For your matter in the UAE: Build your transactions on contracts that reflect your objectives and define your rights. BaghdadiLaw drafts, reviews and negotiates sales, supply, partnership, distribution and franchise agreements. 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 commercial contract drafting and review, with a firm understanding of translating a business agreement into obligations, protections and responses to breach. A UAE business contract needs to explain what each party must do, when payment becomes due and what happens if performance fails. Review connects the commercial deal with signing authority, acceptance evidence and the agreed dispute route before those uncertainties become a claim.
For a UAE commercial contract, classify the transaction and governing law before applying commercial defaults. Civil Transactions Law 25/2025 took effect on 1 June 2026; contract and event dates matter when assessing older agreements. A governing-law clause does not itself select the court or arbitral seat. Read the schedules alongside the signed terms. A price or delivery obligation may depend on an attachment; identify missing versions and unsigned changes before relying on the apparent agreement.
We agree the work your matter needs: Negotiate targeted revisions where scope or acceptance is unclear. If authority, governing law or an essential approval is unresolved, defer signature or use a supported completion condition rather than rely on a broad warranty after commitment. The deliverable is agreed for your file: A clause-by-clause risk note and prioritised amendments explaining which obligations, payment triggers and exit terms need agreement before signature.
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 draft with performance and the protection of your interests in mind. By combining drafting, review, negotiation and dispute support, we give you a team that understands the contractual relationship and can stay involved through signing, performance or a claim.
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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Identify the parties, deliverables, acceptance, price, payment dates and exit terms. Check who can approve changes and how a dispute would be handled. Unresolved schedules or signing powers should be identified before signature.
No. Read the jurisdiction or arbitration clause separately, including the seat and any institutional rules. A transaction connected to a financial free zone requires its own applicability analysis.
First identify the provisions actually affected and the transaction dates. Targeted amendments may be more useful than replacing negotiated terms without checking transition and special-law issues.
Need online advice or legal representation for commercial contracts 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.
