Fichte and Co. Legal Consultancy

Fichte and Co. Legal Consultancy

+971 4 4357577
19th Floor, Prism Tower, PO Box 116637 Business Bay, Dubai

The Team has around a century of combined experience in advising and assisting with pedigree of excellence and professionalism in service to clients. We have been consistently ranked at the top level, due to our exceptional reputation by the law firm directories Legal 500, The Lawyer and International Referral and provide local and international clients with a full range of UAE and English Law advice, combining local knowledge and international experience.

We have the practice and knowledge on our side to efficiently resolve legal, regulatory and commercial conflicts wherever they arise on your behalf. Our bank of experience in litigation covers UK, UAE and DIFC jurisdictions and work on international and local arbitration cases, most notably with bodies such as ICC, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, LMAA, LCIA, GMAA, GAFTA and FOSFA. We are the first law firm having enforced an International Arbitration Award in UAE Courts under the NY Convention.

Our lawyers are licensed to appear in front of the Courts in approximately 10 different jurisdictions worldwide, with our UAE qualified lawyers possessing full rights to appear before the UAE Courts, therefore should we be required to act on your behalf we are able to meet all your litigation needs through our firm alone without the need to obtain outside counsel thus streamlining the litigation process and contributing to our excellent results. We have the ability to provide all legal services with respect to advising and representing clients in the UAE, thus ensuring our clients deal with one legal team only. As such, we handle all UAE Court matters in-house and are fully capable of local legal drafting, filing in UAE Courts and representing clients before UAE Courts.

The firm strongly believes that when it comes to dispute resolution, litigation before any court or tribunal should be the ultima ratio as the Clients’ interests are best served if costly and lengthy trials are avoided. Solving disputes amicably does not only save time and money, but also increases the chance of maintaining commercial relationships. However, the highly trained and carefully selected litigation team at the Firm has been lauded by clients for pinpointing the moment when commercial solutions are no longer viable and legal action needs to be taken. Our team comprises of dual qualified lawyers, Arabic lawyers and Emirate lawyers. This is particularly attractive to local clients as none of the international law firms based in UAE can offer direct representation in local courts. Our foreign lawyers work closely with the Emirati lawyers especially on litigation cases, which offer the client a clear understanding of the applicable UAE Law, overcoming the language barrier. As a firm we pride in providing a one stop shop to all the clients’ needs and at the same time being cost effective in providing competitive rates.

OUR SPHERE & SPECIALTY

Corporate

Our Corporate and Commercial department understands your business, culture and goals. We understand issues across a broad spectrum of business and legal practices and offer an extensive range of legal services relating to banking and finance transactions, real estate acquisitions, construction, company establishments in the UAE and the UAE free zones.
Our pioneering solutions extend beyond practices and borders, combined with strategic advice to ensure the best for your business. We have particular expertise in the engineering of corporate structures for local and international investors, as well as corporate, asset, project and infrastructure financing. The corporate team also regularly advises on sovereign and supranational financing, securities offering and banking and financial regulation and compliance.

Litigation and Arbitration

When it comes to litigation we don’t follow precedents, we create precedents. Just to mention a few, we are the first law firm having enforced a foreign arbitral award in UAE Courts under the New York Convention, we have obtained the first full DIFC Court judgment on enforcement of foreign awards, and we have been successful in obtaining the first compensation for wrongful arrest by the UAE Courts.
We have the practice and knowledge on our side to efficiently resolve legal, regulatory and commercial conflicts wherever they arise on your behalf. Our bank of experience in litigation covers UK, UAE and DIFC jurisdictions and work on international and local arbitration cases, most notably with bodies such as ICC, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, LMAA, LCIA, GMAA, GAFTA and FOSFA.

Maritime

We advise on all areas of maritime law, including ship finance and shipping litigation. Our coherent and comprehensive legal services cover topics ranging from Admiralty issues like salvage, wreck removal and pollution matters, to liabilities apportionment, conflict of laws and jurisdictional advice and standing regulations.
Claims handling and claims management forms an important part of Fichte’s maritime portfolio with P&I Clubs, H&M Insurers, brokers, ship owners and financial institutions constantly approaching us on ship arrest and enforcement of maritime debts and securities or Maritime Arbitration conducted under ICC, LCIA, LMAA or GMAA rules. If litigation is pertinent, we have a shipping litigation team comprising of fully qualified Arabic speaking lawyers with vast experience in UAE Court proceedings, including litigation before the DIFC Courts.

Regulatory and Governmental

We are vigorously involved in advising the government in the drafting of new legislation, and in particular maritime legislation resolving the ambiguous areas within the present law in the UAE. Our firm has vast experience in participation in governmental and private tenders for large projects.
We provide, in some cases on exclusive basis, consultation to various governmental and quasi-governmental entities such as ADNOC, Oman and Dubai Drydocks, UAE Classification (Tasneef) and Port of Fujairah on different maritime related issues. We also

represent top tier shipping companies such as Sovcomflot, one of the largest ship owners in the world.
In addition to cooperation with various authorities, we are amongst the founding members of the UAE Maritime Law Committee, a set-up planned to become a member of the CMI and chair the Dubai Maritime Advisory Council (DMAC).