Wills & Probate
ADJD Wills
At MAK Partners & Legal Consultants, we provide specialised legal services for drafting and registering ADJD Wills for non-Muslim expatriates in the UAE, ensuring estate planning is legally enforceable, clear, and recognised by UAE courts. Without a registered Will, an expatriate’s estate is distributed under default succession rules that may not reflect personal wishes, potentially leading to asset freezes, delayed access to funds, and court-determined guardianship for minor children. An ADJD Will allows individuals to specify asset distribution, appoint executors, and nominate guardians for minors, with broad applicability across the UAE and a clear judicial framework. Our services include detailed estate assessment, precise bilingual drafting, full compliance with ADJD requirements, and end-to-end registration support, designed to reduce disputes and simplify probate. By ensuring technical accuracy and personalised structuring, we help expatriate families protect their assets and secure their legacy with confidence.
Dubai Court Wills
At MAK Partners & Legal Consultants, we provide specialist legal services for drafting, registering, and enforcing Dubai Court Wills, designed specifically for non-Muslim expatriates who own assets in Dubai and want their estate distributed according to their personal intentions rather than default succession rules. A Dubai Court Will is a judicially recognised testamentary instrument, registered directly with the Dubai judicial system, offering clear legal recognition, enforceability, and procedural legitimacy within Dubai’s jurisdiction. This ensures reduced risk of disputes, delays, and inconsistent inheritance outcomes, especially where assets are located in Dubai. Our services include comprehensive estate assessment, precise Arabic or bilingual drafting, guardianship provisions for minor children, and full coordination of the registration and court procedures. By ensuring strict compliance with Dubai Courts’ drafting standards, we help clients streamline probate, protect beneficiaries, and prevent common risks such as asset freezes, court-determined guardianship, and unintended distribution. Clients choose MAK Partners for our specialist expertise, partner-level involvement, and tailored, enforceable estate planning solutions.
DIFC Wills
MAK Partners & Legal Consultants provides specialist legal services for DIFC Wills and UAE intellectual property protection, helping non-Muslim expatriates draft, register, and administer DIFC Wills through the DIFC Wills & Probate Registry to ensure clear estate distribution, executorship, and guardianship under DIFC law with fast, predictable probate outcomes, while also advising on strategic, compliant IP registration and enforcement to prevent loss of exclusivity, commercial dilution, and costly infringement disputes.
Probate
At MAK Partners & Legal Consultants, we provide comprehensive probate and estate administration services across the UAE, guiding executors, beneficiaries, heirs, and family representatives through the court-supervised process to ensure estates are identified, secured, legally recognised, and distributed according to a valid Will or applicable succession laws. We handle probate in Dubai Courts, the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, and DIFC Courts, supporting both registered-Will estates (which streamline the process) and intestate estates (where no Will exists), while coordinating with banks and authorities to release frozen assets, managing asset identification and distribution, and resolving disputes that may arise among heirs or over Will validity. Our specialist team also offers cross-border estate advisory for expatriate estates with assets and beneficiaries across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring efficient, compliant, and enforceable administration with partner-level oversight and minimal disruption to families.
