Expert Guides - United Arab Emirates

Current trends in the Middle East – law and practice – opportunities and challenges for the infrastructure, construction and energy sectors

Against the backdrop of new oil market realities and the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East the oil exporting and non-oil economies are implementing structural reforms to diversify their economies away from hydrocarbons and generally to boost the role of the Private Sector

19/01/2017 Terry Fleet, CMS, United Arab Emirates Rashid Khan, CMS, United Arab Emirates

Islamic Finance Structures for Solar and other Renewable Projects

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has recently seen a surge of interest in developing renewable energy, in particular solar energy projects

17/10/2016 Tim M Burbury, King & Spalding, United Arab Emirates Nabil A Issa, King & Spalding, Saudi Arabia Usman Ahmad, King & Spalding, United Arab Emirates

Dubai International Financial Centre: A go-to jurisdiction for enforcement

The Dubai International Financial Centre ("DIFC"), the common law off-shore exception within the UAE's civil law system, is quickly evolving into a go-to jurisdiction for enforcement actions

14/10/2016 Björn Gehle, Reed Smith, United Arab Emirates Roberta Wertman, Reed Smith, United Arab Emirates

The GCC Evolving Tax Landscape

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have in the past few years faced significant fiscal challenges, heightened by reduced revenues from their traditional oil and gas resources

04/08/2016 Reggie Mezu, Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla, United Arab Emirates

The UAE: An Anti-Corruption Update

The past 12 months have seen two key developments in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the anti-corruption field

15/03/2016 Adam Vause, DLA Piper, United Arab Emirates Eamon Holley, DLA Piper, United Arab Emirates Sharif Hamadeh, DLA Piper, United Arab Emirates

Middle East PPP Policy Developments: Kuwait and Dubai

In a climate of falling oil prices and tightening government budgets, several states in the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC) are looking again at Public Private Partnerships (PPP) as one of several business models for the development of essential infrastructure assets and services

15/03/2016 Tim M Burbury, King & Spalding, United Arab Emirates

What does the Cape Town Convention mean for the UAE?

International Interests

The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and its Protocol on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, each dated 16 November 2001 (together the Cape Town Convention), were intended to standardise aviation finance transactions. To achieve this objective,...

18/06/2015 Paul Jarvis, Dentons, United Arab Emirates Andrew McMullan, Dentons, United Arab Emirates

