Full-service
law firm
We cover finance and corporate matters, compliance and trading
We understand energy, mining & metals and softs. We work on RCFs, PXFs, STF facilities and asset finance. We help acquire companies and assets. We build compliance solutions
Our strength is ability to work across disciplines and pool the knowledge from decades of practice
What we do
Advice Vector today is a full-service law firm from the UAE. Finance deals, corporate and commercial matters are some of the areas that we cover.
We advise on English and EU laws, Emirati matters and some continental jurisdictions, too. Most of the time, we work on international transactions, often with overseas counsel. Our team worked on deals in Australia, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, the BVI, Chile, China, throughout the CIS, in Eritrea, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Spain and Tanzania, to name a few.
A significant portion of our work is the commodities industry where we offer a very unique service. Through experience we have an unparalleled understanding of all types of transaction in the commodities market, from origination to derivatives regulation. All types of commodity – metals & mining, oil & energy and softs – are our cup of tea.
We are independent Emirati firm but our roots are in London. This is the level of service we offer to our clients – that of major corporate and finance firms in the United Kingdom.
We may be working on complex matters, but we see every detail
Who we are
For almost 10 years now we have been providing independent legal advice under Advice Vector brand. During that time we have completed multiple transactions for start-ups, investors, trading houses, hedge funds and banks.
We are a new generation firm: it is still in our blood to be nimble and effective. But behind us we have the international experience and traditions working for such stalwarts as the EBRD, DLA Piper and Trafigura. We deliver the best practice to our clients with very direct communication, staying always online and working in cost-efficient manner.
We remember that our mission is to add value to clients. We are neither a corporate establishment where partners with experience have little time to actually work on a transaction, nor an outfit disregarding points of law for the sake of speed. Our products are robust and have been tested by time.
Despite the very tough competition our long-lasting client relationships are a testament to our resilience.
If our way of working looks like something you may like – we should be very glad to assist.
Decades of experience to support your deals
Our work
- Acquisitions and joint ventures in the fintech, IT and commodities industries, shareholders’ agreements
- Share options and employee ownership schemes
- Fintech and securities market regulation
- AML & KYC compliance and sanctions
- Business relocations
- Expanding / structuring new country operations for groups of companies
- Acquisition, corporate and asset finance (including, among others, seed investor deals, mine-, downstream assets, port terminal and real estate transactions)
- Trade finance (letters of credits and guarantees, bilateral facilities, forfaiting and discounting lines and borrowing base facilities)
- Structured trade finance (all types of prepayment and bank syndication)
- Spot and term off-takes (grains, corn, crude and fuel oil, petroleum products, iron ore, base metals and steel)
- Cross-border consignment stock agreements
- Marketing and distribution arrangements
- Shipping and other logistics, throughput and warehouse agreements and arrangements
- Greenhouse gas neutrality certifications
The knowledge and skill to advise on every type of transaction