UAE-First Family Business Consulting Firm
Thriving Family Business with true professionals
Since our founding in 2012, we have been the leading visionary influencers and community leaders of Family Business Consulting, empowering the UAE’s most ambitious change makers to define and perfectly approach the future.
We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of expert advisors and fstrategy innovators to deliver our 3-factor approach of consulting services:
Family Business Consulting: Build
Wealth & Asset Management: Grow
Deals Advisory: Sustain
Mohamed Abou El Makarem
Principal Advisor, CEO
Founding Team
We are a team of influential business professionals and community leaders specializing in Family Business Consulting. Our diverse expertise spans UAE nationals, the Middle East, UK, USA, Canada, and Europe. We share a common vision: to provide innovative consulting and advisory services that empower UAE Founders and Families to thrive and leave a lasting legacy for over 50 years. Mohamed Abu El Makarem, our Founder, has 20+ years of leadership experience in Crisis Management, International Negotiation with prestigious organizations like the United Nations and European Commission. With a proven record of accomplishment in working with renowned International Funds, Capital Investors, Family Equity Funds, and Private Equity Funds, we offer practical and effective solutions in investment planning, future strategies for Family Businesses, business negotiation, deals advisory and corporate managed services.
Mohamed El Murshidi
Managing Partner, Legal Affairs
Ikhlas Thabet
Managing Partner, Client Relations
Muhammad Fadel
Managing Partner, Strategy & Complexity
Aleksandra Dobaczewska
Senior Manager, Partnerships
Svetlana Sokolyanskaya
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Insights about UAE Family Business
leading visionary influencers and community leaders of the Family Business Consulting.
Our focus is on delivering superior value to Founders and Families.
Empowering the UAE Family Businesses to thrive for 50+ years of legacy
UAE Top 100 Family Businesses
Reports
Family Disputes Resolution
Podcasts
“Disruption is a day-to-day feature of business that shows up more frequent and intense in Family Businesses. Need expert Family Business deals, disruption, strategy and complexity management advisory? Better Ask Handle!”
“Potentially originating from a dozen+ causes, conflict is unavoidable in Family Businesses and, if not properly resolved, may end up with a total destruction of the business. Need expert Family Business conflict resolution advisory? Better Ask Handle!”
“With the direction to enact UAE’s Family Businesses Law, Handle dedicates the majority of its activities and expertise to help UAE Family Businesses thrive for 50+ years. Need expert Family Business advisory? Better Ask Handle!”
“The legal intricacies on UAE’s Family Businesses add more and more pressures on the overall Family Business performance and threatens sustainability. Need expert Family Business legal advisory? Better Ask Handle!”
Analyzing UAE Family Business Cases
Mohamed Abu El-Makarem
CEO, Handle BCG
