Lawyers in United Arab Emirates

Khalid El Derderi

Khalid is a Senior Legal Consultant in the Dispute Resolution practice in Dubai. He has successfully handled all types of cases before both the UAE’s Federal and local Courts. Having worked in the UAE’s Court System since 2005, he has in depth experience of cases in many areas including: Commercial, Civil, Construction, Insurance, Agency, Shipping, Banking, Trade Marks and Labour disputes with a particular focus on Real Estate disputes. Khalid holds a Bachelor Degree in General Law (LLB) (with Honours), a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English & Literature, Postgraduate Diploma in Laws in the specialisation of Maritime & LLM from Queen Mary University of London. He is fluent in Arabic and English.

Hadef & Partners

Khalid El Sherif

Khalid is a Partner in our litigation practice. Khalid joined Hadef & Partners in January 2013 and has a wide range of experience in criminal, civil and commercial disputes, particularly, corporate disputes, Islamic and conventional banking disputes, real estate and lease disputes, labor disputes, bankruptcy and enforcement of securities. Khalid also advises and represents clients in arbitration proceedings. Prior to joining Hadef & Partners, Khalid worked as a notary public between the years of 1997 and 2001 in Libya. Khalid has been practicing as a lawyer for over 20 years - he worked as an advocate (with right of audience up to the Court of Appeal in Libya), specializing in representing insurance companies in the courts in Libya. He also worked for the Ministry of Housing in Libya. Khalid is a member of the Libyan Committee for Human Rights and a member of the Libyan Bar Association. Khalid obtained a Bachelor of Law degree in 1995 from Qar Younis University (now Benghazi University), Libya and a Higher Diploma in Criminal Law from the same University in 2006 and holds a master’s degree in criminal procedure in 2022 from Benghazi University, Libya.

Hadef & Partners

Khalid Hamed

Khalid has over 30 years’ experience advising multinational shipping, financial, insurance, manufacturing and trading companies throughout the Middle East. He specialises in marine and non-marine insurance coverage disputes before the UAE local courts, particularly for hull and machinery and mariner cargo insurers. His practice involves advising on disputes involving maritime, yacht, property, energy, trade credit and political risks and financial lines insurances. He also advises on non-marine insurance policy disputes, including construction and engineering matters, before all courts in the UAE and across the Middle East. More broadly, his expertise extends to assisting shipping and corporate clients on commercial, maritime, civil, corporate, investment, employment, criminal and intellectual property cases.

Watson Farley & Williams

Khalid Mirza

Khalid is a member of the Corporate department and heads Licensing. He has extensive experience of advising both international and local companies as well as family businesses on all matters relating to applicable UAE licensing, registration laws and regulations. Khalid is regularly involved in all types of licensing matters, including complex M&A transactions, corporate and family reorganisations. He is instrumental in ensuring the smooth and efficient completion of all licencing and registration matters with all the relevant UAE governmental departments. Khalid holds a Business and Administration Bachelors Degree from the University of Mustansria, Iraq and Bachelors of Law from Al Jazeera University in the UAE.

Hadef & Partners

Khurram Ali

Partner

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

Khurram Khan

Partner

Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota (AC&H)

Khushboo Shahdadpuri

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company In Association with Adv. Mohammed Al Marri

Kiersten Lucas

Partner

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

Kimia Kalantarian

Kimia is an Associate in the firm’s Litigation department and advises clients in both local and international disputes, under various jurisdictions and governing laws. Kimia also assists the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Department, having completed a six-month seat with them during her Training Contract.

Bird & Bird

Kislay Kumar

Kislay is an associate in the Corporate practice in Dentons' Dubai office. Kislay's practice focuses on corporate restructurings, acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance matters in the United Arab Emirates. He also helps numerous clients from across the globe set up their business operations in the UAE, both onshore and in many of the UAE’s free zones. He has experience advising international and regional clients on the legal and regulatory regime requirements and labour and employment matters.

Dentons

Kokila Alagh

Founder & Managing Partner

KARM Legal Consultants

Krithika Kannan

Associate

MRP Advisory LLC

Ksenia Andreeva

Ksenia Andreeva focuses her practice on complex transactions involving technology and intellectual property (IP) as well as data protection, information technology, and cybersecurity matters in connection with business transactions. Based in the UAE office, Ksenia helps companies working in the MENA region evaluate the risks and opportunities related to the use of transformational technologies, the implementation of innovative technology and digitalization strategies, and new business-driving trends such as data monetization and artificial intelligence. Ksenia is a registered trademark attorney. For more information, view Ksenia's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/kandreeva

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Kunj Pandya

Senior Associate

MRP Advisory LLC

Laetitia Abou Khalil

Junior Associate

Obeid & Medawar Law Firm LLP

Lakshmi Omanakuttan

Junior Associate, Registered DIFC Wills Draftsman

Fichte & Co.

Lara Ali

Lara Ali is an associate in Dentons' Corporate team in Dubai. She qualified in September 2021 after completing her training contract at the Firm. Lara has a range of corporate experience including private M&A, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures and group reorganisations. She has worked on transactions across a variety of sectors including energy, engineering, media and technology, retail, insurance, professional services, and banking and finance. Lara regularly works closely with colleagues across the world including in Europe, the Middle East and the US. During her training contract, Lara completed secondments to Dr. Martens, the major global retail brand, and to a leading UK financial services and insurance company. She also previously worked as a paralegal in Dentons' Muscat, Oman and Abu Dhabi, UAE offices, where she focused predominantly on corporate M&A and advisory work.

Dentons

Lara Barbary

Partner

BSA LAW

Lara Hamed

Legal Assistant

Abdulla Alawadi Associates

Laryssa Perkins

Laryssa is a Senior Counsel in our Corporate team based in Abu Dhabi. She is an Australian qualified solicitor with extensive experience in advising clients at all stages of the business cycle – from emerging startups to multinational corporations – across a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate governance. With a commercial mindset and commitment to excellence, Laryssa strives to be a trusted advisor to clients. She is also a published author having been featured in one of Australia’s most cited legal journals, Australian Business Law Review, on business practice and commercial law in Australia and overseas, and in the Governance Institute of Australia’s Governance Directions journal. Laryssa has completed a Master of Laws (High Distinction) specialising in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce, each from Bond University in Australia.

Hadef & Partners

Laura Anderson

Managing Associate

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

Laura Shingler

DLA Piper

Laura Voda

Partner

Fichte & Co.

Laya Aoun

Baker McKenzie LLP