E-Mail: trost@emltc.com
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Languages
- German
- English
Locations
- Singapore
- United Arab Emirates
Publications
Country Report Kenya
Substance instead of appearance: The real employer in the Employer of Record model
The Dimensions of Economic Substance
Founding Partner
Marcel Trost (born 1980) is a founding partner of emltc and practises across the firm’s offices in Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. He is a German-qualified lawyer admitted to the German Bar since 2013, a registered foreign lawyer in Singapore, and a Legal Consultant in ADGM. He holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from the University of Cumbria (UK). Prior to his legal career, he trained as a banker and worked at Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank, including in corporate banking.
He began his legal career in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Los Angeles (USA). He has been practising in the United Arab Emirates since 2015 and has since expanded his practice to Singapore. Before founding emltc, he managed a joint venture between a German and a local law firm in Dubai and established a German-Arab network of lawyers.
Focus:
- Cross-border M&A transactions (comprehensive advice including due diligence and contract negotiations; specialized in the legal structuring and implementation of transactions in various jurisdictions).
- Structuring and formation of companies and joint ventures (including advice on the strategic choice of location and the optimal legal form, the design of governance structures and the drafting and negotiation of shareholders' agreements and joint venture agreements).
- Shareholder disputes (advice and representation in complex disputes between shareholders, including conflict resolution, mediation and judicial enforcement of shareholder rights with a focus on the effective and economic resolution of disputes).
- Advice on corporate governance and compliance issues (including data protection law, money laundering prevention, sanctions law, antitrust law).
Marcel Trost regularly appears as a guest speaker at specialist events and conferences. He also publishes specialist articles on legal issues in growth markets, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kenya and Bangladesh.
Reference mandates:
- Negotiating the exit from a JV in Saudi Arabia for a listed German company
- Investigations & Audit - Compliance audit at a subsidiary of a German mechanical engineering company in Bangladesh and legal support in the investigation of a corruption case and advice on the implementation and realization of compliance measures
- Advice on a shareholder dispute in a joint venture in the United Arab Emirates and support in arbitration proceedings
- Negotiation and legal advice to an Austrian shopfitter and designer on the merger with two companies in the United Arab Emirates
- Negotiation and legal advice to a Swiss investor consortium on the acquisition of a hospital in the United Arab Emirates
- Support for a real estate acquisition for a German mechanical engineering company in Saudi Arabia
- Advising a listed German company on the relocation of a subsidiary to the United Arab Emirates
- Comprehensive advice and support for a listed German company in setting up sales structures in the MENA region
Key Practices
- German
- English
- United Arab Emirates
Country Report Kenya
Substance instead of appearance: The real employer in the Employer of Record model
The Dimensions of Economic Substance
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