Lawyers in United Arab Emirates

James Dunne

James heads the Intellectual Property practice at Hadef & Partners and has 20 years of experience in intellectual property law in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Middle East. He has practised in Dubai since 2014. His practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property, with a particular focus on trade marks, brand protection and enforcement. He has extensive experience in advertising clearance; brand counselling; management of intellectual property portfolios; trade mark clearance, prosecution and enforcement programs in the UAE, across the MENA region and internationally; and advising on copyright creation, ownership and use, both online and in traditional media formats. In conjunction with the Corporate team at Hadef & Partners, James has also led the intellectual property audits in a range of corporate acquisition and investments projects across the hospitality, retail, entertainment and leisure sectors. James has advised clients ranging from small businesses through to market leading multinational companies across a very diverse range of industry sectors including in the areas of hospitality and leisure; entertainment; personal care and beauty; finance; retail; transportation; energy and resources; aviation; technology; construction; pharmaceuticals; luxury goods; and QSR (‘Quick Service Restaurant’) and FMCG (‘Fast Moving Consumer Goods’). James is registered as a legal consultant at the Dubai Legal Affairs Department and is a dual-qualified solicitor admitted in New South Wales (Australia) and England and Wales (United Kingdom). He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Laws (with a focus on technology, media and intellectual property law). In addition to his private practice experience, he has also held in-house roles in the trade marks department of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies and so is very aware of the budget and time constraints that brand owners, and in-house legal counsel, are subject to. With the benefit of both in-house experience, and a litigation background earlier in his career (including as a Judge’s Associate in the District Court of New South Wales), James is able to consider intellectual property disputes from the perspective of each client and the circumstances of their particular matters with a view to resolving in the most cost and time effective way. Should court proceedings be required, then he works with the specialist intellectual property litigators and legal advocates at Hadef & Partners at all levels of the UAE courts, including the Court of Cassation, the highest appellate court in the UAE. With a keen interest in fostering awareness of intellectual property, James has been a member of INTA (the International Trademark Association) for a number of years. Since 2018, he has written and delivered intellectual property courses to Dubai based legal consultants as part of the mandatory Continuing Legal Professional Development training required of all licensed legal consultants by the Dubai Legal Affairs Department.

Hadef & Partners

James Iremonger

DLA Piper

James MacCallum

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

James Plant

Partner

HFW

James Stull

Partner

King & Spalding LLP

James Whittam

Counsel

Addleshaw Goddard

Janis Reinholtz

Senior Associate

AMERELLER

Jas Shoker

Jas is a Supervising Associate within the Digital Business team at Simmons & Simmons, based in the UAE. His expertise lies in advising on technology, media, and telecoms matters, where he provides comprehensive legal solutions to a broad range of clients from well-established institutions to dynamic, fast-growth enterprises. Jas is also experienced in handling a variety of IT, data and technology agreements and leading on digital transformation projects. Jas has a particular interest in emerging and disruptive technologies and is well immersed in the digital assets, artificial intelligence and connected and autonomous vehicles space. In the FinTech space, Jas is experienced in advising on cutting-edge projects, especially within the payments and digital banking sub-sectors. He has also managed a number of client secondments and collaborates with clients to maximise their contractual relationships, whilst also identifying and mitigating risks appropriately.

Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP

Jasmin Fichte

Managing Partner

Fichte & Co.

Jason Gouveia

Senior Associate

Ashurst LLP

Jassim Babaish

Principal Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

Jeanne Roig-Irwin

Jeanne Roig-Irwin is in our Real Estate Group and specializes in complex real estate acquisitions, financings and joint ventures. Her work also includes representing real estate developers, banks, funds and REITs in real estate dispositions, leasing and other real estate transactions.

Clifford Chance

Jennifer Paterson

Jennifer Paterson is a partner in the International Arbitration and Litigation and Dispute Resolution teams of the firm's Dubai office, based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Jennifer regularly advises and represents both regional and international clients in a wide range of commercial disputes. She has experience representing clients in local and international arbitration proceedings administered many of the major arbitration centers, including the ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, and ADCCAC, as well as ad hoc proceedings. Jennifer has full rights of audience before the DIFC Courts and the Courts of England and Wales. She also works closely with local counsel in respect of litigation pending before the UAE Courts. Jennifer has been instructed as trial counsel in a broad range of contested matters, including complex commercial contracts, oil and gas, construction, real estate, insurance and employment disputes. In addition to being able to navigate complex disputes in a variety of local and international forums, Jennifer counsels clients on a range of compliance issues and internal investigations. She is recognized by The Legal 500 EMEA in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and International Litigation and by The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist Middle East 2023 for Private Practice Arbitration.

K&L Gates

Jeremy Barker

Jeremy Barker works in our Global Financial Markets practice in Dubai and is a member of our Worldwide Projects Group. He acts for a wide range of clients in the energy (particularly renewables) and infrastructure sectors, including regional project finance sponsors, export credit agencies (ECAs) and banks, advising on project finance, ECA finance and general finance.

Clifford Chance

Jeremy Scott

Partner

Addleshaw Goddard

Jimmy Haoula

Managing Partner

BSA LAW

Joanna Matthews-Taylor

Joanna Matthews-Taylor is a partner in the Dubai office of Baker McKenzie and head of the employment practice. Joanna advises on employment law and immigration matters, working with clients based in the UAE and wider Middle East region. Prior to joining the Firm, she worked as a senior legal consultant for an international law firm's Middle East office, and as a qualified assistant for a leading Scottish law firm. From 2016 to 2023 Joanna has been recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, most recently as a “Next Generation Partner” with clients and peers commenting that "she is solution-oriented, pragmatic and very knowledgeable of UAE employment law." Joanna is experienced in the full spectrum of employment law issues, including recruitment, employment contracts, localisation of the workforce, benefits, termination and disputes She has also advised clients on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, investigations, cross-border ESG and compliance projects and the mobility of employees across the Middle East. She has worked with international clients in a variety of sectors including technology, healthcare and life sciences, hospitality and insurance.

Baker McKenzie LLP

Jochen Murach

Managing Partner

AMERELLER

Jody Waugh

Managing Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

Joe Carroll

Joe Carroll is a counsel in the Real Estate and Hospitality and Leisure practices of Dentons Middle East. He has more than 19 years' experience of transactions in the hospitality and real estate space, including development and finance, sales and acquisitions, management and franchise, and landlord and tenant matters. He has an in-depth understanding of real estate and hospitality practice and, with his impressive range of experience, Joe leads much of our work in the region. Joe has been ranked in Chambers Global as an "Associate to Watch" for eight consecutive years and in Legal 500 as a "Rising Star" for five consecutive years. He also holds multiple "Next Generation Lawyer" rankings from Legal 500.

Dentons

Johannes Eisser

Johannes heads the Employment practice in the UAE and is a partner in the Corporate Group in our Abu Dhabi office.

Bird & Bird

John Barlow

Partner

HFW

John Boehm Jr.

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

John Leopoldo Fiorilla Di Santa Croce

Of Counsel

ADG Legal