Sunita Singh-Dalal

Office Location

United Arab Emirates

Short Biography

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. Sunita is internationally known for dedicating time to teaching and spreading awareness of current legal and practical updates and developments in the regional private wealth sector. She is a full member of STEP and regularly chairs international wealth management forums, being highly respected by the Global Private Client Industry. Sunita is regarded as a leading authority on Middle Eastern private client issues by global private wealth industry groups and has been consistently ranked by Chambers and Partners as a Private Client and High Net Worth Adviser. She received the 2022 Private Client Lawyer of the Year Award and promotes women's empowerment in MENA and SW Asia.

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What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

With the introduction of legislation in the Middle East focused on protecting and sustaining family businesses together with recent fiscal incentives, I expect a consistent increase in the number of family offices being established. Codes of Governance incorporated within cross-border succession plans will inevitably become more prevalent.