Thomas Paoletti

At the Paoletti Law Group, we believe in:

PROTECTION FOR GROWTH

we deliver pre-emptive legal solutions to prevent disputes from negatively impacting your business.

CONSISTENT AND ACCESSIBLE SUPPORT

We use our knowledge and experience to provide practical legal assistance and open, accessible support our clients rely on for their businesses’ success.

We specialize in corporate and commercial law and we have been working at an international level for more than 20 years. We defend the interests of our clients at each stage of a company’s life cycle – from setting-up to expansion abroad – through focused and dedicated legal advice.

Our corporate law professionals include specialists in joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions who manage transactions around the world. We also execute reliable due diligence reviews as well as manage regulatory and compliance matters for our M&A clients, ensuring deals close in a timely manner with our clients’ interests always secured.

If you want to do business abroad, you need more than just a good knowledge of the market. You need to know the legislation in the country of destination in order to protect your investments and avoid mistakes that could derail the entire operation.

Only those who work in the country of destination can offer the experience and the expertise necessary to operate successfully in a foreign country.

This is why we have chosen to join IR Global, a dynamic organization that leverages the power of the network to assist the client with the perfect consultant in every country in the world. This membership enables us to offer a high-quality service at a lower cost compared to traditional law firms

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Graduated in law from the University of Rome (La Sapienza) in 1994 after having prepared his final dissertation in comparative law at Yale Law School (Connecticut, USA) as a visiting scholar. He began his practice at Studio Legale Paoletti in Rome (Italy), as a trainee lawyer for two years prior to taking the bar exam.

He become a partner of Studio Legale Paoletti in 1997 and is registered with the Bar Council of Rome.

In his twenty years of legal practice he has assisted clients in both domestic litigation cases and international cases including the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Oman.

In 2008 he joined Al Bahar Law Firm, concentrating his activities on drafting contracts and in particular commercial contracts and company related contracts and advising clients on corporate and company law as well as commercial agreements advising both domestic and international clients.

He has acquired specific expertise in the Gulf States, assisting companies in terms of overseas investment and internationalization in the Middle East, offering legal support throughout the planning stage and specialist assistance in the establishment and running of the overseas business.

In 2014 he founded the Paoletti Legal Consultant and he is currently the owner and the managing partner.

He is appointed as an Arbitrator/Mediator to the Shanghai International Arbitration Center (shiac.org) for Italy and Dubai for the term from August 1st, 2021 to April 30th, 2026.

He is a Board Member and the President of Italian Business Council of Dubai & Northern Emirates (www.italianbusinesscouncil.com) and Vice President of Italian Social Club Dubai.

He is listed as a local lawyer at the Italian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Italian Consulate in Dubai as well as at the Italian Trade Commission (ICE) of Dubai.

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