Miranda Fisher

Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

 

Miranda Fisher has been a specialist family lawyer for over 20 years. She is Head of the Charles Russell Speechlys Family Law practice and focuses primarily on international clients from across the Middle East, United States of America and East/Western Europe. She is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL). She is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers and the Legal 500, and as one of the Spear’s 500 Top Flight family lawyers in the UK.  She won Family Lawyer of the Year at the Spear’s Awards in 2018.

Miranda is experienced in international family law cases involving financial issues and the relocation of/arrangements for children, applications to the English Court for financial settlement following divorce proceedings overseas, and jurisdiction disputes. Her financial cases often involve trusts, inherited wealth, family businesses, offshore asset structures, and the protection of family wealth through pre/post nuptial agreements.

 

Chambers UK comments that Miranda Fisher is held in high esteem for her specialism in high net worth cases involving the Middle East. One source says Fisher is “incredibly bright; she knows her law, but more importantly she has an incredibly nice manner and can make anyone feel at ease very quickly.”

Nima Moshggoo

Associate, Al Tamimi & Co

Nima has 9 years of experience advising on general corporate matters in the United States and the United Arab Emirates.  He has particular expertise in matters related to estate planning and trust structures, in particular wills-related matters, for non-Muslim clients at DIFC.

Nima also specializes on US Immigration laws and regulations.

Prior to joining Al Tamimi he was working for an immigration law firm in New York City for over 3 years and before that he was working for a general practice law firm in Dubai advising and attending clients in corporate matters as a whole, as well as all aspects of DIFC Wills and Probate. Nima also assisted the firm in representing clients in arbitration and litigation matters before DIFC courts. Nima is a Will practitioner on the DIFC Wills Draftsmen Register.

Izabella Szadkowska

Partner, Al Tamimi  & Co

Izabella is a Partner in the Corporate Structuring team and specialises in corporate and commercial work, particularly in foreign investment regime, cross-border corporate and regulatory structure design and implementation, capital restructuring work and trust structures advice and assistance.

Izabella’s areas of practice also include economic substance, ultimate/ real beneficial ownership assessment and advice, business formation and corporate services under law of the Dubai International Financial Centre. Her expertise also extends to providing day-to-day legal advice on matters of corporate commercial nature to corporate clients, particularly family businesses, as well as M&A transactions assistance and equity capital markets.

Prior to joining Al Tamimi, Izabella trained at Linklaters LLP and practiced at Clifford Chance LLP and White & Case LLP. She combines private practice and in-house experience, having acted as Head of Group Legal Department for a major UAE conglomerate, Al Rostamani Group.

Chatura Randeniya

Partner, Afridi & Angell

Chatura is a partner in the dispute resolution practice of Afridi & Angell. He is experienced in both institutional (i.e. DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ADCCAC, ICC) and ad hoc arbitrations seated in civil and common law jurisdictions. In addition to representing clients in arbitration, he also sits as an arbitrator.

In litigation, Chatura works with local advocates on matters before the UAE Federal Courts, including the Federal Supreme Court in matters of national security.

Chatura regularly acts for clients in high value disputes in construction, maritime and shipping, banking, and employment, as well as in complex disputes relating to commercial transactions. Most of his work has a strong cross-border element. He is a regular speaker at workshops and conferences on dispute resolution in the UAE and is a regular contributor to publications on arbitration and dispute resolution in the UAE.

He has been practising in the UAE since 2008, shortly after completing his postgraduate studies at Harvard Law School under a Fulbright Scholarship. Prior to joining Afridi & Angell in 2008, Chatura was in the private bar of Sri Lanka practicing in the Law Chambers of Dr Harsha Cabral, President’s Counsel.  He was also a visiting lecturer in law at the Faculties of Law and Management at the University of Colombo.

Chatura is recommended and ranked as a practitioner in dispute resolution in Chambers Global and Legal 500 EMEA, and recognized as a leading practitioner in the MENA region by Asian Legal Business (a Thompson Reuters company).

Nils Vanhassel

NILS VANHASSEL

Legal Director | DLA Piper

Nils is a Belgian-qualified tax lawyer and member of the Brussels Bar with extensive experience advising on taxation across the GCC. Based in the Middle East since 2017, he works with multinational corporations, regional businesses, and government-linked entities on complex tax planning and compliance matters.