Lawyers in United Arab Emirates

Hussam Alghofari Alomda

Legal Advisor

SAT & Co.

Hussein Baxter

Counsel

Sidley Austin LLP

Iain Skinner

DLA Piper

Ian Chung

Partner

HFW

Ibaad Hakim

Ibaad Hakim is an Abu Dhabi-based partner in the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure practice. Ibaad’s practice focuses on high-end oil and gas, infrastructure and power projects, many of which are project financed. His practice covers the entire lifecycle of a construction and engineering project — from procurement strategy and contract drafting/negotiation to claims advice and dispute resolution. His experience spans a wide range of procurement models, including traditional, design and build, EPC/turnkey, construction management and collaborative contracting.

Paul Hastings LLP

Ibrahim Hanifeh

Partner, Litigation

Abdulla Alawadi Associates

Ibtissem Lassoued

Partner, Head of Compliance, Investigations & International Cooperation

Al Tamimi & Company

Ifda Taj

KADEN BORISS LEGAL CONSULTANCY

Igor Gorchakov

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

Imtiaz Shah

Based in the Middle East for over 20 years, Imtiaz Shah has closed hundreds of deals across all the major countries of the Gulf and the wider Middle East. Widely recognised as one of the leading corporate lawyers in Dubai, Imtiaz heads the Hogan Lovells Corporate practice in the Middle East. Imtiaz's work is a mix of mergers and acquisitions, commercial, regulatory, and investment funds. A wealth of experience in the region allows Imtiaz to bring practical and often innovative solutions for clients undertaking corporate deals across the Middle East. He is a trusted adviser to many of the largest corporates, financial institutions, and family offices undertaking business in the region.

Hogan Lovells (United Arab Emirates) LLP

Inaamul Laher

Inaamul Laher is based in Abu Dhabi and leads our Middle East transactional Construction practice. He advises sponsors, financial investors, lenders and government entities on the development, acquisition/disposal and financing of large-scale energy, infrastructure and real estate projects across the MENA region. Inaamul has acted on, and continues to be involved in, some of the highest profile power (thermal and renewable), water and wastewater, oil & gas, transport, social infrastructure/PPP and new communities projects in the Middle East.

Clifford Chance

Ivan Paskal

Partner

White & Case LLP

Ivor McGettigan

Partner, Head of Education

Al Tamimi & Company

Iwan Walters

Partner

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

Izabella Szadkowska

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

Jaber Al Ameeri

Senior Advocate

ADG Legal

Jack Antoniou

Jack Antoniou is an associate in the Real Estate practice of Dentons Middle East. He has experience advising clients on a broad range of commercial real estate matters, with a focus on real estate finance transactions and within the energy, infrastructure and investment sectors. He provides practical and commercially focused legal advice to a diverse client base, including developers, investors, lenders and public sector entities. Jack has experience across all aspects of real estate law, including acquisitions and disposals, commercial leasing, development work and real estate finance. He has particular experience advising on real estate finance and large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, including battery energy storage systems (BESS), solar, wind and nuclear developments, as well as nationally significant linear projects. His expertise includes the negotiation of options and easements, often involving compulsory purchase considerations, and advising on mixed-use development arrangements.

Dentons

Jack Hardman

Jack Hardman specialises in technology and financial services, having significant experience in our London and Dubai teams, focusing the majority of his work on M&A for financial institutions and technology companies. Jack also leads the financial services regulatory and fintech practices for Clifford Chance in the Middle East, having advised local and international financial services and technology companies, as well as regional regulators, for several years, including on UAE, DIFC and ADGM regulations. Jack has acted on many of the leading regional transactions in the financial and technology sector in recent years. He has also been involved in the establishment of prominent fintech platforms and operations. His broad practice spans M&A, restructuring, regulatory, licensing tech contracting, data and general advisory work across the FIG/tech sectors. Jack is the Africa Practice Leader for Tech.

Clifford Chance

Jad Taha

Mayer Brown

Jahnvi Jhaveri

Jahnvi Jhaveri is an associate in the Middle East Construction and Dispute Resolution practice. She has experience advising on a wide range of contentious construction matters, representing contractors, developers, project companies and financial institutions in disputes arising from major infrastructure and hospitality developments across the region. Jahnvi has acted in arbitrations under major institutional rules, including the ICC, DIAC and ADCCAC, as well as in litigation before the ADGM and DIFC Courts. She advises clients on a broad spectrum of contentious issues, including enforcement strategies, extension of time (EOT) and COVID-19 cost claims, construction defects, rights under facility agreements, disclosure applications and worldwide freezing orders.

Dentons

Jamal Baddour

Partner

MIO & Partners

James Baldwin

Managing Associate

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

James Burdett

James leads our Middle East and Africa Funds Group and sits on the Firm's Global Funds Steering Committee. He has experience in the formation of private equity and hedge fund structures, fund reviews and due diligence for investors, investment management and advisory agreements, information memoranda and other offering documents, and in advising on specific investment structures for asset classes. He also has extensive experience in advising both buyers and sellers in secondary transactions private equity and real estate fund interests, end of life portfolios and GP-led buyouts. As well as advising fund managers, he counts many large institutional investors amongst his clients. James co-leads the Firm's Sovereign Investor Group and its relationship with the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds with whom Baker McKenzie has an exclusive partnership for the provision of Legal and Regulatory knowledge services.

Baker McKenzie LLP

James Coleman

James is a partner based in our Dubai office and is the Head of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Practice Group in the Middle East. He specialises in private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, investment fund establishment and related financial regulation. His clients include private equity funds, investment managers, sovereign wealth funds, corporates, financial institutions and state-owned enterprises. James has been based in the MENA region for over twelve years. He is fluent in English and German.

Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP