Lawyers in United Arab Emirates

Gabrielle Lowe

Associate

White & Case LLP

Gamal Abouali

Gamal Abouali is a well-respected lawyer who co-founded the firm's Abu Dhabi office. He has a strong track record in cross-border M&A transactions, most regularly acting for clients in the oil and gas sector. Gamal M. Abouali’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, and projects. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, and throughout his career has had a truly global practice. Gamal joined the firm in 1997, became partner in 2006, and senior counsel in 2026. Before opening the Abu Dhabi office in 2012, he was resident in the New York and Paris offices

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Gargi Bohra

Gargi Bohra is an associate in the Corporate and Commercial practice in Dentons' Abu Dhabi office. Her practice is focused on the buy-side and sell-side of domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity investments, joint ventures and corporate reorganizations, and conducting acquirer and company-led due diligence investigations. Gargi has represented investors, public-listed companies and financial advisors in corporate transactions and securities matters, and also issuers and other stakeholders in initial public offerings on stock exchanges.

Dentons

Gemma Gregory

Gemma Gregory is a senior associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Dentons' Dubai office. She has more than eight years of experience working on a wide range of contentious matters, including advising clients on finance litigation, general commercial disputes, arbitration and regulatory investigations. She has acted on complex, high-value, multi-jurisdictional matters across England and Wales, the DIFC, ADGM, onshore UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Her practice includes advising financial institutions, corporates and government entities on disputes involving fraud, insolvency, contractual claims and enforcement actions. Her experience is across a range of different sectors including financial services, telecommunications and technology. Gemma has also completed a secondment at a UK high street bank, where she advised on claims relating to the alleged mis-selling of interest rate hedging products.

Dentons

Gennady Kurdyumov

Gennady Kurdyumov is the Co-founder and Senior Partner of FUTURA Digital, responsible for firm-wide management, strategic development, and the launch of new practice lines. He brings extensive experience in corporate structuring, cross-border M&A, intellectual property, and private wealth management, having led over 400 projects in 100+ jurisdictions including Hong Kong, the UAE, the United States, and the EU. His practice focuses on strategic business planning, market entry into new international regions, and the development and expansion of the firm's global partnership network. Gennady has deep experience representing commercial entities in the design and execution of complex procedural strategies, and advises digital business founders and investors on governance, asset structuring, and cross-border transactions.

Futura Digital

George Anis

George is a Partner in the Regulatory and Government Advisory Practice, bringing fifteen years of expertise in government, regulatory, tax advisory, public law, and dispute resolution. George has extensive experience advising government and private entities on a wide range of legal and regulatory matters. He also acts as an arbitrator in various contractual and construction disputes and provides strategic advice to private clients challenging government decisions. Before joining Hadef & Partners, George served as a judge for a decade, focusing on government contracts and investment disputes. During this time, he also acted as a legal advisor to key Ministries - Industry, Electricity, and Petroleum - providing strategic counsel on a wide range of legal and regulatory issues. George's advisory role extended to drafting and reviewing various regulations, decisions, contracts, and concession agreements. George began his career as a corporate lawyer at a prominent financial institution, where he assisted in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating bilateral and syndicated loan agreements, security instruments, guarantees, and service-level agreements. He has also worked as a legal consultant at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., gaining valuable insights into international legal frameworks. George holds a distinguished academic record, including an LL.M. from New York University School of Law (NYU) and an LL.M. in International Business Law from Indiana University, USA. He also holds an LL.M. in Administrative Law and an LL.B. from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. George is fluent in both English and Arabic. He is duly qualified in New York and Egypt and is a solicitor of England and Wales.

Hadef & Partners

George Vlavianos

DLA Piper

Gerard Moore

Mayer Brown

Gerry Rogers

Partner and Head of Corporate

Habib Al Mulla & Partners

Ghalya Rashid

Counsel

Addleshaw Goddard

Ghassan El Daye

Partner, Head of Arabic Litigation Practice

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Ghazi Ibrahim Binsaifan

Founder - Areas of Practice: Criminal, Employment, Family Law

Bin Sevan Advocates & Legal Consultants

Gilbert Hakim

Gilbert provides advice in relation to complex and high value disputes throughout the construction, real estate and oil & gas sectors. He has experience in acting for various members of the construction and engineering supply chain including Main Contractors, Subcontractors and Engineers/Designers where he has particular expertise. Gilbert is frequently instructed to advise on high-value disputes related to major construction and energy projects. He has significant experience representing employers, main contractors, subcontractors, and designers across a wide range of projects in the Middle East and Africa, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and various countries in East Africa. Gilbert has represented clients in arbitrations governed by the rules of leading institutions such as the ADGM, DIAC, ICC, LCIA, SCCA, and the European Development Fund. He has comprehensive knowledge of all major international standard form construction contracts, including FIDIC and NEC, and he regularly provides training on these contracts to clients and industry professionals. Legal 500 recognises Gilbert as “a very practical construction specialist” (Legal 500 EMEA, 2024) with “in-depth knowledge” (Legal 500 EMEA, 2025).

Fenwick Elliott LLP

Gordon Barr

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

Graham Brewer

Graham Brewer is a partner in the firm's Banking and Finance practice of Clifford Chance, in Dubai and has many years’ experience of advising funds, borrowers, sponsors and financiers on a wide range of financing transactions. He specialises in private credit, leveraged finance, acquisition finance, structured finance, infrastructure finance, Islamic finance and restructuring.

Clifford Chance

Graham Conlon

Partner, Head of Corporate - Middle East

CMS

Grant Batten

Partner

Ashurst LLP

Gunjan Chhabra

Partner

MRP Advisory LLC

Habib Babikir

Associate

Fichte & Co.

Habib Mohamed Al Hadi

Partner

BSA LAW

Hadeel Hussein

Managing Associate

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

Hadef Al Dhaheri

His Excellency Dr. Hadef Al Dhaheri founded the firm that bears his name, Hadef & Partners, in 1980 and was a senior partner until his appointment as Minister of Justice for the UAE in February 2008. As Federal Minister of Justice (2008-2014), Dr. Hadef held the position of President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Chairman of the Ministerial Legislative Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zakat Fund, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Training and Judicial Studies. Dr. Hadef also served as the Vice Chancellor of the UAE University (1994-2007) and as a member of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the UAE University. He was also a Legal Advisor for the Government of Abu Dhabi (1993-1994) and a member of the following Councils and Authorities:

Hadef & Partners

Hajer Al Raisi

Hajer Al Raisi is an associate in the Banking and Finance practice in Dentons' Dubai office. She has experience on international finance transactions, including asset finance, general corporate lending and cross-border financing matters. Hajer has experience assisting both lenders and borrowers across various sectors, supporting on the drafting of finance documents and coordinating multiple jurisdictional transactions. Hajer completed her training contract with Dentons in the Muscat, Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices before qualifying in November 2025.

Dentons

Hala El Hage

Junior Associate

Obeid & Medawar Law Firm LLP