For your matter in the UAE: Meet financial distress with a clear legal strategy. BaghdadiLaw handles bankruptcy, restructuring and liquidation matters, addressing creditor rights alongside company and shareholder interests. Founded in 1957, our firm has handled more than 20,000 cases and legal consultations across its practice. Omar Al-Baghdadi leads the team with over 30 years of legal experience.
BaghdadiLaw brings nearly seven decades of legal practice, since its founding in 1957, to financial distress, bankruptcy and liquidation, with a thorough understanding of how assets, liabilities and business viability inform the available route. A UAE business facing payment distress may need a rescue process, negotiated restructuring or an orderly closure. The choice begins with the debtor's legal status, financial position and applicable insolvency regime, including any separate financial-free-zone rules.
UAE Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law 51/2023 distinguishes financial distress procedures from ordinary company winding up. Debtor type and exclusions matter, including entities governed by separate regimes. A solvent closure should not be described as bankruptcy merely because the business stops. Prepare current assets, debts, security and cash-flow records, including disputed liabilities. The route cannot be sensibly assessed from a single unpaid invoice or an old balance sheet.
We agree the work your matter needs: Compare rescue where operations can generate credible cash flow, consensual standstill where creditors can agree, and formal procedures where collective relief is needed. Solvent closure is a different route; do not distribute assets before the debtor's position is established. The deliverable is agreed for your file: A distress-route assessment setting out the applicable regime, financial information gaps and practical differences between rescue and closure options.
Our specialist legal team is led by Omar Al-Baghdadi, with more than 30 years of legal experience. Start online by WhatsApp or email, in Arabic or English, and stay in direct contact with the team within an agreed scope and fee. We operate in the UAE through licensed partners and lawyers. The local partner and scope of representation are confirmed for the relevant emirate and forum, including onshore courts, DIFC or ADGM where applicable. The responsible lawyer, work and fees are agreed before proceeding.
We bring business and dispute experience together when financial distress threatens your interests. Our team supports restructuring, creditor negotiations, insolvency and liquidation, coordinating the legal work and local proceedings with licensed partners and lawyers through one connected engagement.
A practice established in 1957, with experience carried into every matter. The firm has handled more than 20,000 cases and legal consultations combined across its history. Omar Al-Baghdadi leads the team with more than 30 years of legal experience, bringing institutional knowledge and direct professional involvement to your matter.
Advice and representation in the UAE. We operate in the UAE through licensed partners and lawyers. The local partner and scope of representation are confirmed for the relevant emirate and forum, including onshore courts, DIFC or ADGM where applicable. The responsible lawyer, work and fees are agreed before proceeding.
Start online and communicate directly with the team. Request your consultation, share documents and stay in contact through WhatsApp, email or an agreed call, in Arabic or English, without an office visit for the consultation. We confirm the work, fee and responsible professional before starting.
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No. Assess the ability to pay, assets, liabilities, legal form and any existing proceedings. Closure, liquidation and restructuring may serve different purposes; creditor interests and procedural restrictions must be considered before distributing assets.
No. Continuation depends on the procedure, decisions and financial viability, not the filing label.
Security affects the analysis of assets and creditor treatment; a single unsecured-debt total is incomplete.
Need online advice or legal representation for bankruptcy and liquidation in the UAE? Contact BaghdadiLaw by WhatsApp or email. Our team discusses your matter and agrees the work and fees with you; our licensed partners and lawyers provide local representation within the agreed engagement.