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Expert	Firm	Practice area
Abbott, James	Clifford Chance	Commercial Arbitration
Abraham, Robin	Clifford Chance	Aviation, Banking, Best of the Best, Energy and Natural Resources, Islamic Finance, Project Finance
Ahmad, Usman	King & Spalding	Project Finance
Ahmed, Shibeer	Winston & Strawn	Banking, Project Finance
Akhtar, Pervez	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Investment Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions
Al Mulla, Habib	Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla	Commercial Arbitration
Al Tamimi, Essam	Al Tamimi & Company	Best of the Best, Commercial Arbitration
Ali, Jawad I	King & Spalding	Best of the Best, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Ali, Rahail	Hogan Lovells	Banking, Best of the Best, Capital Markets, Islamic Finance
Arab, Hassan	Al Tamimi & Company	Litigation
Aslam, Qasim	Dentons	Best of the Best, Islamic Finance
Avery, Peter	Clifford Chance	Best of the Best, Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Baird, Andrew	Watson Farley & Williams	Islamic Finance
Barr, Gordon	Al Tamimi & Company	Labour and Employment
Blanke, Gordon	DWF	Rising stars
Blanksby, Mark	Clyde & Co	Commercial Arbitration, Construction
Brewer, Graham	Clifford Chance	Rising stars
Briggs, Richard	Hadef & Partners	Best of the Best, Commercial Arbitration, Litigation, Shipping
Burbury, Tim M	King & Spalding	Construction, Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Burke, Stephen	Baker Botts	Rising stars
Calnan nee Mahler, Bonnie	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Real Estate
Campbell, Scott	Linklaters	Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions
Carnell, Nick	Taylor Wessing	Best of the Best, Construction
Chandrasekera, Rovine	Stephenson Harwood	Shipping
Clayton, Jane	Norton Rose Fulbright	Investment Funds, Women in Business Law
Cole, Adrian	King & Spalding	Construction
Creed, Adrian	Bracewell	Project Finance
Crewson, Paige	Stephenson Harwood	Rising stars
Crossley, Neil	DLA Piper	Labour and Employment
Cuthbert, Neil	Dentons	Project Finance
Dare, Joss	Ashurst	Project Finance
Davis, Shawn	King & Wood Mallesons	Energy and Natural Resources
Deans, Rob	Clyde & Co	Trade Marks
Desai, Bimal	Allen & Overy	Banking, Best of the Best, Energy and Natural Resources, Islamic Finance, Project Finance
Dey, Debashis	White & Case	Capital Markets, Islamic Finance, Structured Finance and Securitisation
Diosi, Michael	Allen & Overy	Rising stars
Downes, Neale	Watson Farley & Williams	Islamic Finance
Dundas Jr, Philip B	Shearman & Sterling	Energy and Natural Resources
Elder, Iain	Shearman & Sterling	Best of the Best, Project Finance
Fleet, Terry	CMS	Construction
Ford, Rebeccca	Clyde & Co	Labour and Employment
Fraser, Mark	Taylor Wessing	Construction
Gaffney, John P	Al Tamimi & Company	Commercial Arbitration
Garousha, Khalid	Allen & Overy	Mergers and Acquisitions
Ghaffari, Amir	Vinson & Elkins	Commercial Arbitration
Gimblett, Richard	HFW	Aviation
Gordon, Vincent R	Reed Smith	Banking
Greaves, Andrew	Addleshaw Goddard	Construction
Grose, Michael	Clyde & Co	Best of the Best, Construction
Hamadeh, Sharif	DLA Piper	White Collar Crime
Hamra-Krouha, Mohamed	Clifford Chance	Project Finance
Henderson, Steven	Baker McKenzie	Real Estate
Holder, Sara	Rouse	Patents, Women in Business Law
Holder, Sara	Rouse	Trade Marks
Holley, Eamon	DLA Piper	White Collar Crime
Hourani, Husam	Al Tamimi & Company	Banking, Islamic Finance
Hutton, Scott	Squire Patton Boggs	Construction
Ingram-Johnson, Ian	Allen & Overy	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Ireland, Philip	Maples and Calder	Investment Funds
Jackson, Nick	Allen & Overy	Rising stars
Jarvis, Paul	Dentons	Aviation, Shipping
Jawed, Tahir	Maples and Calder	Best of the Best, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Jobson, Christopher	Clyde & Co	Shipping
Jones, Wayne	Clyde & Co	Insurance and Reinsurance
Kamara, Adijatu	King & Wood Mallesons	Energy and Natural Resources
Kanji, Rizwan H	King & Spalding	Islamic Finance
Kantaria, Samir	Al Tamimi & Company	Labour and Employment
Karia, Sachin	Allen & Overy	Construction
Keenan, Richard	Covington & Burling	Project Finance
