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Top 25 Investment banks based in the United Arab Emirates
This directory lists 96 investment banks based in the United Arab Emirates and includes 1,941 contacts with 434 email addresses. The list was last updated in September 2026; Dubai is the single most-represented city among the companies listed.
Investment banks advise companies, governments, and other institutions on capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, securities underwriting, and related financial transactions. This list covers companies that provide investment banking services, including corporate finance advice, securities underwriting, mergers and acquisitions advice, or related transaction services. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 15, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest investment banks based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 530 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Corporate and Investment Banking Group At Mashreq, our aim is to innovate and distinguish our relationship banking approach, leveraging our long-standing heritage in Corporate &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 359 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Markai Commercial Brokers, our growth is mainly fueled by our deep understanding of client needs and our expertise in banking products, along with our unbiased effort to bring…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 208 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1998, Al Ramz is a UAE domiciled public joint stock company listed on Dubai Financial Market and regulated by the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Acquara is a leading global financial outsourcing organization that delivers a broad range of financial services across Financial Outsourcing, investment banking, Mergers &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GMG Group of Companies was established in 2008 with the launch of GMG Brokers Ltd in the United Kingdom, operating from London and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Alpen Capital is an investment banking advisory firm established in 2005, which offers solutions in the areas of Debt, M&A and Equity to institutional and corporate clients across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Faber Capital is an investment banking firm formed by a group of International Bankers, Capital Markets & Private Equity professionals with decades of experience in Investing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Independent DFSA regulated financial services firm focusing on M&A and Capital Raising.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Meghraj Capital is Meghraj Group’s investment banking advisory business, and has been operating since the early 1990s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “M Strategy Global is a boutique corporate group headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with operations spread across Middle East, North Africa, Europe and India.o M…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are an independent firm, focused on providing superior insights and advice in strategically important, high-value, complex situations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trussbridge is an independent investment bank providing objective and unbiased strategic financial advisory services and access to capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gulf International Finance Limited (GIFL) is a financial services company registered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai, UAE and regulated by the Dubai…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Integrated financial solutions for companies, institutions and individual investors Capital Hills providing financial counseling to groups and organizations struggling with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With offices in London (UK) and Dubai (UAE), Fox-Davies Capital works with corporate clients and institutional investors located around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mintiply Capital is a UAE-based investment banking and corporate finance advisory firm providing independent strategic and financial advice to companies, shareholders, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fursa is a leading independant advisory firm focused on providing financial advice on structured debt, equity and mergers & acquisitions to corporates and institutional clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PSB Advisory is a financial services firm providing a range of advice, including M&A, corporate and strategic advisory services, and portfolio optimisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “4Front Capital: Championing Sustainable Finance with the Shehada Brothers Overview Led by Ahmed M.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Private Equity Amalgamation Restructuring Services - Pears Capital has exclusive focus on Corporate Finance activities: ‒ Mergers & Acquisitions ‒ Capital Raising – Private Equity…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “RidgePoint Advisors is a leading regional independent investment banking boutique based in UAE focused on providing financial advice on mergers, acquisitions, equity financing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “White Rock is a boutique independent financial advisory firm focused on capital markets, financial structuring, investments and risk management, servicing clients throughout the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SD Capital Partners is an independent, committed UAE based corporate finance advisory boutique providing tailor-made equity, debt, early stage and exit readiness advisory services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Stronghold Global Capital Group is the investment banking, capital markets, and investment management arm of Stronghold Global, focused on connecting capital with well-structured…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2008, The Emirates Capital Limited (“Emirates Capital”), is an award-winning financial service provider in Corporate Finance, Asset Management, and Fund Management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: investment banks. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names investment banks.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of investment banks, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name investment banks. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
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Investment banks based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 15, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 96 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among investment banks, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “investment banks”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names investment banks), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among investment banks, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 434 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 15, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
How many investment banks are based in the United Arab Emirates?
96 investment banks are listed for United Arab Emirates.
Which city has the most investment banks based in the United Arab Emirates?
Dubai is the single most-represented city among the companies on this list.
How can I find contacts at investment banks based in the United Arab Emirates?
The directory includes 1,941 contacts and 434 email addresses for investment banks based in the United Arab Emirates.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.