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Ahmed Maali

Ahmed is a Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution team in Abu Dhabi. He has 14 years of experience in handling various types of complex commercial and criminal disputes before the UAE Courts. He advises clients on disputes arising out of defaults under facility agreements, enforcement of pledges, tenancy agreements and payment plan contracts. He has extensive experience of handling matters involving disputes between shareholders, enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards before various UAE Courts. This includes disputes involving nullification of arbitral awards and matters requiring enforcement of execution orders in relation to bounced cheques. He also assists clients on various high value claims and matters involving bankruptcy and restructuring arrangements for UAE and international financial institutions. He has been representing clients on obtaining attachment orders and payment orders from the UAE Courts, in addition to handling multi-jurisdictional disputes for international and local clients involving fraud, breach of trust, asset tracing, asset recovery, and obtaining international arrest orders through the local Interpol office in Abu Dhabi. Ahmed obtained his Bachelor of Law from Zagazig University and registered lawyer with the Egyptian bar association. He is fluent in Arabic and English. · Hadef & Partners

United Arab EmiratesLitigation, International ArbitrationArabic, English

About

Ahmed Maali is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Hadef & Partners in Abu Dhabi, with 14 years of experience handling complex commercial and criminal disputes before UAE courts, including matters involving facility agreement defaults, enforcement of pledges, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy and restructuring, asset tracing, and multi-jurisdictional fraud cases.

Practice areas

LitigationInternational ArbitrationBanking & FinanceCriminal DefenseRestructuring & Insolvency

Office

Expertise

Commercial disputesCriminal disputesBankruptcy and restructuringAsset tracing and recoveryEnforcement of judgments and arbitral awardsShareholder disputes

Education

  • Bachelor of Law, Zagazig University

Admissions

  • Egyptian Bar Association

Languages

ArabicEnglish