Since the firm's inception, we have been advising local, regional and multinational corporations in the UAE on compliance matters involving anti-bribery and anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, data privacy and cyber security, as well as on industry specific regulatory compliance.

We advise clients on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and on UAE, US, UN and other sanctions, boycotts and controls affecting exports and transactions with sanctioned countries.

Our clients include banks, government bodies, and many local and multinational organisations including Fortune 500 companies in financial services, infrastructure, hydrocarbons, defense and other industries.

Typical advice we provide in the above areas includes:

•  Services relating to awareness of compliance obligations, readiness and prevention. These can range from advising on specific areas of compliance that are of concern to an organisation to more comprehensive advice involving the preparation of detailed compliance tables for use as an organisation’s internal resource.

• Services relating to incident management and response in the aftermath of a compliance breach, including liaising with and managing interaction with regulatory authorities.

• Supporting development and preparation of policies and processes based on the specific risks faced by clients and assisting with effective implementation.

• Providing executive and staff training ranging from issue-specific training to half day or full day sessions for specific client teams or for larger departments.

• Advising board members on duties and liabilities arising from compliance risk and supervision.