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Real Estate Law Firms in the Middle East

Whether you buy in person or from abroad, a licensed local lawyer protects the purchase. Here are leading Luxury Real Estate law firms in each of our fourteen countries, drawn from independent legal rankings and published lists.

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Why a lawyer

What a real estate lawyer does for you

A licensed local lawyer checks the title and the developer, reviews the contract, explains fees and taxes, and handles the transfer at the land registry. For a buyer from abroad, the lawyer often does far more: preparing a power of attorney where the law allows, arranging remote signing and making sure payments go only to escrow or approved accounts.

The firms below are drawn from independent legal rankings, the attorney lists published by U.S. Embassies, and the firms named by leading developers and banks. They are listed by name, in no order of rank. See also what foreigners may own in each country.

Buying from abroad and need a lawyer? Write to [email protected] and we will help you. Need finance too? See real estate lenders.

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

United Arab Emirates

  • Al Tamimi & Company
  • Clyde & Co
  • DLA Piper
  • Hadef & Partners
  • Afridi & Angell

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Saudi Arabia

  • AS&H Clifford Chance
  • Baker McKenzie Law Firm (Al-Ajlan & Partners)
  • Clyde & Co
  • Al Tamimi & Company
  • Law Firm of Hassan Mahassni

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Qatar

  • Al Tamimi & Company
  • White & Case
  • Clyde & Co
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • K&L Gates

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Bahrain

  • Charles Russell Speechlys
  • Trowers & Hamlins
  • Baker McKenzie

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Oman

  • Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
  • Dentons
  • Said Al-Shahry & Partners
  • Jamal Al Amri Advocates and Legal Consultants
  • MAR Law

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Kuwait

We are still confirming the leading real estate firms here. Firms practicing in Kuwait are welcome to write to [email protected].

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Egypt

  • Baker McKenzie (Helmy, Hamza & Partners)
  • Zaki Hashem
  • Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
  • Zulficar & Partners
  • ADSERO-Ragy Soliman & Partners

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Jordan

  • Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants
  • Sanad Law Group in association with Eversheds Sutherland
  • Rajai K.W. Dajani & Associates

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Lebanon

  • Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
  • Badri and Salim El Meouchi
  • El-Aref International Law Office
  • BLK Partners
  • Obeid & Partners

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Türkiye

  • Hergüner Bilgen Üçer Attorney Partnership
  • Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı
  • ABCOO Law Firm
  • Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki (BASEAK)
  • Esin Attorney Partnership

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Cyprus

  • Chrysses Demetriades & Co
  • Michael Kyprianou & Co.
  • Elias Neocleous & Co
  • George Z. Georgiou & Associates
  • A.G. Erotocritou

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Israel

  • Arnon, Tadmor-Levy
  • FISCHER (FBC & Co.)
  • Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.
  • Meitar Law Offices
  • Firon Law Firm

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Morocco

  • Gide Loyrette Nouel
  • LPA Law
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • A&O Shearman
  • UGGC Africa

Luxury Real Estate Law Firms

Tunisia

  • Ferchiou & Associés
  • Dentons Zaanouni
  • Eversheds Sutherland El Heni
  • Gide Loyrette Nouel

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Listed for reference only. These firms are not affiliated with TheMiddleEast.com and do not endorse it, and a listing is not a recommendation. Always confirm a lawyer’s license with the bar or ministry of justice in the country concerned.

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Many of the region’s leading agencies and developers also work across the Mediterranean, from Greece and Italy to the Riviera and Spain. Our sister site, TheMediterranean.com, has its own Founding Partner program, built the same way: three Agencies and three Developers in each Territory, and never more.

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