Sherif Rahman

Sherif Rahman is a Partner at Al Tamimi & Company. His primary practice area is Corporate Law, with a focus on corporate structuring and restructuring.

Since joining Al Tamimi, he has been involved in many sophisticated corporate and restructuring deals in the United Arab Emirates and the region. He has also advised extensively on optimal structures for doing business in the region. He is a core member of teams advising investors and private equity firms on restructuring group companies for investment and private placement.

The sectors in which he has advised clients include aviation, oil and gas, shipping, hospitality, media and entertainment, information technology, healthcare, education, labour supply, manufacturing, real estate and development. In all matters where he has advised clients on corporate or restructuring, he has led the implementation of the firm's advice.

Before joining Al Tamimi, he worked with a local UAE law firm and gained diverse experience in corporate, litigation, property and employment matters and other related agreements and contracts. He has the right of audience in Egypt and represented many clients before different types of courts in Egypt before relocating to the UAE.

His recent experience includes advising on restructuring and acquisition transactions including business setup, group and family business restructuring and change of legal domicile; working with many SMEs and start-up businesses in the UAE and advising on the applicable rules and regulations; advising on the Economic Substance Regulations, methods of implementation and related procedures; and advising on foreign investment setup or converting existing business to benefit from 100% foreign ownership regulations.

He has also advised on many government initiatives related to developing and improving the business environment and SMEs, such as the initiative of the easiness of doing business and amending the laws related to it; advised on the creation of a specialised free zone and the related laws and regulations for establishing such free and economic zones; and advised a major group of companies in Dubai on prominent projects in relation to entertainment, F&B, cinema, real estate, theme parks, hotel and shopping mall projects across Dubai.

Other matters include advising a GCC group of companies on relocation and restructuring plans to the mainland of Dubai, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and Jebel Ali Free Zone and implementing the structure; advising a major group of companies on the establishment and restructuring of clinics, transportation, construction and logistics businesses; advising a private equity firm on the optimal acquisition structure for a group of companies involved in labour supply, education and healthcare sectors in the UAE; and advising various manufacturing companies on the establishment of manufacturing facilities, customs duty exemption and the relevant laws.

He holds an LLB from Alexandria University (2002) and is a Licensed Legal Consultant with the Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department. He has been a member of the Egyptian Bar Association since 2003 and speaks Arabic and English.