Lawyers in United Arab Emirates

Najeeb Gill

Najeeb Gill is an associate in the Banking and Finance practice in Dentons' Abu Dhabi office. He has experience working on a wide range of international finance matters, including advising lenders and borrowers on acquisition finance, asset finance, general corporate lending, real estate finance and fund finance. He is also experienced in general corporate, investment funds and commercial real estate transactions. Najeeb completed his training contract with Dentons in the Glasgow and Edinburgh offices before qualifying in August 2022.

Dentons

Naji Hawayek

Partner

Addleshaw Goddard

Nanda Al Qazaz

Mayer Brown

Nassar Nassar

DLA Piper

Nasser Al Osaiba

Senior Partner

Global Advocacy and Legal Counsel

Nasser Ali Boausaibah

Nasser is a Advocate and Senior Counsel in the Dispute Resolution practice in Dubai. He specialises in advising clients on civil and criminal matters. Nasser is a licensed advocate and holds full rights of audience to appear before all courts in UAE, including the Supreme Court (cassation stage). He holds a Masters degree in Private Law from Ajman University.

Hadef & Partners

Natalia Nikitina

Partner

White & Case LLP

Natalie Jensen

Natalie specialises in contentious and non-contentious matters in the shipping, international trade and energy sectors. She advises a broad range of global clients who span the full range of actors across the maritime industry. This includes advising shipowners, charterers, their insurers and P&I Clubs in connection with charterparty, bill of lading and contractual disputes, as well as disputes arising out of collisions and allisions, to name just some of the areas of her diverse and busy practice. One of Natalie’s core specialisms is in relation to bunkers quality disputes, on which she regularly advises and represents clients in both UK and Singapore-based arbitrations. Her reputation in the market means that she regularly speaks at industry fora on issues affecting the bunkers industry. Natalie regularly provides sanctions advice to multiple clients in the fast-evolving global regulatory landscape. Natalie’s practice is enhanced by her early career experience in the Freight Defence & Demurrage department of an International Group P&I Association, which enables her to provide unique commercial insight to clients on maritime insurance and P&I matters. Natalie has extensive experience in English arbitrations and High Court proceedings, as well as DIFC and UAE onshore litigation. Natalie is ranked by Chambers & Partners and recognised by Legal 500 as a Key Lawyer in Shipping, Insurance and Dispute Resolution. She is one of only a few lawyers to be twice honoured as a ’20 Under 40 Leader of Tomorrow’ by SeaTrade Maritime Middle East, affirming her reputation as a talented lawyer who paves the way for industry change. She is described by Chambers and Legal 500 as “…an exceptional younger lawyer. She understands client requirements and comes highly recommended”; “…on the ball and is very knowledgeable about the industry and practices”; “…responsive, helpful and thorough in how she responds to requests, prompt in delivering feedback and gives high-level responses quickly”. The leading directories also describe her as having “…developed a speciality in bunker disputes in the UAE”; “…a growing reputation in the market [and] is increasingly to be seen leading…standout work”; and she “…understands her clients’ needs exceptionally well and has a drive to bring matters forward in a very efficient manner”.

Watson Farley & Williams

Natasha Kavanagh

Partner

Ashurst LLP

Nathaniel Armstrong

Nathaniel Armstrong is the managing partner of Dentons' Abu Dhabi office and works within the Banking & Finance team. He has more than 15 years’ experience advising on all types of debt finance transactions, both conventional and Islamic, and represents a range of domestic and international financial and corporate institutions. Nathaniel is a specialist in general corporate, asset (shipping and aviation), real estate and Islamic finance under both English and UAE (including free zones such as the ADGM and DIFC) law. He has broad international experience having worked for international law firms in England, Australia and the UAE on a range of complex, high-value transactions. Nathaniel is ranked as Band 1 by Chambers & Partners Global for Shipping Finance and as a Rising Star Partner by IFLR1000 for Banking & Finance. Nathaniel also regularly publishes articles on banking and finance related issues.

Dentons

Naved Bangi

Associate

MRP Advisory LLC

Nazanin Aleyaseen

Nazanin Aleyaseen is a partner in the arbitration team and has served as counsel or arbitrator in complex commercial proceedings before the ICC, LCIA, DIFC, DIAC, and ADCCAC and as an advocate in the DIFC Courts. Nazanin is the founding member of the internal investigations and employment practice in the Middle East and has conducted internal investigations into allegations of fraud and misconduct. She has advised multinational corporations with operations in the MENA region for over a decade in a wide range of industries including entertainment, oil and gas, construction, health care, and manufacturing and she has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the UAE by Chambers Global and The Legal 500. Nazanin is a member of the prestigious American Employment Law Counsel (AELC) making her one of the few AELC members to practice law outside the United States. Nazanin joined K&L Gates in 2012 and sits on the firm's global associate development committee, Women in the Profession Committee, the diversity committee and the pro bono committee.

