UAE law is not English law with a different letterhead. Court procedure, the language of filings, deadlines and the consequences of one wrong step are all different, and the person explaining them has to work inside that system. That is what LaWEra Group does: an office in Dubai, your case discussed with you in English, your documents filed in Arabic.
Who comes to us
- An off-plan buyer whose handover is two years late, whose broker has stopped answering, and who does not know whether the sixty-page contract gives him a claim at all.
- A founder who set up a company through an agent, has the licence, and three months later still has no bank account — or has just had one frozen.
- An investor whose local partner registered the company in his own name, so the person who put in the money legally owns nothing.
- A supplier whose Dubai counterparty does not pay, whose cheque came back unpaid, and who needs to know what is realistically recoverable.
- Someone who has received a letter from a bank, a court or the police in Arabic, and whose first question is "what is this and how serious is it".
- A family that needs residence visas, a will covering a Dubai apartment and a power of attorney from abroad, with no idea where to begin.
How we run each of these: business, property, disputes and legal support.
Who runs your case
In UAE courts the advocate speaks. The team has three: Mouza Alnuaimi, Abdelaziz Lkhamiri and Mohamed Jasim Almaazmi. Ehab Mohamed, senior litigation consultant, builds the position and the strategy before and during the proceedings. The corporate department under Israa Abdulla handles company formation, licences, bank accounts and visas. Cross-border matters and arbitration under English law sit with Ulvi Akhadov, international lawyer, and Kate Chen, senior corporate consultant and international arbitrator. Property transactions go to Semur Bayramov, real estate specialist.
The firm was founded by Tural Guseynov and Shevgi Akhadov; in their words, it was belief in the law that made the team fight for defrauded investors in Dubai and took them to arbitration in London. Beyond the UAE the firm works through a network of partner lawyers in corporate and contract law across the CIS, the EU, the United Kingdom and the Middle East. Working languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Turkish. Everyone is listed on the team page.
How the work is organised
- You message us and send what you have: the contract, correspondence, payment records, the letter from the bank or the court. We read it before we talk.
- On the first call we tell you whether there is a case, what its prospects are and which documents are still missing. If the prospects are poor we say so; that is also a result.
- Scope and fees are agreed in writing before work starts. There is no price list on this site because the fee depends on the matter.
- The case runs in order: a formal claim, then the regulator where one exists (RERA, MOHRE, depending on the subject), then court or arbitration, then enforcement. Many matters end at step one — a claim with visible consequences is often more persuasive than a writ.
- With you, in English. Filings to UAE courts and authorities are in Arabic, translated by a translator licensed by the UAE Ministry of Justice.
What you get
A written assessment of prospects after the first review: what can be done, what cannot, and why. Documents that are accepted in the UAE: contract, formal claim, power of attorney, regulatory complaint, statement of claim. Representation by an advocate in court and at negotiations. And clarity at each stage: what has been done, what comes next.
What we do and what stays with you
We check, draft, negotiate and litigate. You supply the documents and the facts: without the contract, the payment records and the correspondence there is neither a claim nor a case. You provide a power of attorney and your presence in the UAE where the law requires it — a Golden Visa application, for example, is filed in person. The outcome of a dispute is decided by the contract, the evidence and the court; no lawyer in the UAE may promise a result, and we do not.
When we decline
- The matter has no connection to the UAE and does not need a judgment recognised here. We refer you to colleagues in the partner network.
- You want a guaranteed outcome or "someone inside the court". Neither exists.
- The aim is to get around bank compliance or sanctions restrictions. What can lawfully be fixed is set out in sanctions and UAE banks; beyond that line we do not work.
- There is not a single document and none can be recovered. We tell you this on the first call, not after months of work.
To orient yourself first: buying property in Dubai, how to open a company in the UAE, debt recovery, travel bans, frozen bank accounts, wills in the UAE. Our track record is on the cases page.
How to start
Message us on WhatsApp or Telegram at +971 58 600 98 87: two or three sentences about the situation and any documents you have. The first consultation is free. Our office is in Dubai (Concord Tower, Dubai Media City, +971 4 585 7471); clients abroad work with us remotely, and meetings are arranged after the first message. You can also work through your situation on the home page.
⚠️ This describes a service, not legal advice. UAE law changes, and procedures differ between emirates. We review each situation individually.