Elena Schildgen

Background

About Elena Schildgen

A highly educated and driven Managing Partner Lawyer with over 30 years’ experience practicing across the GCC region specializing in Wills & Probate, Family Law, Labour Law, Company Formation and structuring as well as leading a successful legal practice.For many years my family was based in Saudi Arabia which allowed me to gain continuous exposure to the Middle East. This coupled with my interest in international private law, led me to seek the opportunity to complete my practical internship (when finishing my legal qualifications in Germany)with an international placement in Dubai, UAE at Meyer-Reumann & Partners.Following my admittance into the German Bar, I accepted a permanent position at Meyer-Reumann & Partners in 1991. As my career grew, I built my own client base and developed expertise within company formation and structuring law, experiencing some early successes including being one of the first to implement a holding company structure in the region and de-registering a commercial agent in the UAE.Over the years, working alongside and supporting the founding Managing Partner, I developed my managerial skills and was made partner in 1995. Taking the lead with talent acquisition, I ensured that the firm was meeting the needs of the market and our clients, leading to strategically adding several areas of law including Real Estate, Family Law and Intellectual Property.In more recent years, I have taken over as the Managing Partner where I continue to handle my own case load specializing in Wills & Probate as well as galvanizing the firm’s presence across the GCC region, ensuring we are able to assist in the local court system with our legal expert in Shariah law.Being trained as a German Lawyer, I am also able to advise locally based companies on German law, supporting our clients internationally on matters concerning company law, family law and labour law, and having successfully represented a client in an ICC arbitration in Paris. Please visit our website to see the full range of services and use its contact form to get in touch or send an email to elena@meyer-reumann.com.