Growing businesses without in-house counsel
Wanting continuous legal access without the cost and overhead of an in-house hire.
Want continuous legal support without hiring in-house counsel? A retainer gives your business a legal team that already knows how it operates.
MBM provides ongoing retainer legal services for Dubai businesses - continuous advisory access, contract review and drafting, and priority support across our full practice areas when something more significant arises. Built around what your business actually needs, not a fixed package.
A retainer is a considered, relationship-driven arrangement rather than a one-off instruction. It suits businesses that regularly need contract review, employment or compliance advice, or simply want a legal team already familiar with their operations before something urgent arises.
Because it is a relationship rather than a fixed product, the right structure depends on your business's own needs. This page describes the general approach; the actual terms are agreed directly with you.
If any of these sound familiar, a retainer arrangement is worth discussing.
Wanting continuous legal access without the cost and overhead of an in-house hire.
Preferring a structured, predictable arrangement over ad hoc invoicing for every small matter.
An external specialist partner to extend an in-house team's capacity for overflow or specialist work.
Businesses that regularly need contracts reviewed, drafted, or employment questions answered.
Retainer clients get the same firm that handles MBM's litigation, corporate and employment matters - not a stripped-down advisory service.
General information about how MBM structures retainer relationships. Specific terms are agreed directly with your business.
A retainer is an ongoing arrangement where a business has continuous access to legal advice from a firm it already knows, rather than instructing a new lawyer for every individual matter. It typically covers day-to-day questions, contract review, and priority access when something more significant arises.
For many SMEs and growing businesses, yes - a retainer provides continuous legal access without the fixed cost and management overhead of an in-house hire, while still giving the business a legal team that already understands its operations.
Terms vary, but commonly include a defined scope of ongoing advisory support, agreed response times, contract review and drafting up to a certain volume, and preferential terms for larger matters that fall outside the retainer scope.
Business owners, CFOs and SME leadership teams who want continuous legal support without hiring in-house, and general counsel or legal-ops leads looking for a specialist external partner to extend their own team's capacity.
Yes. MBM structures retainer arrangements around what a specific business actually needs - some businesses want broad general advisory support, others want a specific focus such as contracts or employment matters.
MBM's retainer clients have direct access to the firm's full practice areas, including litigation, corporate, employment and other specialist teams, generally on preferential terms given the ongoing relationship.
Cost depends on the scope of support agreed. MBM discusses your business's actual needs first and proposes a retainer structure and fee to match, rather than a one-size-fits-all package.
Tell us briefly about your business and what ongoing legal support would look like for you. Our team will follow up to discuss a structure that fits. Everything you send is treated as confidential.
A member of the MBM team will review what you have sent and come back to you with the appropriate next step.
Tell us about your business and what ongoing support would look like. The first consultation is free.