Izabella Szadkowska#11502

Izabella Szadkowska

Partner, Corporate Structuring, Al Tamimi & Co
Izabella is a Partner in the Corporate Structuring team and specialises in corporate and commercial work, particularly in foreign investment regime, cross-border corporate and regulatory structure design and implementation, capital restructuring work and trust structures advice and assistance. She has been with Al Tamimi & Company since 2007.
 
Izabella’s areas of practice also include economic substance, ultimate/ real beneficial ownership assessment and advice, business formation and corporate services under law of the Dubai International Financial Centre. Her expertise also extends to providing day-to-day legal advice on matters of corporate commercial nature to corporate clients, particularly family businesses, as well as M&A transactions assistance and equity capital markets.
 
Prior to joining Al Tamimi, Izabella trained at Linklaters LLP and practiced at Clifford Chance LLP and White & Case LLP. She combines private practice and in-house experience, having acted as Head of Group Legal Department for a major UAE conglomerate, Al Rostamani Group.
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Doing business in: the UAE
Doing business in: the UAE
Practice Notes

There are a variety of ways of structuring a business in the UAE. The aim of this guide is to highlight some of the key areas that a new business will need to address before it begins to operate as a business in the UAE.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Experience

  • Partner, Corporate Structuring Al Tamimi & Company (July 2014 - Present)
  • Senior Associate, Al Tamimi & Company (January 2011 - June 2014)
  • Associate Al Tamimi & Company (February 2007 - December 2010)
  • Acting General Counsel Al Rostamani Group (November 2012 - September 2013)
  • Legal Counsel Galadari & Associates (September 2006 - February 2007)
  • Associate White & Case LLP (June 2005 - September 2006)
  • Junior Associate Clifford Chance LLP (January 2005 - June 2005)

Qualifications

  • Licensed Legal Consultant, Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department (2012)
  • Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (2010)

Education

  • Postgraduate Certificate of Proficiency, University of Auckland School of Law (2010)
  • LLM (Hons), Warsaw University (2005)
  • Diploma, University of Cambridge School of English and European Union Law (2004)

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