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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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Nour Srour
Senior Associate
Biography
Nour has over six (6) years of experience advising on corporate transactions and structuring matters within the UAE and GCC countries.
Nour is a corporate structuring senior associate that is a member of the Beirut Bar Association. Nour demonstrates a strong knowledge of UAE laws and precedents.
Nour has also supported clients with successfully drafting various types of commercial agreements such as Memoranda of Associations, Sale and Purchase Agreements, Shareholder Agreements, Subscription Agreements and Joint Venture Agreements.
Nour has also been advising clients in relation to cross-border transactions, co-investments and joint ventures in the UAE.
He has also advised clients regarding M&A deals, legal rights, legal opinions on various corporate matters including but not limited to regulatory issues and corporate restructuring. In addition to closely collaborating and coordinating with governmental and quasi-governmental entities on regulatory strategies, external communication, and enforcement decisions.
Recent Experience
- Advised:
- Dolce & Gabbana on setting up their business in Abu Dhabi.
- Global energy company in the structure and implementation of the setup of their entities for a project related to converting waste to energy in the UAE.
- Leading Bank in the UAE in restructuring their business in Abu Dhabi.
- Loro Piana on setting up their business in Abu Dhabi.
- Microsoft on their strategic investment worth $1.5 billion in G42 to accelerate AI development and global expansion.
- Monterock on selling a stake in Mykonos-based Nammos Group to Alpha Dhabi.
- Multinational company on the cross-border acquisitions of multiple entities in the UAE amounting to $500 million.
- Multinational company with implementation of re- domiciliation of foreign corporate entities to ADGM.
- Multinational F&B company on restructuring their entities and branches in the UAE.
- Multinational investment company on the acquisition of several F&B businesses in the UAE worth $350 million.
- Private Office in Abu Dhabi on restructuring their entities in the UAE.
- Single-family office and privately owned investment group migrating their business to ADGM.
- Assisted in:
- Re-domiciliation of several offshore holding structures from different jurisdictions to the ADGM.
- Setting up several corporate structures in the ADGM and UAE mainland.
- Setting up tech-start up entities in the ADGM.
Language(s)
- Arabic
- English
- German
Education
2017 – Bachelors of Law, Université La Sagesse
Admission
2019 – Beirut Bar Association, Lawyer
Practice(s)
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