Q: We want legal advice to take legal action against an Abu Dhabi based company. We are a USA based C-type Corporation, registered since 2004 in the USA, and paying taxes and contributing to the growth of the country. On 14/05/2010, we entered into a channel partner agreement with a medical supplies company in Abu Dhabi. The medical supplies company didn’t stop at this point and it gained access to our company intellectual property through gainfully employing our employees. The medical supplies company made several payment defaults and started controlling over the gain of the business that we are deriving from customers based in UAE. We were cheated by the Chairman & Director of the medical supplies company on payment defaults and control over the business gain for AED 3.31 million in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Q: I run an architectural firm in London, UK. One of our clients is a property broker based in Dubai who also has a UK based company that was set up specifically to pay our fees. He is the director of the UK company as well as the Dubai company. His company is refusing to pay us £12,000 that has been owed for work we completed over 12 months ago. Is it possible to lodge a claim against him personally in Dubai as I have a feeling he will just shut down his UK company if I pursue it through the UK courts? If so, what is the process and how much would the legal and court fees be? We have a contract signed by him, but on behalf of his UK company, and a lot of correspondences between us and his company trying to recover the money.

Q: Hello! My name is Denis. Can you help with debt issue? There is a company in India. I have bonds $200K stake and $59K unpaid interest. In 2016 may, the company had defaulted on coupon payment. I was reaching the Trustee for this issue, and they told me that I need to have a minimum of 25% of this issue to make any legal action. So, they suggested me to join the group of bondholders, and now, I joined the group to negotiate the debt restructuring. The company hired an advisor. In February 2018, the company and group of bondholders signed RSA agreement and approved restructuring plan. But in April 2018, this RSA was terminated because the company fouled this agreement and did not transfer money (approx. $20 mill) to escrow account till 20 April. Today is total silence. In prospectus the company have a branch in the UAE, is it may be possible to somehow collect the debt? Thank you for your help.

Q: Trying to find out if a friend's paperwork is legit; we have much money invested in precious metals supposedly in the possession of Dubai customs that need to have documents verified. Have been. Need to find out if legit. I have about 2 hundred thousand invested. Should have sought out legal counsel a year ago. Will need to have a friend contact as he has all info and documents well over 1/2 million invested in this.

In view of the fact that the manager is primarily the point of reference for the company in the business streets, he is generally authorized by a power of attorney provided by the shareholders of the company or via the MOA of the company. In certain cases exceeding the powers given to the manager may make the manager, or the LLC itself, liable, depending on the nature of the manager’s actions.

The provisions of this Law apply to the commercial companies established in the UAE and the foreign companies that have established in the UAE a base to conduct any activity therein or established a branch or representative office. The Law abrogates Federal Law No. (8) of 1984 Concerning Commercial Companies.