Common failure points
The situations we handle.
- No registered will covering assets located in the UAE
- Estate spread across several jurisdictions with no clear coordination
- Confusion between home-country succession law and UAE rules
- Beneficiaries left unprotected for lack of planning
Deliverables
What you get.
Estate audit
Inventory of UAE and foreign assets, and the succession rules that apply to each.
Drafting the will
A document compliant with UAE mechanisms, coordinated with your home-country succession law.
Registration
Filing and registration with the competent authority based on your profile and assets.
Ongoing updates
Revision at every significant change in your estate, family or residence situation.
Our approach
Our approach to succession.
In the UAE, the absence of a registered will exposes the transmission of your local assets to default rules that may not reflect your wishes. A will drafted and registered locally closes that uncertainty and protects your heirs from today.
We start with an estate audit covering your UAE and foreign assets, then draft a will coordinated with your home-country succession arrangements — without duplication or contradiction between the two documents. The file is then filed, registered, and revised at every significant change in your situation.
Audit & drafting
Estate inventory and drafting of a will compliant with UAE law.
International coordination
Alignment with your succession arrangements in your home country.
Ongoing monitoring
Revision of the will at every significant estate or family change.
Frequently asked
Wills & Succession — your questions.
Is a will drafted in my home country valid in the UAE?
Not automatically for assets located in the UAE. A locally registered will, coordinated with your home-country will, secures your entire estate.
What happens without a registered will in the UAE?
Without a will, the transmission of your local assets may follow default rules that do not reflect your wishes. Registering a will removes that uncertainty.
Does a UAE will cover assets held outside the UAE?
It primarily covers your local assets. We coordinate it with your succession arrangements in the other countries where you hold assets.
Related practices and analysis
Related practices, and the analysis behind them.
An estate to secure?
A 30-minute call to identify what actually protects your estate and your heirs in the UAE.
See matters the firm has handled and what clients say about them.
AED 600 individuals · AED 1,000 professionals
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