Law and Tax experts in the United Arab Emirates

G&G Legal Advisory was established as a regulated legal and tax advisory company in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) in December 2021.

Our company offers professional legal advice, highly specialized in corporate, tax and business law. We guarantee effective interpretation and integration of local requirements as well as Italian regulations,  providing multidisciplinary skills, for both companies and private individuals.

The solid integration between the legal and tax areas allows G&G professionals to ensure an overall and in-depth view of the various thematic areas of the corporate sphere. Dynamism, competence, quality and efficiency, expressed through the careful search for customized solutions, and with attention to trust and personal relationships is what guides us.

We have your interests at heart

We provide personalized needs analysis and tailored solutions for each client on a case by case basis, and recognize the unique characteristics of each consultancy.  We look after our clients in their uniqueness.

We value your time

Thanks to our close-knit, multidisciplinary team and strategic advisory approach, we can offer integrated services that are tailored, quick and efficient.

We offer quality and reliability

We guarantee the expertise of a qualified team of professionals, who have been operating for years in the territory of the United Arab Emirates.

Services

Business Law

We offer our knowledge and expertise in a wide range of commercial agreements including revising existing agreements; drafting and reviewing general terms and conditions for the sales of products and services; and agency and distribution agreements. We also offer our expertise in more complex cases such as joint venture agreements, franchising, consignment and stock, freight agency agreements and contracts.

Company Law

Our firm has the expertise to handle a wide variety of operations in the realm of Company Law (both at consulting and operational levels). Our expertise is diverse and far-reaching, ranging from incorporation and/or liquidation of a company to ordinary and extraordinary operations. Our range of services extends from share transfers to the optimization of corporate ownership and corporate governance.

Our activities in M&A field include all aspects of the transaction, from the preliminary activities of due diligence and planning to its completion. Given the complexity of many M&A transactions, the expertise that the firm offers in corporate issues, accounting and tax is of crucial importance.

Tax and Tax Planning

We can provide specialized and personalized advice on international taxation, assisting our clients in “cross-border” planning and guarantee compliance with local tax requirements, by analyzing transactions and tax impacts that occur from one jurisdiction to another, either within the same group and/or towards customers or suppliers. We support our clients from the start-up phase to successful establishment of their presence in a foreign country. We collaborate with small and large multinational groups, individuals, tax and family office, law firms and private equity funds; all the while developing highly specialized and personalized services. We also can assist clients with the tax authorities, including litigation.

Employment Law

We regularly advise clients on all areas of the UAE Labour Law, and our clients include both individuals as well as local and international companies. We provide comprehensive and knowledgeable advice to clients at any stage of the employment relationship, and pride ourselves on offering a solution focused and pragmatic approach, based on the applicable laws and experience.

We assist clients with a range of day-to-day employment issues including end of service gratuity and/or benefits, disciplinary actions, and termination. Our services include assisting with the preparation of contractual documentation, settlement agreements following the termination of an employment relationship, and advice on contentious disputes.

Real Estate

Our expert knowledge and experience of the relevant regulations, allows us to provide clients with practical advice and assistance regarding a multitude of transactions.

We advise clients on commercial and residential real estate transactions, and act for either landlord or tenant, seller or purchaser. Our legal assistance during the transfer procedure includes drafting the agreements, preparing the supporting documentation and executing the deed before the Public Authorities.

DIFC WILLS

The founding partner Giulia Lillo is a registered Will Draftsman with the Dubai International Financial Centre Wills Service Centre (“DIFC WSC”), which permits non-Muslim expatriate residents to register a written Will indicating how their assets should be distributed in the event of their death. The DIFC WSC also allows testators to implement guardianship provisions in respect to any minor children (under the age of 21) who are residents in the United Arab Emirates.

About Us

G&G Legal Advisory Limited is a legal and tax advice company, specializing in business, company law and taxes. We offer legal solutions and advice to private and corporate clients of either local or international based in Dubai/UAE or with business interests in the country. We assist in several legal practice areas such as business law, commercial agreements, corporate and tax advisory, employment issues, DIFC wills and real estate.

Giulia Lillo, lawyer licensed in Italy, for years engaged as a legal consultant in the United Arab Emirates and Carlo Stefano Rota, chartered accountant and auditor registered with the Order of Accountants of Milan, with deep experience in working with clients both in Italy and abroad, have joined their forces to create a new and multidisciplinary reality at the service of entrepreneurs and individuals, either already present the United Arab Emirates or interested in expanding their business abroad.

The important experience gained over the years has continuously been extended and updated in various sectors and company sizes. Today, the professionals of G&G Legal Advisory can support their clients as their reliable partner, covering all legal and fiscal needs and providing a highly integrated and personalized service.

Our mission

What we do

We help our clients solve a wide variety of challenges assisting them in strategic decisions, thanks to our extensive knowledge of the applicable judicial tax and administrative procedural tools. We analyze all available tools and strategies to provide solutions that best cater to the peculiarities and needs of each individual case.

