Malafoa Youssouph

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

• 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

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

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 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

• 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

• 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.