Jersey Finance and Hourani & Partners: Doing Business in the UAE and KSA

Faizal is a UK qualified lawyer and for many years has worked and advised, and is a trusted advisor to institutions, corporates and families across the Middle East, Africa and India. Faizal specialises in banking and finance and has advised corporates, family offices and families including on their international investment and holding structures.

Sunita advises significant business families, private clients, trustees, private banks, regulatory authorities and foreign law firms on Cross Border Estate and Succession Planning, Wealth Management, formulating and implementing Family Codes of Governance, Family Constitutions and establishing Family Offices.

She is a full member of STEP (Africa and Arabia), regularly chairs and presents at international wealth management forums and is highly respected by members of the Global Private Client Industry and has been consistently ranked by Chambers and Partners as a Private Client and High Net Worth Adviser.

Sunita is regarded as a leading authority on Middle East private client issues by global private wealth industry groups.

She is the only female lawyer in the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (and greater GCC) who is ranked as a Private Client Expert by Private Client Global Elite. She received the 2022 Private Client Lawyer of the Year Award.

Walid S. Chiniara is an international finance lawyer, an activist, and a thought leader in the field of governance, its history, and philosophical foundation.

After 15 exciting years practicing law across several jurisdictions, Walid spent the last 25 years serving families in business, looking to preserve and grow their Wealth in the hands of future generations.

He worked alongside a large number of iconic families from around the world, building family offices, managing conflict, and devising family-specific tools, tailored to address their needs and those of the NextGen family business entrepreneurs.

Over the years, he forged himself a reputation as the go-to person for mission impossible family business succession planning, and the 7-Step Methodology™ he has developed has been recognized by his peers as a game changer. For many, it has become the family business succession planning tool par excellence.

Hourani & Partners is one of the leading law firms in the Middle East.

The Firm is led by a team of former ‘Big Law’ attorneys who share a common belief to do business effectively in
the region, clients need trusted legal advisers on the ground who understand the market and are able to efficiently navigate through the nuances involving the legal and regulatory landscapes and the opaque processes that tend to be common place in the region.

Beyond pure legal acumen, the team at Hourani Partners has the requisite technical, commercial and cultural capabilities, as well as established contacts and networks within the public and private sectors, to deliver bespoke service solutions that allow clients to successfully achieve their business objectives.

Hourani & Partners strives to provide clients with a personal service that is underpinned by international
standards and best practices.