Our
History

The history of Salts & Associates (The “Firm”) dates back to the year 1981 when the founder of the Firm Mr. Suphi Salt started the first law office as a single attorney practice in the city if Abu Dhabi, UAE . The Firm has, since then, expanded into a multi-jurisdictional law firm with more than fifty lawyers spread over our offices in Abu Dhabi, Baghdad, Dubai, Istanbul, RAK, Muscat and Salalah. Due to governmental regulations the Firm operated under different names in each jurisdiction; Baitulhikma in the UAE, Al Yahyaei & Salt in Oman and Salt & Associations in Iraq and UAE.

Since inception, we have been retained by a wide range of local and international clientele including public and private institutions as well as a number of international law firms which need our local expertise in respect of their legal work in the region.

We offer a full range of legal service in the areas of corporate and commercial , finance , banking (both conventional and Islamic), insurance, real estate, telecommunications, intellectual property, privatization, employment , tax and dispute resolution services through courts of law and arbitral tribunals. A number of our lawyers own right of audience before international courts and arbitration centers as explained in their resumes.