Riad Kherallah Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Financial Regulatory: - Advised a number of global financial institutions and asset managers on doing business in the UAE.- Provided marketing (Promotion) guidance for various financial products and services in the UAE (onshore) and the DIFC.- Provided licensing requirements (both UAE onshore and DIFC) for asset managers (including those operating in the crypto-sphere).- Advised foreign banks on financial services and products offered by foreign banks on a cross-border basis.- Advised foreign banks on licensing requirements for operating a representative office onshore UAE.Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions:- Advised on the Purchase and sale of businesses.- Provided corporate structuring advice for entities operating in multiple jurisdictions in the GCC.- Advised on and completed VC transactions involving split exchange and completion including but not limited to completing the due diligence process, drafting shareholder loan agreements and drafting shareholders’ agreements.Tax: - Provided corporate tax advice and succession planning for family-owned business with significant real estate holdings.- Provided corporate tax advice in respect of fund managers / funds in the UAE.- Provided corporate tax advice in respect of free zone entities with ties to UAE and foreign based corporations.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

- Advised clients on succession planning and wealth preservation strategies- Provided clients with advice in respect of incorporating and organizing their business structures including: financing options, control aspects, and creditor proofing through the use of operating and holding entities- Execute tax motivated corporate reorganizations including estate freezes and short form vertical amalgamations- Organized Family Trusts for creditor proofing, tax minimization, and control aspects of private corporations- Advised clients on various tax considerations arising during the purchase and sale of a business including commercial real estate- Implemented loss utilisation transactions among affiliated corporations and trusts- Represented clients on Income Tax Act and Goods and Services Tax disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency at the Tax Court of Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

-Provided Professor Kim Brooks with research support writing chapter 2 of subject 1 (Restructuring the Treaty Network) for the International Fiscal Association Congress 2020-Drafted the executive summary for the “Impact of the Multilateral Instrument and the BEPS Action Plan on the Tax Treaty Network” Report-Updated chapter 3 (taxation of corporate reorganization) – Assess the effects of legislative reform on cross border tax considerations for restructuring corporations-Supervised and provided guidance for student editors working at the Dalhousie Law Journal-Provided editorial support including inserting proper citations, extracting relevant information from Parliamentary debates, summarizing reports and providing feedback where necessary

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Research Support for Online Course Development and Delivery (Administrative Law)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Created reports highlighting the current state of regenerative medicine in Canadian and International markets helping executives target areas for charitable funding -Consulted with the Center for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) to help highlight the advantages and disadvantages of a various proposals-Established working relations with Illumina genetics to study the feasibility of creating an in-house genetic lab resulting in the renegotiation of existing contracts

Master Of Laws - Llm, Tax Law/Taxation & Aboriginal Law, A

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law, B+

French Language, A

French Language, A

Bs, Kinesiology And Health Science, A

Highschool Diploma