Who we are

City International Advocates & Legal Consultants

“A boutique international law firm with offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai (UAE), Doha (Qatar) and Tripoli (Libya)”

City International Advocates & Legal Consultants was established in 2007 in Abu Dhabi as a boutique real estate practice. This niche real estate practice was inspired by Dr. Ali Abusedra’s prior governmental experience working as the lead legal advisor for the Dubai Ports & Customs Authority for   the   unprecedented   Dubai   Palm   Islands   real   estate   development   project.

Subsequently, Dr. Abusedra served as legal advisor to His Highness Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi (Ministry of Planning & Economy).

In  2007,  the  Abu  Dhabi  office  entered  into  an  exclusive  co-operation  agreement  with  the international  law  firm  SALANS,  LLP  (based  in  Paris,  France)  serving  as  the  exclusive  Abu Dhabi affiliate office, as part of SALANS, LLP’s 700-attorney global law firm, in

Abu Dhabi.

Since 2007, the law firm has expanded from a core real estate practice to provide a broad range of legal  advisory  services  to  clients  in  a  broad  scope  of  international  and  domestic  business transactions. Our clients include industry leading regional as well as multi-national

companies in the real estate, construction and financial services industries.

In  2012–2013,  the  law  firm  expanded  into  Libya,  acquiring  licenses  to  open and  operate law offices  in  both  Tripoli  and  Benghazi  where  our  attorneys  regularly  advise  and counsel governmental   entities   and   international   corporations   entering   or   re-entering 

the   newly emerging Libyan market.

Regionally, our boutique law firm is able to readily provide our clients with responsive, practical advice and effective legal counsel. Our corporate lawyers are broadly experienced in corporate, securities and cross border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and

strategic  alliances,  investment  funds  and  private  equity,  as  well  as  licensing  and regulatory compliance. We have acted on behalf of clients such as the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs (Presidential Palace Project),- Manazel Real Estate, PJSC, Al Wahda Investment Company, and

Tasweek Real Estate Investment, PJSC .

Fundamental  to  our  law  firm’s  capability  and  capacity  to  represent  a  broad  range  of diverse clients is our experience, understanding and relationships with their specific businesses, and our ability to identify and further their unique business aims and objectives.