Boutique advisory for international business
Legal and strategic advisory for business owners, investors and international groups, delivered with clarity, control and professional confidence.
Legal precision, commercial pragmatism
MSA&Co is a boutique legal and strategic advisory practice for international business.
We advise on cross-border projects, international transactions, commercial contracts and complex disputes, as well as corporate structuring and the design of ownership and governance architecture.
Combining legal precision with commercial pragmatism, we develop resilient corporate structures and mechanisms designed to safeguard the interests of investors and shareholders.
Our mission
Our primary objective is the achievement of an optimal outcome for the client.
Every engagement is measured against that objective: the advice must be legally sound and also move the client's business forward.
Principles
Engagement with us is defined by three principles.
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Clarity
Clear questions, clear advice and clear terms of engagement, set out in writing.
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Control
You see the options, the reasoning and the risks behind every recommendation, and you keep the decisions.
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Professional confidence
Advice grounded in experience in the legal profession since 2008 and in careful work on the documents.
Every solution is
- Legally sound
- Strategically aligned
- Commercially rational
- Practically implementable
Founder & CEO
Vitaly Makarov
In the legal profession since 2008
Vitaly Makarov is the founder and CEO of MSA&Co.
Professional experience covers legal consultancy, cross-border and international transaction advisory, contract drafting, the preparation of legal opinions and the management of strategic legal risks.
Areas of practice
- Legal consultancy
- Cross-border and international transactions
- Contract drafting
- Legal opinions
- Strategic legal risk
An international, remote model
We work with clients across multiple jurisdictions and deliver our services predominantly remotely, with the UAE as our regional operational hub.
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Remote by design
Consultations by video conference, phone and e-mail, wherever the client is based.
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UAE as a hub
The company is established in a UAE free zone, which serves as the base for international engagements.
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Across jurisdictions
Coordinated execution, with local counsel involved wherever a jurisdiction requires it.
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Written terms
Every engagement is based on a written consultancy agreement: consultancy, fixed-fee project or ongoing engagement.
Regulatory and compliance
MSA&Co FZ LLE is licensed for Legal Consultancy and works strictly within the scope of that license.
We provide legal consultancy and advisory services only. We do not provide court representation or advocacy services. Where proceedings are required, we coordinate with litigation counsel admitted in the relevant jurisdiction.
We operate in compliance with
- Applicable UAE federal laws and regulations
- Rules and regulations of Creative City Free Zone
- AML, CFT and UBO requirements
- Legal entity
- MSA&Co FZ LLE
- Legal form
- Free Zone — Limited Liability Establishment
- Licensed activity
- Legal Consultancy
- License No.
- 20358/2026
- Licensing authority
- Fujairah Creative City — Media Free Zone
- Issued
- 10 February 2026
- Valid until
- 9 February 2027
- Registered address
- Twin Towers, P.O. Box 4422
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Discuss your project
Tell us about the transaction, structure or dispute you are considering and the jurisdictions involved. We will suggest a suitable format of engagement and the next steps.
- Phone +971 54 781 5305
- E-mail info@msaco.org