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Real Estate & Construction and Hotels & Leisure
Real estate, construction, and hospitality are at the forefront of transformation across the Middle East – reshaping cities, driving investment, and demanding increasingly sophisticated legal frameworks.
In the June edition of Law Update, we take a closer look at the legal shifts influencing the sector – from Dubai’s new Real Estate Investment Funds Law and major reforms in Qatar, to Bahrain’s push toward digitalisation in property and timeshare regulation. We also explore practical issues around strata, zoning, joint ventures, and hotel management agreements that are critical to navigating today’s market.
As the landscape becomes more complex, understanding the legal dynamics behind these developments is key to making informed, strategic decisions.
2025 is set to be a game-changer for the MENA region, with legal and regulatory shifts from 2024 continuing to reshape its economic landscape. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain are all implementing groundbreaking reforms in sustainable financing, investment laws, labor regulations, and dispute resolution. As the region positions itself for deeper global integration, businesses must adapt to a rapidly evolving legal environment.
Our Eyes on 2025 publication provides essential insights and practical guidance on the key legal updates shaping the year ahead—equipping you with the knowledge to stay ahead in this dynamic market.
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Angela Bhaseen
Senior Associate
Biography
Angela has over 20 years’ experience advising on all aspects of commercial real estate and been a partner in UK based law firms renowned for their real estate practice. She has led teams and has particular expertise in landlord and tenant, development and real estate finance work providing strategic advice to her clients in the office, retail, leisure and logistics sectors. She works across the KSA and Dubai offices.
Angela has an in depth knowledge of leases with the ability to re-negotiate complex documentation for occupier clients. She has worked with a wide range of listed and unlisted clients on sale and purchase agreements, development agreements, agreement for leases, leases, option agreements, licence arrangements, certificates of title, legal charges and confidentiality agreements
Angela is a Legal 500 ranked lawyer and has been acknowledged for “anticipating problems and identifying solutions as they arise and getting the deal done quickly”. She is described as “very personable, intelligent, articulate, very hard-working and cares. The time and effort put into her work is extremely pleasing….as is her understanding of situations that are not necessarily run of the mill”.
Recent Experience
- US law firm (based in London): preparation and negotiation of certificates of title. red flag reports and raising enquiries on a range of real estate matters, including the refinance of a Grade 2 listed hotel for GBP50 million, purchase of two industrial units for GBP22million, corporate acquisition of a London based build to rent portfolio of properties for GBP20 million.
- Salik Company IPO: Assisting on real estate matters in relation to this historic public offering.
- Apollo: acting for Apollo Global Management in relation to the due diligence of real estate assets value USD 400 million investment with Aldar.
- Roshn Real Estate Company: advising on build to suit development project for leisure facilities in Riyadh.
- Gemini Global Development: Acting for this major developer on AED multi million development projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
- Red Sea Global: Acting for this client on their retail and food and beverage leases in KSA.
- Ithra Properties LLC: acting on their UAE multimillion development projects in Dubai, including residential and commercial premises.
- Nakheel PJSE: Acting on AED billion plus sale and purchase agreement for this client and on their iconic World Islands project.
- Dubai Investments PJSC: acting on a multi-million development project in Al Marjan Island, Ras Al Khaimah.
- Investment clients: acting for a landlord client on the grant of sub-leases of recently developed industrial units, acting for wealthy individuals on the purchase of residential plots and bare land for developments in Dubai, circa over AED 50 million.
Language(s)
- English
Education
2007 – Manchester Management Diploma, College of Law
1997 – Chester Legal Practice Course, College of Law
1996– LLB (Hons) Law, Nottingham Trent University
Admission
2000 – Solicitor in England & Wales
Practice(s)
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