How we do it

We plan and manage the legal asymmetries of the regulations of markets involved, protecting our clients from any critical issues in the short term and long term. We provide legal and tax assistance to mitigate commercial risks, understand local legislation and how to apply it properly.

The founders

Carlo Stefano Rota

Mr. Rota is a Chartered Accountant and Accounting Expert, Statutory and Financial Auditor and is registered with the Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti ed Esperti Contabili (ODCEC) of Milan (Italy), as well as a member of “The Association of International Accountants – AIA” (United Kingdom) and Tax Advisor in the United Arab Emirates.

Other achievements have seen him as Mayor, Auditor, Curator and CTU for the Court and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, still holding the position of Independent Director of major national, international companies and listed groups.

After extensive experience in Italy, in November 2011 he founded the London office, under the name of CA-International Advisors LLP and, in October 2013, the Tax and Corporate Consultancy Firm, G&G ADVISORY in Dubai, which was expanded in 2021 to include legal consulting with G&G Legal Advisory. In his professional experience he has gained skills in the following areas: extraordinary national and international corporate transactions, M&A, reorganization of company groups, international tax consultancy, internal and transnational taxation of Italian and foreign multinational groups, restructuring and management of family assets, trusts and inheritance.

Giulia Lillo

Ms. Lillo is a Lawyer authorized to practice law at the Court of Appeal of Bologna in 2007. She has gained significant experience working with Italian firms, in both corporate and commercial law with a focus on international law. She is up-to date with the latest knowledge and practices gained through her successful completion of various and constant specialization courses, and is able to provide assistance in domestic and international transactions for Italian and foreign clients.

As part of her legal experience, she has also dealt with labor law issues, providing judicial and extrajudicial assistance to both the employer and the worker.

Working in Dubai, since 2015, she has gained local expertise regarding legal affairs in the United Arab Emirates while working at the Italian Desk of a leading local law firm practicing in the territory, assisting both individuals and companies with personal and economic interests in Italy and the United Arab Emirates.

In 2021 she founded the legal firm G&G Legal Advisory, together with the charted accountant and tax consultant Carlo Stefano Rota, as part of the consulting firm G&G Advisory in the provision of legal services. She is registered with the Dubai International Financial Center Wills and Probate Registry, acting as a Will Draftsman.

Carlo Stefano Rota

Mr. Rota is a Chartered Accountant and Accounting Expert, Statutory and Financial Auditor and is registered with the Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti ed Esperti Contabili (ODCEC) of Milan (Italy), as well as a member of “The Association of International Accountants – AIA” (United Kingdom) and Tax Advisor in the United Arab Emirates.

Other achievements have seen him as Mayor, Auditor, Curator and CTU for the Court and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, still holding the position of Independent Director of major national, international companies and listed groups.

After extensive experience in Italy, in November 2011 he founded the London office, under the name of CA-International Advisors LLP and, in October 2013, the Tax and Corporate Consultancy Firm, G&G ADVISORY in Dubai, which was expanded in 2021 to include legal consulting with G&G Legal Advisory. In his professional experience he has gained skills in the following areas: extraordinary national and international corporate transactions, M&A, reorganization of company groups, international tax consultancy, internal and transnational taxation of Italian and foreign multinational groups, restructuring and management of family assets, trusts and inheritance.

Giulia Lillo

Ms. Lillo is a Lawyer authorized to practice law at the Court of Appeal of Bologna in 2007. She has gained significant experience working with Italian firms, in both corporate and commercial law with a focus on international law. She is up-to date with the latest knowledge and practices gained through her successful completion of various and constant specialization courses, and is able to provide assistance in domestic and international transactions for Italian and foreign clients.

As part of her legal experience, she has also dealt with labor law issues, providing judicial and extrajudicial assistance to both the employer and the worker.

Working in Dubai, since 2015, she has gained local expertise regarding legal affairs in the United Arab Emirates while working at the Italian Desk of a leading local law firm practicing in the territory, assisting both individuals and companies with personal and economic interests in Italy and the United Arab Emirates.

In 2021 she founded the legal firm G&G Legal Advisory, together with the charted accountant and tax consultant Carlo Stefano Rota, as part of the consulting firm G&G Advisory in the provision of legal services. She is registered with the Dubai International Financial Center Wills and Probate Registry, acting as a Will Draftsman.

Competence and reliability for our clients

We represent the interest of companies and individuals abroad, offering real support both in the context of an entrepreneurial or individual growth path and in the management and resolution of specific legal and tax issues. Our goal is to defend and protect the client at 360 degrees, through a complete and integrated analysis of each individual case inquiry or issue that we are trusted with.

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    G&G Legal Advisory Limited

    Unit no. 2420, Al Sila Tower, ADGM Square, Al Maryah Island
    PO BOX 120668, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates