Lawyers in United Arab Emirates

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Philip Chalmers

Partner

Addleshaw Goddard

Banking & FinanceCorporate Finance+1

United Arab Emirates

Philip Clarke

Philip Clarke is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Dubai office and leads the UAE financial regulatory team. Philip offers a uniquely well‑rounded perspective on financial services regulatory matters, shaped by his diverse background working in‑house within major financial institutions, in private practice in both Dubai and London, and within a financial services regulator. This breadth of experience enables him to provide clients with commercially grounded, regulator‑informed and technically robust advice across the full spectrum of financial services regulation. He is ranked in the Chambers and Partners Global 2025 Guide for Regulatory: Financial Services, UAE and recognised as a Next Generation Partner for Banking and Finance: Financial Services Regulation in the Legal 500 EMEA Guide, UAE. Philip advises clients across the full range of financial services regulation, including banking, investment and payment services, licensing matters, outsourcing arrangements, governance, technology‑related risks, ESG requirements, and anti‑money laundering (AML). He has strong experience in applying regulatory rules to new and innovative business models, and has assisted numerous fintech firms and virtual assets service providers in developing their business model and identifying an optimal path to authorisation and operation. He is also frequently engaged to support regulators and public bodies across the region. His contentious experience includes defending regulatory investigations conducted in the UAE's financial freezones as well as 'onshore', and acting on complex cross‑border enforcement matters involving regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority, Securities & Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, European Commission and Japan’s Fair Trade Commission. He has advised on simultaneous regulatory investigations, past business reviews and related court proceedings, including mandates involving the appointment of skilled persons and the design of new approaches to customer remediation. Philip has also conducted internal investigations for investment and private banks, including those arising from whistleblowing reports and conduct‑related issues.

Baker McKenzie LLP

Financial Services RegulationBanking Law+15

United Arab EmiratesEnglish, French +43

Philip Devenish

Partner

Jones Day

International Dispute ResolutionInternational Litigation

United Arab Emirates

Philip Dowsett

Partner

Addleshaw Goddard

Investment Funds

United Arab Emirates

Philip Ireland

Philip is joint managing partner of Maples and Calder, in the Maples Group's Dubai office where is also head of the Funds & Investment Management and Corporate teams. He has broad Cayman Islands corporate and investment funds experience. However, he specialises in collective investment schemes, in particular private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, and Shariah compliant (Islamic) funds. He also has experience of working with family offices, ultra high net worth individuals. Philip’s clients include asset managers in the Dubai International Financial Centre and the MENA region. He also practises British Virgin Islands law.

Maples Group

Investment FundsPrivate Equity+5

United Arab Emirates

Prachi Trivedi

Prachi Trivedi is an experienced international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation practitioner. Prachi advises on a wide range of complex, high-value international commercial disputes, including significant cases before the DIFC Courts. Her experience encompasses acting as counsel in arbitrations conducted under various institutional rules (including LCIA, LMAA, ICC, AAA, and ICSID). She has also been appointed as arbitrator by leading arbitral institutions. Prachi represents clients across diverse sectors, including banking and finance, professional services, oil and gas, shipbuilding, aerospace, technology and defence.

Clifford Chance

International ArbitrationCommercial Litigation

United Arab Emirates

Priya Shah

Partner

Mayer Brown

Energy LawLNG Projects+2

United Arab EmiratesEnglish

Qasim Aslam

Qasim is a partner in the Banking and Finance practice. He has international Islamic finance, project finance and structured finance experience, including transactions throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. He acts for regional, international and Islamic financiers as well as multi-lateral agencies and corporates. Qasim is also the Head of Islamic Finance – Middle East. He is recognised in the international Expert Guides "Best of the Best" for Islamic Finance, international Expert Guides "Banking, Finance and Transactional Guide" as one of The World's Leading Islamic Finance Lawyers. Qasim is ranked as "Highly Regarded" by IFLR1000 2024/5 for Banking and Finance.

Dentons

Banking & FinanceIslamic Finance+2

United Arab EmiratesEnglish

Qudeer Latif

Qudeer Latif heads our Global Islamic Finance practice and is the architect behind many of the world's pioneering and ground breaking Islamic finance transactions. Qudeer has for many years been involved in Islamic financing techniques and Islamic product development. He advises on a very wide range of Islamic financial services and products including: capital markets, project and infrastructure finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, private equity and real estate funds, financial regulation, structured products and derivatives, real estate finance and tax.

Clifford Chance

Islamic FinanceCapital Markets+6

United Arab Emirates