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What does Keel Partners actually do?
Boutique, operator-led advisory across six pillars: business management, go-to-market, mergers and acquisitions, employee healthcare benefits, operations scale-up and corporate wellness. Based in Dubai, working the GCC, the India–GCC corridor and the MENA–Europe corridor.
Who will actually work on my engagement?
A partner. If we cannot cover a file with a partner every week, we do not take it — it is on our published list of NOs.
Are you licensed for insurance placement or property brokerage?
No, and we perform neither. Insurance intermediation and third-party administration are supervised by the Central Bank of the UAE; property brokerage requires RERA registration. Keel Partners FZE LLC holds neither licence. We advise the employer or the buyer on commercial and management questions, and every regulated step is performed by a licensed party named in your engagement scope.
How do you charge?
Fixed fee against a defined scope for most advisory mandates; retainer plus success fee on transactions. Fees, assumptions and conflicts are disclosed before the work starts.
Do you work outside the UAE?
Yes — Saudi Arabia, the wider GCC, MENA, and the UK, DACH and wider Europe on corridor work. The firm is based in Dubai.
Do you work in Arabic?
Client work is conducted in English, with Arabic and Hindi available. Arabic web content is being built properly rather than machine-translated.
What is the smallest engagement you take?
Small enough to be a real diagnostic, large enough to change something. If the honest answer is that you do not need us, we will say so in the first call.
How quickly can you start?
Usually within two to three weeks of scope agreement. We deliberately hold few enough mandates at once that this stays true.
Next step
Book a 30-minute briefing
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