High Net Worth Guide 2025 : United Arab Emirates
Ranked Individuals
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Protecting and nurturing private wealth worldwide, with tailored advice and a personal touch for every stage of your family's journey.
Managing personal and family wealth in today’s world is more complex than ever. Clients face evolving tax, legal, regulatory and commercial challenges that need to be addressed and managed so that they can focus on what matters most to them.
Clients turn to us when they want to protect and structure their wealth for the future. Typical needs include navigating cross-border regulations, planning for family and business succession, investment and tax advice, and supporting charitable or not-for-profit ambitions. Many seek a holistic approach, ensuring every aspect of their wealth aligns with their values and long-term goals.
Operating from London, Paris, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, our international private wealth team supports clients from all backgrounds, combining deep local insight with seamless global coordination.
We anticipate risks before they surface, design robust yet flexible structures, and stay with your family so that plans made today still work tomorrow. What sets us apart is the way we work with you: personal, pragmatic, and relentlessly focused on outcomes. By building long term relationships, we become your trusted sounding board, protecting and nurturing your wealth at every stage of your journey.
The result: peace of mind and the freedom to focus on what matters most to you.
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Stephenson Harwood provides global expertise to ultra-high net worth families and business owners on complex trusts, estates, succession planning, family governance and foundations matters, often with cross-border elements. The firm's private wealth team in the United Arab Emirates is well established and has a wealth of experience.
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The team shines because of its reliability, professionalism, hard work, care and efforts to ensure that the job gets done.
Stephenson Harwood has a very experienced private wealth department. The team delivers an excellent service, prompt and professional, and expedited all matters to the highest level.
The experience that the team has both in regard to UK and regional matters means that it can deal with many complex cross-border matters.
The private wealth team at Stephenson Harwood is the go-to adviser in Dubai. It has been on the ground the longest and has unrivalled depth of knowledge, experience and technical expertise.
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Alastair Glover is a great guy, a really solid and safe pair of hands, not easily fazed, and his approach is really useful.
Alastair is well respected and knowledgeable about the industry. He is also very easy to deal with and commercial.
Alastair simplifies the process of capturing key information, and quickly understands the purpose of the legal advice being sought. He is then able to come up with fit-for-purpose solutions.
Alastair is a very good guy - he is easy to work with, solutions-oriented and very knowledgeable.
Jordan Ellis is a partner at Stephenson Harwood. Ellis advises high net worth clients on tax and succession planning, and wins significant praise for his legal expertise and client service.
Clients like Jordan's down-to-earth and relationship-driven approach.
Jordan is superb at sitting with clients and their advisers to set out a roadmap as to how to navigate private wealth matters. A superstar in the making!
Jordan Ellis is an absolute pleasure to deal with, such a knowledgeable professional.
Jordan is a consummate professional. He has been very helpful.
Jordan Ellis is extremely responsive, professional and a pleasure to work with.
Tasleem Sayani is well regarded for her work on wills, foundations and other structures.
Tasleem is amazing to work with - totally transparent, straightforward and I would not hesitate to put her in front of a client. She has significant local knowledge which clients appreciate.
Tasleem is a very approachable lawyer who takes the time to understand your individual circumstances and objectives. She is proactive in finding solutions and options that best meet your needs.
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Practice area: Private Wealth Law
Location: London (Firms)
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Location: Singapore
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