Full-service M&A advisory for Dubai businesses across mainland, DIFC, and all major free zones. Sell-side mandates, buy-side acquisitions, financial due diligence, fundraising, and exit planning. Every engagement led personally by a CFA Charterholder with 15+ years of Big 4 M&A experience. No retainer. Success fee 2%–5%.
M&A advisory in Dubai covers the full range of services for buying or selling a business, independent business valuation, sell-side mandate management, buy-side advisory, financial due diligence, fundraising, and exit planning. Corvian Advisory provides CFA-led M&A advisory for Dubai mid-market transactions from AED 5M, across mainland Dubai, DIFC, JAFZA, DMCC, Dubai Silicon Oasis, and all major free zones. No retainer. Success fee 2%–5%.
Whether you are selling a Dubai business, acquiring a target in a free zone or on mainland, or planning your exit from a DIFC-regulated entity, we manage the complete process, principal-led, from start to close.
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Dubai is the GCC's primary deal hub, the city where most regional M&A conversations begin. That creates significant opportunity, but also a more complex environment: three distinct legal jurisdictions (mainland, DIFC, and other free zones), UAE Corporate Tax with free zone qualifying income rules, SCA regulatory thresholds, and DFSA requirements for DIFC entities.
Corvian Advisory handles every layer of that complexity, backed by direct relationships with the GCC family offices, DIFC-based PE funds, and international strategic groups that drive Dubai's M&A market.
"Dubai is the GCC's primary M&A hub. That means more buyers, deeper markets, and a more complex regulatory and tax environment that requires specialist advisory to navigate correctly."
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Dubai is the GCC's most active M&A market by transaction count, open FDI framework, DIFC legal infrastructure, and connectivity to GCC, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Dubai's M&A market in 2025–2026 is characterised by three drivers: the tourism and hospitality rebound tied to Dubai 2040's target of 5.8 million residents and 25 million visitors annually; a thriving technology/fintech ecosystem centred on DIFC's FinTech Hive and Dubai Internet City; and UAE Corporate Tax (introduced June 2023 at 9%), which has prompted a wave of restructuring activity as businesses review mainland-versus-free-zone structures.
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Business valuation is a separate discipline from M&A advisory. Our dedicated Dubai Business Valuation page covers the full range of independent valuation services with local currency pricing and Dubai regulatory context.
CFA-led, IVS-compliant business valuations for Dubai companies. Fixed-fee. Delivered in 5–10 business days.
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Whether you are selling, acquiring, or planning your exit, we respond within 24 hours.