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United Advocates

UNITED ADVOCATES is one of the fastest growing and most experienced full-service law firms in the UAE. We operate locally and internationally through our various offices and associate offices.

Founded in 2004 in Dubai to mainly serve clients in litigation matters, today United Advocates operates from Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Cairo and, through key partners, in China, India, Romania, UK and USA.

We have concentrated the development of our capabilities and the growth of our expertise on a limited number of specialist areas, ensuring we offer clients in-depth industry knowledge coupled with leading legal advice.

We are leaders in our chosen fields:
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Domestic & International Arbitration.
• Oil and Gas.
• Construction, Engineering & Infrastructure.
• Commercial and Corporate.
• Real Estate and Employment.

We have a multilingual team which is of benefit to our many overseas clients. Languages spoken by our lawyers include Arabic, English, Russian, Iranian, and Spanish. Our offices are in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and El Cairo. In addition, we have associate offices in China, India, Romania and USA.

United Advocates has grown into a full service law firm that specializes in a broad range of practice areas. United provides its clients with knowledgeable yet practical legal advice capable of bridging the business cultural gaps present in the UAE. Its key partners in relevant jurisdictions allow United to accompany their global clients to the front-door of their business meetings.

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Igloo

Igloo Design Studio is a Dubai based graphic & digital design agency that services business globally. We put our passion, innovation, experience, and high quality design standards in every project we lead. We offer an A-Z service to guarantee the integrity & quality of our work, and the satisfaction of our clients with the results. We want to be our clients’ first choice, be partners, and walk side by side as their businesses succeed.

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Carlton Hotel & Suites

Carlton Hotels & Suites.

Hospitality based on values.

At Carlton Hotels & Suites, we have an ethos of Hospitality. Not just one based on the comfort and convenience of all our guests, but one that rests on the foundations of our values – integrity, excellence, accountability and convenience.

We understand every traveller’s need for comfort, convenience and value for money. And we want every guest who stays with us to have a memorable living experience – an experience of each of our values, such that they stay with him or her.

Carlton Hotels & Suites are dedicated to providing exceptional service and affordability. In Dubai, we blend Middle Eastern culture – a tradition of warm hospitality – with all the modern comforts a world traveller needs. Each of our Hotels & Suites across Dubai is backed by personalised service, well-appointed amenities and flavourful cuisine and beverage options from around the world.

You can say we’ve evolved with the way Dubai has evolved. Just as the city has grown from the traditional areas around the Creek to the modern high-rises of new Dubai, Carlton Hotels and Suites has also transformed from old-town locations to downtown Dubai. Indeed, from heritage to heartbeat and beyond.

It’s simple for us, really. You stay with us. You experience our values. Our values stay with you, for life. Come, explore our collection of 4-Star and 5-Star Hotels & Suites.

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Sharjah Electriciy and Water Authority

Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority has witnessed consecutive huge development since its inception as a private company called Sharjah Electricity & Water Resources Co., then its ownership was transferred of to Sharjah Government as (Sharjah Electricity & Water Department).With the tremendous economical, industrial and civilization development boom witnessed in the Emirate of Sharjah, His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qassimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah issued his visionary decree on establishment of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) as financially and administratively independent entity, to distribute and generate electricity, water and gas to the nationals and residents of the emirate.

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ACCIONA

ACCIONA is one of the foremost Spanish business corporations, leader in the development and management of infrastructure, renewable energy, water and services. Listed on the selective Ibex-35 stock exchange index.

ACCIONA is a leader in providing sustainable solutions for infrastructure and renewable energy projects across the world.

Its offer covers the whole value chain, from design and construction to operation and maintenance. With a presence in more than 30 countries, the Group develops its business activities based on the desire to contribute to economic and social development in the communities in which it operates.

ACCIONA executes its sustainability strategy through a Sustainability Master Plan, a road map containing all the initiatives of the Company in this field. The aim of ACCIONA is to lead the transition towards a low-carbon economy, bringing quality criteria and innovation processes to all projects in order to optimize the efficient use of resources and respect the environment, with the ambition and determination to become a carbon-neutral company from 2016 onwards.

ACCIONA set up its first office in the Middle East in Dubai in 2008. Since then, Dubai has been the hub and expansion platform from which ACCIONA carries out its business in the Gulf and other Arab states.

ACCIONA Agua has permanent facilities in the Emirates in Dubai and Fujairah. ACCIONA Construcción also has branches in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

ACCIONA Producciones y Diseño is now permanently established in Dubai.

ACCIONA Industrial, ACCIONA Service and ACCIONA Energía also have commercial representation in the Dubai office.

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Televés

Televes Middle East FZE is the subsidiary of Televes-Spain, a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of equipment for the reception and distribution of TV signal.

Televes-Spain was set up in 1958 and has grown to become the Televes Corporation with over 800 employees, being present in over 80 countries, including 20 industrial and subsidiary companies and holding over 53 national and international patents.

Despite all these changes the basic principles of the Corporation remain the same, Quality, Productivity and Research as the mainstays of our production activity.

The presence of Televes in the Middle East goes back long in time, firstly via distributors and wholesalers supplied directly from Spain and since 1999, when this subsidiary was established, with “local” support. From our offices in the Jebel Ali Free Zone – Dubai – we provide Technical, Sales and Logistical Support to our customers in the Middle East and Africa. With a very experienced team of Technicians/Engineers and large storage facilities Televes Middle East FZE is the ideal partner for all your needs related to Satellite and Terrestrial TV, IP services, Fiber Optics Distribution and so on.