Kehoe, Caroline	Herbert Smith Freehills	Energy and Natural Resources, Litigation, Women in Business Law
Kerur, Sachin	Pinsent Masons	Construction
Khaleq, Ayman A	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	Best of the Best, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Khan, Muneer	Simmons & Simmons	Best of the Best, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Khan, Nadim	Jones Day	Project Finance
Khan, Rashid	CMS	Construction
Khoja, Sara	Clyde & Co	Labour and Employment
Kim, Judith	Allen & Overy	Energy and Natural Resources, Women in Business Law
Klat, Joanna	K&L Gates	Rising stars
Kramer, Nicholas	CMS	Construction
Latif, Qudeer	Clifford Chance	Banking, Best of the Best, Islamic Finance
Law, Alex	Deloitte	Tax
Levy, Leroy	Squire Patton Boggs	Islamic Finance, Project Finance
Liddington, Jamie	Hadef & Partners	Labour and Employment
Lovett, Graham	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	Commercial Arbitration, Litigation
Lunjevich, Michael	Hadef & Partners	Real Estate
MacNab, Duncan	Allen & Overy	Project Finance
Matthews, Stephen	Baker Botts	Project Finance
McMullan, Andrew	Dentons	Aviation
McViety, Paul	DLA Piper	Best of the Best, Islamic Finance
Mewawalla, Sarosh	Linklaters	Project Finance
Mezu, Reggie	Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla	Tax
Miller Rankin, Erin Louise	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Construction
Mills, Christopher	Clyde & Co	Litigation, Shipping
Mir, Zubair	Herbert Smith Freehills	Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Mohammed, Anzal	Allen & Overy	Best of the Best, Capital Markets, Islamic Finance
Moriarty, Matthew	The Cragus Group	Transfer Pricing
Mufti, Imran	Hogan Lovells	Islamic Finance
Mulla, Habib Al	Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla	Litigation
Nash, Jon	Dentons	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Nelson, Michelle	Pinsent Masons	Construction, Women in Business Law
Obeidat, Omar	Al Tamimi & Company	Trade Marks
O'Connell, Kiersten	Allen & Overy	Rising stars
O'Grady, Tom	DLA Piper	Real Estate
Pallett, Anthony C	Latham & Watkins	Islamic Finance
Paracha, Mohammed	Norton Rose Fulbright	Islamic Finance
Parker, Jon	Gowling WLG	Trade Marks
Parris, Richard	Clifford Chance	Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance
Patterson, Rob	Vinson & Elkins	Energy and Natural Resources
Paul, Dhruv	Watson Farley & Williams	Rising stars
Peake, Robert	Cragus Group	Tax
Punwar, Philip	Baker Botts	Commercial Arbitration, Construction, Real Estate
Quinlan, Henry	DLA Piper	Commercial Arbitration
Rai, Harj	Latham & Watkins	Banking, Islamic Finance
Rainey, Michael	King & Spalding	Best of the Best, Islamic Finance
Rao, Adil	Deloitte	Transfer Pricing
Risbridger, David	Simmons & Simmons	Construction
Roderick, Simon	Allen & Overy	Mergers and Acquisitions
Sacks, Phillip Charles	Dechert	Investment Funds
Saoudi, Yazan	Al Tamimi & Company	Shipping
Saunders, Christian	Allen & Overy	Banking
Sengupta, Rishi	Kennedys	Rising stars
Shah, Imtiaz	Hogan Lovells	Investment Funds, Islamic Finance
Shah, Rustum	Hogan Lovells	Best of the Best, Islamic Finance
Shaw, Peter Richard	Dentons	Construction
Shepherd, Craig	Herbert Smith Freehills	Commercial Arbitration
Sioufi, Chris P	Dechert	Investment Funds
Stevens, Mark	Cragus Group	Tax
Sutcliffe, Jonathan	K&L Gates	Commercial Arbitration
Tannous, Sami	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Rising stars
Taylor QC, Tim	King & Wood Mallesons	Litigation
Taylor, Guy	EY	Transfer Pricing
Taylor, Paul	Reed Smith	Construction
Tebbit, Oliver	Watson Farley & Williams	Aviation
Timchur, Peter	Allen & Overy	Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance
Turrini, Michael	White & Case	Construction
Vause, Adam	DLA Piper	Rising stars, White Collar Crime
Veall, Christine J	Donald H Bunker and Associates	Aviation
Wakerley, Sam	HFW	Insurance and Reinsurance
Walker, Debbie	Deloitte	Rising stars
Walker, Deirdre	Norton Rose Fulbright	Litigation, Women in Business Law
Waller, Alexis	Clyde & Co	Real Estate, Women in Business Law
Wertman, Roberta	Reed Smith	Commercial Arbitration
Wilson, Thomas P	Squire Patton Boggs	Construction
Young, Joycia	Clyde & Co	Trade Marks, Women in Business Law
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