Lawyers in United Arab Emirates

Walid Abu El Matty

Associate

ADG Legal

Walid Ahmed

Partner

MIO & Partners

Walid Azzam

Walid is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department. He specializes in complex Commercial and Corporate arbitration and litigation, often with multi-jurisdictional elements. Walid joined Hadef & Partners in 2005. During that time, he has developed specialist knowledge of managing large scale, disputes and has acted on a number of high-profile banking and commercial matters. Walid advises a diverse group of clients; including publicly traded and multi-national companies, as well as high net worth individuals on various contentious matters including insolvency related issues. Walid also specializes in local and international asset tracings, recovery and investigations and has been recognized as one of the leading individuals in the UAE for asset recovery. He advises on financial crimes as well as on extradition and mutual legal assistance matters. Walid has a Juris Doctorate and is admitted to the Massachusetts State Bar. He routinely lectures, and sits on various panels that deal with a variety of issues relating to regional legal trends and developments.

Hadef & Partners

Wesley Wood

Partner

HAS Law Firm

Will Seivewright

DLA Piper

Willem Steenkamp

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

William Prasifka

Partner, ADGM and DIFC Litigation

Habib Al Mulla & Partners

Wissam Dagher

DLA Piper

Yaman Al Hawamdeh

Partner

HFW

Yara El Khatib

Middle East and Partners Law Firm

Yasmin Nasr

Yasmin Nasr is a Legal Researcher | Legal Advisor at Middle East & Partners Law Firm, operating across Qatar, UAE, and Lebanon.

Middle East and Partners Law Firm

Yasser K. Riad

Partner

White & Case LLP

Yasser Madkour

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

Yasser Omar

Yasser is Executive Partner and Head of our Corporate and Commercial Practice in our Abu Dhabi office. Over the years, Yasser has acquired an in depth knowledge of UAE law and has extensive experience advising clients on a wide spectrum of fields of the corporate and commercial laws including, distribution and agency agreements, supply contracts, manufacturing and licensing, joint ventures, media buying, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. Before joining Hadef & Partners, Yasser worked for Shalakany Law Office in both their Egypt and Dubai offices. He completed an LL.B. from Ain Shams University and a Masters’ Degree in International Business Law from Cairo University in association with the University of Paris I Sorbonne. He has also completed International Practice Diplomas from the College of Law of England and Wales. Yasser has authored a range of articles and publications including the UAE chapter for International Agency, Distribution and Licensing Agreements, published by Sweet & Maxwell in 2008. He is fluent in Arabic and English and holds a professional certificate in legal translation from the American University in Cairo.

Hadef & Partners

Yazan Al Saoudi

Partner

Al Tamimi & Company

Yousef AlShakah

DLA Piper

Yousra Elhassan Badi

Special Counsel

Audiri Vox

Yudhveer Singh Rawal

Associate

MRP Advisory LLC

Yulia Kasiyanova

Associate Partner

SCHLÜTER GRAF Legal Consultants

Yvonne Cross

Consultant

Ashurst LLP

Zafer Sheikh Oghli

Partner, Head of Office - Sharjah

Al Tamimi & Company

Zaher Ghraizi

Middle East and Partners Law Firm

Zarghona Fazal

Zarghona is Partner, Arbitration, and Head of DIFC/ADGM Litigation at Hadef & Partners. She has acted as counsel in numerous commercial arbitrations in the UAE and internationally, both ad-hoc and under the rules of the major arbitral institutions in the region including the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), DIFC-LCIA, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). Zarghona also regularly advises on the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards through the UAE Courts including the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts. Her international experiences have proven an invaluable element in navigating the UAE disputes landscape. She specialises in a variety of high-value contractual, shareholder, real estate, accounting and banking disputes and has wider experience in consumer laws, insurance, oil and gas, and construction litigation.

Hadef & Partners

Zeina Mouannes

Partner - Corporate

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