Legal Counsel for Capital Markets Transactions, Investment Vehicles, and Securities Regulation in the UAE
JUR advises issuers, underwriters, investment banks, fund managers, and institutional investors on the full spectrum of capital markets transactions, investment fund structures, and securities regulatory compliance in the UAE's rapidly evolving capital markets.
Practice Overview
The UAE capital markets landscape has undergone a structural deepening of considerable significance. The dual-exchange architecture of the Dubai Financial Market and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, complemented by NASDAQ Dubai and the DIFC and ADGM regulated capital markets frameworks, provides a sophisticated platform for equity, debt, and structured product transactions. The UAE’s MSCI emerging market designation, the significant privatisation and IPO pipeline driven by Dubai’s D33 agenda and Abu Dhabi’s strategic investment programmes, and the growth of the UAE as a regional hub for Sukuk issuance and Islamic capital markets instruments define a capital markets environment of genuine global relevance.
JUR’s Capital Markets and Investment practice advises corporate issuers on IPO and listing processes across all UAE and DIFC-regulated exchanges, advises investment banks and arranger syndicates on debt capital markets transactions including Sukuk and conventional bond issuances, and structures investment funds and vehicles for institutional asset managers and family offices. We advise on SCA, DFSA, and FSRA disclosure and compliance obligations, structure PIPE and private placement transactions, and represent clients in securities regulatory enforcement matters and investor disputes.
IPO and Public Listings
IPO structuring and preparation, DFM, ADX, and NASDAQ Dubai listing advisory, DFSA-regulated market listing requirements, prospectus drafting and disclosure compliance, and post-listing continuing obligations advisory.
Debt Capital Markets
Corporate bond and note programme establishment, GMTN programme documentation, Sukuk issuance across Ijara, Mudaraba, Musharaka, and Wakala structures, and green and sustainability-linked bond advisory.
Fund Formation
DIFC and ADGM investment fund establishment, domestic and foreign fund registration with the SCA, fund management company licensing, and DFSA and FSRA authorisation for fund management activities
Private Equity
PE fund formation, co-investment structuring, PIPE and structured equity transactions, private placement memorandum preparation, investor rights agreement negotiation, and secondary transaction advisory.
Securities Compliance
SCA, DFSA, and FSRA regulatory compliance advisory for listed companies, fund managers, and investment firms, insider trading and market conduct compliance, and related party transaction advisory.
Listed Company M&A
Public M&A transaction advisory under UAE Takeover Rules, tender offer structuring, squeeze-out and minority shareholder rights advisory, scheme of arrangement processes, and de-listing transaction advisory.
Structured Products
Structured note and warrant programme documentation, derivative master agreement negotiation under ISDA framework adapted for UAE law, and structured finance vehicle establishment in DIFC and ADGM.
Investor Disputes
SCA, DFSA, and FSRA enforcement proceedings defence, securities fraud and market manipulation claims, investor compensation advisory, and arbitration and litigation of investment and securities disputes.
Cross-Border Transactions
Cross-border M&A and investment transaction legal advisory, foreign direct investment regulatory compliance, outbound UAE investment structuring, and multi-jurisdiction transaction coordination for UAE-based issuers and investors.
Why Global Institutions Choose JUR
Capital markets transactions in the UAE require legal counsel that combines deep knowledge of UAE capital markets regulatory architecture with the international transaction expertise that cross-border issuances, fund formations, and M&A transactions demand. JUR’s capital markets practice operates at the highest level of the UAE’s rapidly deepening capital markets ecosystem, advising issuers, banks, fund managers, and investors on transactions that are consequential both to their clients and to the development of the UAE as a global capital markets platform.
