Avocats – United Arab Emirates

Richard Gimblett

Consultant

HFW

Richard Hughes

DLA Piper

Richard Parris

Richard Parris specialises in project finance, energy and infrastructure, including involvement in a number of high-profile petrochemical and infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East. Richard's projects include advising on regional petrochemicals, metals, wastewater treatment and power projects as well as cross-border gas projects in Asia.

Clifford Chance

Richard Strub

Partner

HFW

Ridhiima Kapoor

Managing Associate

Ogier

Rima Mrad

Partner

BSA LAW

Rindala Beydoun

Managing Partner

Tribonian Law Advisors

Rishabh Jogani

Partner

MRP Advisory LLC

Rita Al Semaani Jansen

Rita is a highly experienced corporate and commercial law specialist with experience in the UAE and wider MENA region. She advises clients on corporate and commercial law including in relation to national and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring and franchising.

Watson Farley & Williams

Rita Jaballah

Partner, Head of International Litigation

Al Tamimi & Company

Rita Kaufmann

Partner - Head of Corporate

Bin Sevan Advocates & Legal Consultants

Rita Khalil

Middle East and Partners Law Firm

Riwa Madi

Junior Associate

Obeid & Medawar Law Firm LLP

Riya Sinha

Associate

MRP Advisory LLC

Rob Lawrence

Partner

HFW

Robert Harker

DLA Piper

Robert Whitehead

Partner & Head of DIFC & International Arbitration

HAS Law Firm

Robin Abraham

Robin Abraham is the Managing Partner of Clifford Chance's Middle East Region and specialises in banking and project finance. Robin's areas of practice include project finance, restructuring, Islamic finance and secured and unsecured lending. He has acted on a number of high profile banking and project finance deals in the Middle East.

Clifford Chance

Robin Balmer

Partner

CMS

Robin Hickman

Head of the Middle East Head of Banking Middle East

Addleshaw Goddard

Ron Nobbs

Partner – Head of Construction, Middle East

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

Rory Donaldson

Rory is an Associate in Dentons' Abu Dhabi office. He is a member of the Banking and Finance practice group. Rory's focus is on general institutional lending with experience across real estate and corporate lending, as well as simple restructuring. He also benefits from practical in-house experience having trained with the Legal, Governance and Regulatory Affairs function at a major UK clearing bank.

Dentons

Roshanara Rauf

Principal Associate

MRP Advisory LLC

Ross Barfoot

Ross is a corporate partner in the UAE with more than 21 years' experience – first in the UK and since 2008 in the UAE and wider Middle East region. In addition to advising both international corporations and local companies on a mix of M&A and private equity, joint ventures and corporate advisory work, he regularly advises his clients on business licensing, corporate reorganizations, commercial contracts and corporate governance mandates. He has advised on some of the largest M&A and joint venture transactions in Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE. Ross regularly advises investors and international operators on education investments, M&A, market entry, international expansion, corporate and regulatory matters. He is based in the UAE but operates on a global level, supporting clients on their international expansion. Ross is generally regarded as the "go-to" lawyer for the education sector and has been involved in a significant number of school and university projects in the Middle East region, as well as some of the largest education M&A deals globally. He is ranked as a "Leading Individual" in the UAE for Commercial, Corporate and M&A in the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions of Legal 500.

Dentons