Family Business & Private Client

At Al Tamimi & Company, we offer one of the Middle East and North Africa’s most comprehensive practices for family businesses, high‑net‑worth individuals (HNWIs), ultra‑high‑net‑worth individuals (UHNWIs), entrepreneurs, family offices, and private clients. Our integrated team delivers strategic, culturally relevant, and future‑focused legal solutions that protect assets, preserve family legacies, and support clients across every stage of personal, family and commercial life. With deep regional insight and international expertise, we advise clients whose interests span multiple jurisdictions, ensuring clarity and confidence in even the most complex cross‑border matters.

Wealth, Legacy & Succession Planning: We help clients design robust structures that ensure long‑term wealth preservation and seamless intergenerational transfer. Our services include:

• Succession & estate planning
• Family governance frameworks
• Sharia‑compliant and conventional wills
• Trusts, foundations, SPVs and family office structures
• Cross‑border estate and international tax planning

Our team ensures that every plan reflects our clients’ wishes while complying with regional and international legal regimes.

Family Business Structuring & Continuity: Family businesses form the backbone of the region’s economy. We support with:

• Family business structuring and reorganisation
• Shareholder agreements
• Leadership transition and succession frameworks
• Dispute‑prevention mechanisms
• Governance and continuity planning

We help families mitigate risk, protect core assets, and ensure smooth leadership transition across generations.

Asset Protection & Cross‑Border Advisory: We safeguard personal and family wealth through:

• Multi‑jurisdictional asset protection strategies
• Private wealth structuring
• International probate and estate administration
• Cross‑border family law and tax considerations
• Immigration and tax planning

Our lawyers navigate complex global environments to provide clarity, security, and long‑term protection.

Family Law & Dispute Resolution: We support clients through sensitive and high‑stakes personal matters, including:

• Divorce and separation
• Custody, child arrangement and guardianship matters
• Financial settlements and maintenance
• Pre‑ and post‑nuptial agreements
• Enforcement of foreign family court orders
• Alternative dispute resolution and mediation
• Cross‑border family law issues
• Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments
• Acting as experts in foreign proceedings

Our team handles disputes discreetly and effectively, prioritising solutions that preserve family relationships wherever possible.

Private Client Counsel for Life’s Most Important Decisions: We act as trusted advisors to individuals and families, offering guidance on:

• Probate and estate administration
• Marital agreements
• Guardianship arrangements
• Personal legal planning
• Expert reports and neutral court opinions on family, estate and inheritance matters

We ensure clients receive informed, authoritative and bespoke advice at every step.

A Multidisciplinary Team for Global Families & Investors: Our practice brings together specialists in:

• Family business law
• Private client and tax
• Family law
• Cross‑border structuring
• International estate and probate matters