Arina Gidwani

The 2025 Healthcare Odyssey

Welcome to the first edition of Law Update for 2025. As we begin this exciting year, we are pleased to turn our attention to one of the most dynamic sectors in the UAE and the broader GCC region – healthcare. Over the past several years, the region has seen unprecedented growth in this sector, driven by legislative advancements, technological innovations, and the increasing focus on sustainability and AI. As such, healthcare is set to be one of the most important sectors in the coming decade.

In this issue, we explore key themes that are significantly shaping the future of healthcare in the UAE, such as recent changes in foreign ownership laws. These reforms present a major opportunity for foreign investors, opening up new avenues for international collaborations and improving the overall healthcare infrastructure. The changes in ownership laws are an important milestone, and we provide an analysis of what this means for the industry and the various players involved.

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Arina Gidwani

Senior Associate

Biography

Arina has been involved in all areas of banking and finance, ranging from private banking, trade finance, asset based financing, capital markets, structured products and regulatory, with a particular focus on advisory matters. She has advised financial institutions and corporate clients in connection with a wide array of regulatory matters and both cross border and domestic transactions in the UAE, DIFC and KSA. She has also advised financial institutions on security structures and security creation in the UAE, DIFC and KSA and assisted in product development by preparing comprehensive document suites for various banks licensed in the UAE, DIFC and KSA.

Recent Experience

Acting for a borrower in relation to a USD120 million facilities agreement from a syndicate of banks to a leading regional corporate group in the GCC.
Advising on the structuring and documentation for gold loans in the UAE.
Acting for the financiers in relation to an AED 1.2 billion Islamic financing for construction of 16 residential projects in the UAE by a leading local group in the UAE .
Advising a US bank on the sale of its UAE prepaid card business.
Advising a leading company in payment solutions on a range of regulatory issues in the UAE and KSA.