K&L Gates

Nazim Alom

Nazim is an English qualified Senior Counsel with over 10 years’ experience of undertaking a range of international corporate, M&A and commercial transactions for clients in a number of business sectors. Nazim regularly works on various high profile, high-value and highly confidential transactions involving VIP clients in Abu Dhabi, and has been seconded to the Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Bayanat AI PLC.

Hadef & Partners

Neelesh Pillai

Company Set-up specialist

Fichte & Co.

Neil Cuthbert

Neil is a Senior Legal Advisor specialising in project and infrastructure financings in Dentons' Dubai office. He has been based in Dubai since 2001. He has over 40 years' experience advising banks, governments, borrowers, sponsors and others in project financing transactions covering a wide of range industries, including oil and gas, electricity, water, mining, leisure, transportation and telecommunications. He also has a general banking practice that includes advising banks, borrowers and others on a wide range of banking products, including, lending, structured finance, derivatives, trade finance, development finance and restructurings. He has lectured extensively on a wide range of banking subjects including at the Euromoney Winter and Summer Schools of Project Finance. He is the author of the firm's Standard Introduction to Project Finance and is a past leader of its International Projects Group. Neil was head of the Dubai office from 2001 to 2010. He was Managing Partner of the firm's Middle East offices from 2005 to 2011 and was the Senior Partner of the firm's Middle East offices. He was also a member of the Policy and Planning Board of Dentons UKMEA LLP and sat on the General Advisory Committee of Dentons. He was a member of the Global Board of Dentons from 2011 to 2015.

Dentons

Nicholas Gould

Nicholas is an international specialist arbitration, construction and engineering lawyer. Nicholas conducts a mix of international dispute resolution and projects work. Nicholas acts for contractors, employers and governments in a wide range of technically complex construction sectors internationally including: energy, infrastructure, rail and metro, communications, industrial, waste, water, desalination, process plant, oil and gas, and petrochemical, as well as defects, collapse and fire safety. Advising on numerous power projects around the world, he has advised in relation to Europe’s largest gas combined-cycle power plant, as well as on nuclear (new and old), oil, coal, hydro, offshore wind farm, biomass, solar and innovative ocean current projects and data centres. Nicholas’ dispute resolution experience spans litigation, arbitration, adjudication, DAB/DRB/DAAB, mediation, early neutral evaluation and expert determination. His FIDIC experience is wide ranging including acting as a special adviser to FIDIC in respect of its 2017 edition contracts and in 2021 he was the FIDIC Adjudicator of the Year. Nicholas’ contract experience includes NEC, IChemE, JCT, MF/1, LOGIC, bespoke EPC/EPCM and PFI/PPP contracts. Nicholas is frequently selected to work on high value complex projects, including advising BAA in respect of T5 (£4.2 billion), the Louvre in Abu Dhabi, Expo 2020 in Dubai, CERN’s nuclear research facility, and the world’s most leaning building at Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi. In the Legal 500 he is listed in the Hall of Fame for International Arbitration and has been described by clients as “eloquent” and having “excellent advocacy skills”. The directory has also recognised him for being “extremely good – he is very convincing during hearings at drilling down the issues to the core”. Nicholas is Visiting Professor at King’s College London and a vice president of the ICC’s Arbitration Commission (past chairman, Standing Sub-Committee ICC’s International Centre for Expertise 2007–14). He is past president of the DRBF and past chairman of the Society of Construction Law. He has been published widely in the field of construction law and dispute resolution.

Fenwick Elliott LLP

Nicholas Wong

Nicholas Wong is the firm's Global Clients, Markets and Products Partner and has over 20 years’ experience advising on project development and financing. Nick acts for sponsors, investors, banks, export credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions and governments on the structuring, development and financing of major energy, oil and gas, infrastructure and mining developments in APAC, Europe, Turkey, Russia and the CIS, Middle East and Africa.

Clifford Chance

Nick Braganza

Partner

HFW

Nick O\'Connell

Nick is a partner working in Tech & Comms and Privacy & Data Protection. He has been based in the Middle East for almost 20 years, assisting local and international clients by providing specialist legal support on diverse matters in the broader technology, media and telecommunications space.

Bird & Bird LLP

Nick Oury

Partner, Head of Construction Disputes, Dubai

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Nick Simpson

Nick Simpson is a partner and the regional head of corporate, and hospitality and leisure for Dentons Middle East. He is based in Dentons' Dubai office and was previously the managing partner of the Firm's Saudi Arabia and Oman offices. Nick has more than 25 years of experience advising on corporate and commercial transactions through the full range of sectors in the MENA region, including company establishment, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and company flotations and offerings. He also advises extensively on all areas of hospitality, leisure and real estate across the Middle East. Nick is recognized for his expertise in Chambers & Partners where he is regarded as "an exceptional partner." He is also recognized in the Legal 500 for "the relevance of his interventions and added value," and Chambers Global for his "excellent knowledge, patience and communication skills."

Dentons

Nicola De Sylva

DLA Piper

Nicola De Sylva

DLA Piper

Nicola Jackson

Partner

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP