Fractional in-house legal support, based in Dubai
Your story.Your business.Our legal compass.
A dedicated legal team on monthly retainer or per project, for less than the cost of one full-time hire. Every question gets a straight answer, and every fee is agreed before work begins.
Thirteen years of combined team practice across the UK and the GCC, drafting in Arabic and English, with internationally registered mediators on the team.
01We understand
You came to build. The paperwork came anyway.
Nobody warns you how much legal a first year in Dubai throws at you. It finds you one document at a time.
01 Trade licence renewal
Filed on timeA deadline you did not know existed until it was Friday.
02 Office lease
Read before you signSigned with a clause you skimmed at midnight.
03 First client contract
Negotiated on your termsDrafted by their legal team, with their interests in mind.
With Tru Terms in the room
One legal team on one fixed monthly fee, already inside the business when each of these lands.
02Schedule A. What the retainer includes
Your legal department, in five clauses.
The Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Counterparty against all claims howsoever arising.
If this goes wrong, you carry their losses. We flag it before you sign.
Consultations shall be scheduled subject to availability and billed in six minute increments.
You message. Legal counsel answers. No meter running.
Renewal applications must be submitted no later than thirty days prior to expiry.
We track the date. It is filed before you think of it.
Any dispute shall be referred to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Emirate.
Most disputes never need a courtroom. Ours rarely see one.
Fees shall accrue at prevailing hourly rates plus disbursements as incurred.
You know the number before we start. It does not move.
03Start where you need us
Your own legal counsel, on your terms.
Most clients arrive with one problem and stay for the partnership. Whatever brings you in today, your legal team is in place for tomorrow.
Company structuring, M&A, governance, and the commercial agreements your business runs on, built to protect and accelerate it.
Start with Corporate & CommercialContract drafting and risk allocation through to delay, payment, and defective-works claims, managed end to end.
Start with Construction & ProjectsInternationally accredited mediators settle disputes in weeks, privately, before they ever reach a courtroom.
Start with MediationVisas, licences, attestations, and government paperwork, done correctly the first time and finished before the deadline.
Start with PRO ServicesArabic is the language of UAE courts. We draft in both languages in house, so meaning and enforceability survive.
Start with Legal TranslationA lawful, professional route to the money you are owed, without burning the relationship that earned it.
Start with Debt Collection
Proof, not promises
13+
years of combined legal experience across the UK and the GCC
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legal systems in house: civil and common law
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GCC markets advised: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait
Accredited by ADR ODR International. Registered with IMI and SIMI.
05Why businesses choose Tru Terms
A legal partner, not another vendor.
One dedicated partner
The same team answers every time. No rotating associates, no re-explaining your business from scratch.
Experience where it counts
Construction, healthcare, retail, and technology, from Dubai to Riyadh. High value contracts negotiated for multinationals, legal departments built from zero.
Internationally recognised mediation
Accredited by ADR ODR International and registered with IMI and SIMI, so disputes get resolved, not escalated.
Both languages of business
Arabic and English drafting in house. Nothing is outsourced, so nothing gets lost between versions.
No surprise invoices
Fixed retainers and scoped project fees, agreed in writing before work begins. No hourly meter running.
06How it works
From first message to your own legal team, in days.
01
Message us
Write to us on WhatsApp. A member of the legal team reads it, not a reception desk, and urgent matters are acknowledged the same day.
02
Get a plan and a fee
We map what you actually need, then put the scope and a fixed fee in writing. If we are not the right fit, we say so.
03
We get to work
Retainer, project, or a single matter. From then on, the next contract gets read before you sign it.
The next step
Run the business. We will watch the terms.
Message us on WhatsApp and tell us what is in front of you. Legal counsel replies in plain language, and the first conversation is free and without obligation.