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Adam Whitfield
Managing Partner · M&A
Cross-border acquisitions
The Firm
Built small, on purpose.
Meridian Counsel was founded in 2009 by partners who left larger firms for one reason: to give clients the person they hired, on every call, at every hour that mattered.
The firm keeps its bench deliberately narrow. Twelve partners, a handful of counsel, and no pyramid of juniors learning on a client’s deal. The work that leaves this office was done by the name on the engagement letter — not delegated three levels down.
From the DIFC we advise across the GCC and along the corridors that matter to it — London, Singapore, Mumbai. Clients come to Meridian when a transaction is too important, or too sensitive, to hand to a machine.
How we hold ourselves
01
Partner-led, always
The partner you meet is the partner who does the work. There is no bait, and no switch.
02
Commercial before legal
We answer the business question first, then make it legally sound — not the other way around.
03
Global fluency
Common law, civil law and DIFC law under one roof, so a cross-border deal has one owner.
04
Discretion as standard
The best deals never make the press. Confidentiality is the default setting here.
The corridors we work
GCC ↔ United Kingdom
Inbound investment and holding structures
GCC ↔ Singapore
Funds and technology transactions
GCC ↔ India
Family business and joint ventures
The partners
NF
Noura Al-Fahim
Partner · Funds
Fund formation & private capital
RM
Rajiv Menon
Partner · Financial Services
DFSA licensing & regulation
LH
Layla Haddad
Partner · Technology
Venture rounds & exits
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