During all these years operating in the Middle East we have accumulated vast experience in the particular requirements of this region making us the ideal supplier & partner for the successful deployment of any type of projects (Hospitality, Health Care, Residential, Operators, …)

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Caixabank

CaixaBank is the leading bank in Spain, with a robust balance sheet and a culture drawing on deeply ingrained values. Its business model is based on specialisation, with a specific value proposition for each segment, through an extensive multi-channel branch network with widespread coverage, offering a comprehensive range of products and services. The bank is at the forefront of digital banking and is committed to setting itself apart through its closeness to its customers, capacity for innovation, service quality, financial robustness and social responsibility.

The bank, chaired by Isidro Fainé with Gonzalo Gortázar as CEO, has more than 14 million clients and 5,200 branches. CaixaBank leads the way in retail banking, with a market penetration of 28.3%. CaixaBank opened its representative office in United Arab Emirates in 2010 to provide support in all GCC countries.

CaixaBank has a considerable presence in the world, through 4 international branches (Warsaw, Casablanca, Tangiers and London), 15 representative offices (Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai, New Delhi, Istanbul, Singapore, Cairo, Santiago de Chile, Bogotá, Sao Paolo, New York and Johannesburg) and a network of more than 3000 correspondent banks. In January 2016, CaixaBank reinforced its leadership in mobile banking by launching imaginBank, Spain’s first mobile-only bank.

CaixaBank is different from any other banks in Spain because its essence is its level of implication and unswerving commitment to society. The ”la Caixa” Banking Foundation, CaixaBank’s ultimate shareholder, is the largest charitable foundation in continental Europe and the third largest worldwide. Its Welfare Projects have a €500 million budget.

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EL CORREO DEL GOLFO

EL CORREO DEL GOLFO, the first and only Spanish newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, the Arabian Gulf, and the Middle East, is today a consolidated fact. Since December 2012, it publishes its digital edition where daily summarizes the most noted news that interest to the Hispanic community-based in the UAE, 100.000 people from Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Spain, Panama, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, República Dominicana and Costa Rica.

Our website has an average of 14.000 visits per day, where the most percentage come from Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

EL CORREO DEL GOLFO has also the support of local authorities and the governments of the Hispanic community and personalities.

EL CORREO DEL GOLFO has initiated its printed edition, with a distribution of 10.000 copies per number, at the beginning of 2014 with monthly nature and it is distributed in the noted points of the Hispanic community in Dubai and Abu Dhabi mainly. It has also a very important presence in the embassies, consulates, trade offices, companies, restaurants, stores, sports centres, academies, malls, hotels and many others interest points.

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Liga de Fútbol Profesional

The Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LaLiga) was founded on the 26th of July 1984. It is a sports association made up of all the public limited sports companies and football clubs in the First and Second Division that participate in official professional competitions on a national scale.

La Liga is part of the Real Federación Española de Fútbol but has legal autonomy in its organisation and functioning. It is responsible for the organisation of state football leagues, always in coordination with RFEF. Currently, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional has a total of 42 teams: 20 in the First Division and 22 in the Second Division.

Its head office is located at: C/ Hernández de Tejada, 10; 28027 Madrid (Spain)

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SENER

SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956, which seeks to offer its clients state-of-the-art technological solutions and enjoys international prestige for its commitment to innovation, its quality and for its independence. The Group employs almost 6,000 professionals and has offices in four continents. Its operating income goes up to 1.376 billion Euros (2015 figures). SENER provides innovative solutions and devotes an investment in R&D that reached 79.2 million Euros in 2014, representing 6% of the Group’s total incomes. SENER accomplishes Engineering and Construction activities and has industrial holdings in companies working in the fields of Aeronautics and Energy and the Environment. In Engineering and Construction, SENER has become a benchmark engineering company at home and abroad in the sectors of Aerospace, Infrastructures and Transport, Power, Oil & Gas, and Marine. In the GCC countries, SENER’s interest is focused in infrastructures and transport projects, in particular in the urban transportation and railway sectors, where it is a leading company, and in opportunities in Power, Oil & Gas, a sector in which SENER is a turnkey contractor and provides operation and maintenance services for electrical power plants, solar thermal plants, LNG storage and regasification terminals, underground gas storage terminals, refineries, petrochemical and plastics plants, and municipal, agricultural and industrial waste-to-energy treatment plants

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AES International

AES International is a wealth management and employee benefits organisation, looking after expats and companies around the world, and applying the best ideas in finance to deliver you better results – nothing less.

As the only Chartered Financial Planning firm in the GCC, AES carries a mark of excellence, guaranteeing a different, transparent and independent experience.

As an organisation, AES takes its responsibility to improve yours and your family’s outcomes seriously, because it knows your money represents your hard work and sacrifices, your hopes and dreams for the future.

AES also advocates education first, and helps you learn the wisdom and secrets the traditional industry doesn’t want you to know about.

AES has built its reputation for deep expertise by applying academic research, scientific process and evidence to its work, and calls its mission ‘Positive Change’ – for which it has been commended by Richard Branson and The Economist.

Here’s how AES delivers positive change: by…

Helping you sleep at night by giving you financial security and peace of mind.
Simplifying complex matters, making finance accessible and understandable.
Getting you better results and reducing costs.
Delivering employee benefits, like medical insurance and pensions, that are valued and valuable.
Teaching everyone how to banish the fear and stress that money can cause.
Helping you leave your children enough money to do something, but not so much they to do nothing.
Protecting you from investment opportunities that sound fantastic – but which contain hidden risks.
Acting as your independent third party sounding board to help you evaluate your options.
Minimising the tax you and your children pay.

Giving you expected returns likely to beat over 90% of professionally managed money.

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