation and risk are not aligned from the beginning.
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Banking Regulation & Financial Structuring
Advice on banking regulation, financial services frameworks, licensing considerations, governance, AML/KYC exposure and regulator-facing matters across Dubai, the wider UAE and Egypt. Support includes transaction structuring, finance documentation and jurisdiction-sensitive legal analysis.
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Lending, Security & Finance Documentation
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating facility agreements, lending arrangements, security packages, guarantees, pledges, mortgages, assignments and related finance documentation for lenders, borrowers and investors.
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Corporate, Acquisition & Real Estate Finance
Legal support for acquisitions, expansion financing, project finance, development structures, asset-backed transactions and strategic capital deployment involving companies, investors and family businesses.
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FinTech, Payments & Digital Finance
Support for payment businesses, financial technology platforms and digital finance operations navigating licensing, compliance, AML/KYC obligations and market-entry considerations. Crypto-related matters are handled only within the firm’s Dubai/UAE scope, not as an Egypt legal offering.
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Restructuring, Disputes and Cross-Border Finance Matters
Advice on distressed finance, restructuring, settlement negotiations, post-default disputes, arbitration, creditor-position planning and UAE-Egypt cross-border finance coordination involving regulatory, corporate and dispute-sensitive considerations.
Regulatory Landscape
Understanding Financial Regulation Across the UAE and Egypt
The financial landscape is layered. The right legal approach depends on the activity, the entity, the jurisdiction, the counterparty and the intended transaction structure.
DIFC / DFSA
Dubai Financial Free Zone
Relevant for financial services conducted in or from the DIFC, including banking, credit, asset management, securities, funds, custody, trusts and Islamic finance.
SCA
UAE Securities and Capital Markets
Relevant for securities, public offers, investment products, listed-market matters and capital markets activity outside financial free zones.
ADGM / FSRA
Abu Dhabi International Financial Centre
Relevant for financial services, fintech, funds, market infrastructure and entities operating within ADGM’s regulatory framework.
EGYPT / CBE
Egyptian Banking System Supervision
Relevant for banking activities, payment systems, credit policies, and Egypt-facing banking regulatory questions
EGYPT / FRA
Non-Banking Financial Markets
Relevant for capital markets, leasing, factoring, mortgage finance, insurance and other non-banking financial activities in Egypt.
Why Clients Work With Us
A Practical Approach to Complex Finance Matters
Complex finance matters require more than technical legal analysis. Clients work with us because we understand how transactions, regulation, counterparties and commercial realities intersect across Dubai, the wider UAE and Egypt.
Dubai, wider UAE and Egypt presence
Local knowledge across key markets, with practical understanding of how cross-border transactions are negotiated, documented and pursued.
Corporate and Litigation Strength
We draft with dispute risk in mind and assess post-default pathways before they become a problem.
Cross-Border Execution
We help clients align Dubai, wider UAE and Egypt legal considerations in coherent transaction documents and board-level action plans.
Finance Matter Experience
Experience aligned with complex finance matters involving banks, financial institutions, investors, family businesses and growth companies.
Premium, Practical Advice
We translate complex regulatory and finance issues into transaction-ready decisions and clear next steps.
Senior Background
Led by counsel with more than 50 years of experience across Egypt and the UAE, including arbitration, corporate, government-linked and cross-border matters.
Al Adly & Co.
Meet The Team
Our team brings together over 50+ years of combined legal experience across the UAE and Egypt — advising founders, executives, investors, and government-linked entities on complex, high-stakes matters.
Ahmed Adly
Founder & Managing Partner
Nedaa Ahmed
Group Manager
Akram Gideon
Senior Legal Associate
Your strategic questions, answered
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. We assist corporate borrowers and growth companies with facility agreements, term sheets, security packages, covenants, corporate approvals and guarantees. The goal is to help the company understand the legal and financial implications before commitments are signed. This is particularly important where founders, directors or family shareholders are asked to provide personal guarantees or asset security.
Depending on the activity, a UAE banking or finance matter may involve the Central Bank of the UAE, the DFSA in the DIFC, the FSRA in ADGM, the SCA or other sector-specific authorities. The relevant regulator depends on the legal entity, activity, product, customer type and location from which the service is offered. We help clients map those issues before they move forward with a structure or transaction.
Often, yes. DIFC and ADGM operate under specialist financial services frameworks, with their own regulators, courts and rulebooks. A structure that is appropriate for one financial centre may not be suitable for another, especially where licensing, client classification, marketing, governing law or dispute resolution is involved. We assess the jurisdictional fit before documents are finalized.
Yes. Al Adly & Co. supports matters involving cross-border investment, financing, corporate structuring, dispute resolution and claims coordination between Dubai, the wider UAE and Egypt. These matters often require a practical view of governing law, security, guarantees, corporate approvals, enforceability and local court or arbitration options. We help clients align the documentation with the realities of both markets.
Yes, within the appropriate legal scope. We advise on FinTech, payments and digital finance matters where licensing, AML/KYC, customer funds, financial promotions or platform structures are relevant. Crypto-related matters are handled only within the firm’s Dubai/UAE scope and should not be treated as an Egypt legal offering.
Information on this page is general and not legal advice; advice depends on your facts and jurisdiction.
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