DUMON PARTNERS have assisted Apave in its acquisition of Lonestar in the United Arab Emirates.

Cosmetics & Luxery

We have a particular expertise in the Cosmetics & Luxe sectors where we are involved for many clients. We are at your disposal to provide you with details of our expertise on request during an appointment with the Partners concerned.

Intelligence economique

Operating in an extremely varied international, social and cultural environment, the demand for information and economic intelligence on complex markets has been felt by our clients.

In this context, information and its operational and intelligible modeling are at the heart of decision-making in an increasingly uncertain world. Future transformations must be based on this new paradigm.

Aware of these challenges and uncertainties, Dumon Partners and Princeps Strategy (“DPPS”) have decided to join forces in April 2020 within the framework of a strategic alliance to better respond to these expectations.

DPPS has a global vocation, but has been capitalizing on a particular expertise in the Near and Middle East and the African continent for 20 years.

To date, DPPS serves our clients in the following areas :

Actions in an uncertain world,
Production of strategic and actionable information,
Operational support for transformation,
Legal support for deals in changing situations and/or crisis situations,
Renegotiation of deals in crisis situations.

In this context, Princeps Strategy will support our entrepreneurial and multinational clients in the following areas :

Strategic intelligence,
Economic intelligence,
Government and institutional affairs,
Security,
Corporate, commercial and financial development support in a changing environment.

For more information : www.princeps-strategy.com

Propriété Intellectuelle

Registration of trademarks in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the European Union
Preparation and negotiation of trademark and patent licensing agreements
Preparation and negotiation of intellectual property co-ownership agreement
Preparation and negotiation of research and development contracts
Preparation and negotiation of intellectual property transfer agreement
Preparation and negotiation of NDA

Contentieux

Our litigation team assists clients in all stages of litigation in the United Arab Emirates, including pre-litigation, settlement negotiations, litigation strategy and drafting of pleadings and defenses (in Arabic and English) in close cooperation with our UAE partners instructed by the firm to represent our clients in legal proceedings before the UAE Federal Courts.

The firm is registered with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts and its lawyers are entitled to appear directly before the DIFC Courts.

Business Litigation
DIFC Litigation
Bankruptcy and insolvency
Banking disputes
Labour disputes
Construction disputes
Real estate disputes
Insurance disputes
Fraud
Sanctions

Patrimoine

Strategy and asset structuring

Structuring of executive compensation
Donation and succession
Transfer and transmission of companies
Structuring of family assets
Trusts and fiducie
Wealth strategy in an international environment (application of international tax treaties, intervention of our foreign tax correspondents)
Works of art, philanthropy, patronage, foundations.

Declarative obligations

Income tax returns (for residents and non-residents)
Real estate wealth tax returns
Assistance with specific declarations (loans, declarative obligations of real estate owners).

Corporate

Corporate tax

Tax strategy and management in an international environment
Tax review of acquisitions and disposals
Structuring and optimization of acquisition and disposal operations.
Assistance in operational management (determination of taxable income, management of flows, etc.)
Restructuring operations (merger, partial contribution of assets, split)
Assistance in the tax management of reorganization operations (mergers, partial contributions of assets, demergers, etc.)
Requests for approval from the tax authorities
Structuring of executive compensation packages
Management packages and carried interest
Transfer pricing policy

Real estate taxation

Acquisition audits
Structuring of real estate transactions
Declarative obligations (3% tax, trust declaration, etc.)
Tax issues related to the acquisition, disposal and renovation of real estate assets
Refinancing of real estate assets

Tax litigation

Assistance in tax audits and implementation of the strategy
Management of exchanges with the administration
Assistance before the courts
Proactive research of refund opportunities

Taxation of the mining, oil and gas sector

Structuring of exploration and exploitation projects
Management of specific taxes
Tax clauses in international contracts

Private equity

Advice to investment funds and entrepreneurs
Assistance and advice in the context of round table financing, seed capital, venture capital, development capital, LBO
Preparation and negotiation of agreements
Assistance in liquidity strategy
Assistance in shareholder relations
Assistance in capital increases and issuance of complex securities, Preferential shares, Ratchet etc.
Assistance in the negotiation of management packages, on the fund side or on the management side

Corporate

Company’s incorporation
Assistance at each stage of the company’s life
Assistance in the general meetings of shareholders
Assistance within the board of directors
Assistance in decision making and corporate governance
Assistance to managers in their relations with shareholders
Assistance in the commercial and corporate development of companies
Assistance in national and international mergers and acquisitions
Assistance in the preparation and negotiation of commercial contracts i.e. distribution, agency, sales, purchase, joint-ventures, public-private partnerships
Assistance in the preparation and negotiation of securities issues, i.e. shares, bonds or composite securities issues.

DUMON PARTNERS have assisted Apave in its acquisition of Lonestar in the United Arab Emirates.

January 2024 DUMON PARTNERS have assisted Apave in its acquisition of Lonestar in the United Arab Emirates.