We advise individuals, families, entrepreneurs, and companies based in Dubai and across the wider UAE region who have personal or commercial interests in the UK.
Whether the need relates to tax, wealth planning, property, immigration, dispute resolution, business matters, or criminal defence, our lawyers provide clear, strategic, and pragmatic advice.
Regularly instructed by and working alongside intermediaries – including private wealth professionals, family offices, accountants, IFAs, and other lawyers – we support their clients with English legal and tax matters.
Why Kingsley Napley?
- A full-service English law firm
Our team brings together specialists in private client, family, immigration, criminal, employment, tax, dispute resolution, property, and corporate law – providing joined-up support across personal and commercial matters.
- Cross-border collaboration built in
Frequently working alongside law firms and advisers across the UAE and wider Gulf region, we provide English legal advice that integrates smoothly with wider strategies.
- Trusted with complex and high-value matters
Whether acting for international families, public figures, or multinational companies, we’re known for our discretion, responsiveness, and commercially astute approach – particularly when the stakes are high or the issues sensitive.
- A central London base
With one office in the heart of London, we have close access to English courts, regulators, and professional networks.
How we can support you:
- Advising on UK tax matters for internationally mobile individuals and their advisers
- Supporting clients relocating to the UK with immigration, property, education, and wealth structuring issues
- Representing clients in international arbitrations seated across the globe
- Advising on complex divorces and financial settlements involving UAE-based families
- Managing reputational and privacy issues for individuals in the public eye
- Guiding individuals and businesses through serious and high-pressure situations — from criminal investigations and sanctions issues to extradition requests and international protection concerns
- Supporting businesses with UK commercial, employment, and regulatory law
- Working with private wealth professionals, IFAs, and family offices to support their clients’ English legal needs
- Collaborating with local lawyers and advisers on cross-border issues
- Advising in the most serious circumstances, such as criminal investigations, sanctions issues, and extradition requests
Kingsley Napley, your legal partner – from Dubai to London
If you or your clients need clear, strategic advice on English legal matters, please contact us — we’d be pleased to help with the expertise and discretion you can rely on.
Nicola Finnerty
Criminal Litigation
White Collar and Financial Crime
Financial Services
Partner
Rebecca Niblock
Criminal Litigation
Extradition and INTERPOL
White Collar and Financial Crime
Partner
David Sleight
Criminal Litigation
Partner
James Glaysher
Dispute Resolution
International Arbitration
Partner
Will MacFarlane (Français)
Family and Divorce
Partner
Will MacFarlane
Family and Divorce
Partner
Katie Newbury
Immigration
Partner
Nicolas Rollason (Français)
Immigration
Partner and Head of Department
Nicolas Rollason
Immigration
Partner and Head of Department
Stephanie Mooney
Private Client
Partner
James Ward
Private Client
Partner and Head of Department
Natalie Cohen
Public Law
Partner
Vanessa Rhodes
Real Estate
Partner
Julie Norris
Regulatory
Partner
