Grant Thornton UAE

We make business personal

2023
We Are Grant Thornton

Going beyond business

The global challenges facing
businesses are unprecedented. That
demands a different type of advisor -
one willing to go beyond what’s
expected to deliver an experience that’s
more personal, agile and proactive.
That’s Grant Thornton.

We are a global network with over

68,000 professionals in member firms in
over 145 countries, with one common
goal — to help you realise your
ambitions in any environment and
enable sustainable growth for your
business.

We understand what makes each

market unique as well as well as how to
compete globally. This is why we
combine global scale and capability
with local insights and understanding.
Whether you’re growing in one market
or many, transforming your business,
looking to operate more effectively,
managing risk and compliance, or
realising stakeholder value, our firm has
the right experts to meet your needs.

That’s Grant Thornton.

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Grant Thornton in the UAE

Local strength and

global reach
As a company with deep roots in the
UAE, Grant Thornton has been
supporting businesses for over 55
years. We have been servicing public
and private entities achieve their goals
and our commitment to you is to
deliver excellence aligned with your
expectations.

With 3 offices across the UAE and over

500 employees, we are one of the
leading professional services firms in
the country. Our team of experts take
a hands-on and practical approach to
provide you with the advice and
support required to suit your evolving
requirements in a fast-changing
business landscape.

We have deep functional know-how as

well as industry expertise and develop
tailored solutions that meet your
individual needs. With our strong local
presence and global scale our focus is
on providing top quality services and
helping you succeed.

55+ 500+ 4
years in the UAE UAE employees UAE offices

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Our Assurance Services

Audit
We have long-established audit practice with specialists who understand the
individual requirements of your business as well as the demand for greater
transparency and disclosure in a rapidly changing environment
• Statutory audit
• Limited review
• Agreed upon procedures
• Financial Reporting Advisory Services (FRAS)

Advisory
We partner with you to solve your most pressing challenges, implement winning
market strategies, optimise your operations, manage risk, enable regulatory
compliance, while leveraging technology’s power to deliver the most impact.
• Business Consulting
• Business Risk Services
• Regulatory Advisory Services
• M&A and Transactions Advisory
• Restructuring Advisory
• Technology Advisory & Cybersecurity
• Forensics

Tax
We combine our strong technical capabilities with integrated services leveraging
global and local industry insights to help you identify the right tax strategies for your
business and comply with tax requirements.
• Corporate Tax • Customs and International Trade
• VAT • Excise Tax
• Transfer Pricing • Business Process Outsourcing
• International Tax and Tax Due Diligence Services
• Economic Substance Requirements

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Grant Thornton Global Fast Facts

68,000+ 750+ 145+

people offices markets

93%
Percentage of Fortune 500 Percentage of Forbes 100
companies served by Grant companies served by Grant
Thornton member firms Regionally Thornton member firms
of Forbes 100 companies
55% 100%
90% are clients of Grant
80% Thornton member firms
45% 70%
60%

55%
50%
40%
26% 30%
EMEA 20%
10% of Fortune Global 500
0% companies are clients of
Asia
Grant Thornton
Advisory – 83%

46%
Assurance

Tax - 52%

Pacific members firms

Americas

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Our Leaders

Farouk Mohamed Hisham Farouk

Chairman CEO
T +971 (4) 388 9925 T +971 (4) 388 9925
E info@ae.gt.com E info@ae.gt.com

Dr. Osama El-Bakry George Stoyanov

Senior Partner Senior Partner
Head of Assurance Head of Advisory

T +971 (4) 388 9925 T +971 (4) 388 9925

E osama.elbakry@ae.gt.com E george.stoyanov@ae.gt.com

Samer Hijazi Steve Kitching

Senior Partner Partner
Head of Financial Services Head of Tax

T +971 (2) 666 9750 T +971 (4) 388 9925

E samer.hijazi@ae.gt.com E steve.kitching@ae.gt.com

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Abu Dhabi Dubai

Al Kamala Tower The Offices 5

Office 1101, 11th Floor Level 3, Office 303
Zayed the 1st Street One Central, DWTC
PO Box 1620
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dubai, UAE

T +971 2 666 9750

T +971 4 388 9925
F +971 2 666 9816
F +971 4 388 9915

Abu Dhabi Sharjah

Unit 2, Floor 14 Al Bakr Tower

Sila Tower Office 305
ADGM Square 7/9 Al Khan Street
Sharjah, UAE
Al Maryah Island
Abu Dhabi, UAE
T +971 6 525 9691
F +971 6 525 9690
T +971 2 666 9750
F +971 2 666 9816

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