Ranking tables
Corporate Compliance & Investigations | Global
United Arab Emirates
Band 1
Band 2
Akin
Clyde & Co LLP
Freshfields
Jones Day- Norton Rose Fulbright
Squire Patton Boggs- Al Tamimi & Company FZ-LLC
Band 1
Adam Vause DLA Piper Middle East LLP- Matthew Shanahan Norton Rose Fulbright
Sheila L Shadmand Jones Day- Ibtissem LassouedAl Tamimi & Company FZ-LLC
Band 2
Band 3
Up and Coming
Associates to watch
Band 1
1 DLA Piper Middle East LLPCorporate Compliance & Investigations2025 | Band 1 |DLA Piper is well known for its market-leading investigations team in the Middle East, which offers a high level of cross-border expertise and is especially noted for its know-how in sanctions work. The firm assists clients active across a wide range of industries, with several recent major instructions from big names in the pharma, banking and energy sectors. The team is praised by clients for its deep bench of lawyers, who have experience across the full gamut of internal investigations.
Band 2
2 AkinCorporate Compliance & Investigations2025 | Band 2 |Akin maintains a strong reputation in the corporate investigations field within the UAE. The team is especially highlighted for its extensive experience assisting clients with the full gamut of export control and cross-border sanctions-related issues. The team is equally capable of advising on anti-money laundering investigations as well as proceedings stemming from instances of alleged fraud.
2 Clyde & Co LLPCorporate Compliance & Investigations2025 | Band 2 |Clyde & Co's corporate investigations team is able to leverage the firm's top-tier reputation in employment matters, frequently assisting with internal investigations into alleged instances of employee misconduct. The group has a strong client following among accountancy firms and insurance companies, with considerable experience advising on investigations conducted by the UAE's regulatory bodies, including the DFSA.2 FreshfieldsCorporate Compliance & Investigations2025 | Band 2 |Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer maintains a prominent corporate investigations team within its Dubai office. This group is noted for its ability to handle a wide range of work within the field, advising on issues arising from alleged white-collar fraud and anti-bribery investigations as well as asset-tracing proceedings. The team also has in-depth experience advising on various aspects of regulatory compliance and risk analysis.
2 Jones DayCorporate Compliance & Investigations2025 | Band 2 |Jones Day's Dubai team is well placed to assist clients with cross-border investigations concerning alleged financial irregularities. It also has notable experience interacting with US enforcement agencies, including the FBI and SEC. The team offers additional expertise in sanctions and export-control compliance, and represents a number of clients operating in the financial services and petrochemical industries.
2 Norton Rose FulbrightCorporate Compliance & Investigations2025 | Band 2 |Norton Rose's Dubai-based investigations practice has a strong focus on the financial services sector, with extensive experience acting for asset managers, brokerage firms and individual executives. The team offers counsel on an array of anti-money laundering and corporate governance concerns, and is well versed in acting for clients regarding investigations undertaken by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and Abu Dhabi's Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA).
2 Squire Patton BoggsCorporate Compliance & Investigations2025 | Band 2 |The Dubai-based investigations team at Squire Patton Boggs regularly advises clients in the defence and financial services industries on export control and sanctions compliance matters. It offers significant investigation and sanctions expertise, covering counter-terrorism financing laws and anti-money laundering issues in addition to a wide range of other sensitive and high-stakes matters. It regularly represents clients before US enforcement agencies and regulators.