Raya Al Harthy

Associate, trowers & hamlins, Oman

Raya Al Harthy is an Associate at Kamilia Al Busaidy and Abdullah Al Barwani Law Firm – Trowers and Hamlins’ local affiliate office – in the International Dispute Resolution and Litigation Team, through which the firm provides local and international clients with advocacy services in Omani courts.

Prior to joining trowers & hamlins, Raya was an associate in the International Litigation Department at Curtis, Mallet Prevost Colt and Mosle LLP in their Oman office, where she was involved in high quantum and complex local and international commercial and construction litigation and arbitration.

Raya has acted on behalf of a wide range of clients including: Employers, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers. Raya has extensive knowledge on procedural aspects of ad hoc arbitrations, settlement of disputes involving court proceedings and mediation. Raya also has experience in ICC arbitrations (ICC, UNCITRAL) in both Arabic and English language and is actively involved in drafting submissions, enforcement of awards and in nullity applications against local and international awards.

Raya was also an advocate before the Omani courts for 6 years prior to moving to the firm’s Dubai office. During that time, Raya gained extensive insight into local court proceedings. Raya’s areas of experience include commercial, contentious construction and employment.

 

Naif Khalid Hummed Al Quary

Executive Director of Mohammed Ibrahim Law Firm, Oman

Naif Khalid Humeed Al Quary is a lawyer and employment law specialist based in Muscat.

Presently he is working as the Executive Director of Mohammed Ibrahim Law Firm. After graduating, Naif was trained under the law firm of Dr. Salim Al Shukeili. Thereafter, he worked with the Ministry of Man Power as a legal Inspector and was promoted to the designation of Inspector Counsellor to deal with the labour disputes, after 3 years of service.

He later joined Muhammed Ibrahim Law Firm as Advocate and Executive Director in the year 2010. In the year 2011 he went to Australia to study in La Trobe University, Melbourne. Then he moved to United Kingdom and pursued LLM from University of East Anglia in Employment Law.

Naif is an expert in employment law, specifically in the area related to unfair dismissal and redundancy. He regularly gives radio talks to the public at large through the Oman radio and TV. He has attended several numbers of International Conferences globally. His profile includes handling highly complicated employment disputes, dealing with both national and international clients, actively participating in resolving labour union registered disputes for various companies etc.

Paul Sheridan

Chairman, Omani-British Lawyers Association (OBLA) & Partner, S & A Law Firm

PAUL SHERIDAN specialises in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and disputes. His practice is wide-ranging and extends to most aspects of the business world in the region.

He has practiced in, or been involved with, the Gulf region and Turkey since 1983. Paul’s client base includes the Oman Government, multi-nationals in many sectors (including energy, infrastructure, hospitality, leisure/sport, telecommunications, and transport), private equity, investment and sovereign wealth funds, and companies listed on the Muscat Securities Market and many family-owned trading groups in Oman and Turkey. Paul is the Founder and current Chairman of the Omani British Lawyers Association, Founder and an honorary lifetime member of the British Turkish Lawyer Association and Advisor to the Board of Oman Cricket.

Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al–Zadjali

Chairman of Mohammed Ibrahim Law Firm, Sultanate of Oman

Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al-ZADJALI is an Omani national who is the Chairman of Mohammed
Ibrahim Law Firm. He has master’s degree in law and PhD in Criminal Law from Egypt.

He has many years of experience in the legal field. He speaks fluent Arabic and English. He is
conversant in Corporate, Civil, Labour, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Criminal Laws of
Oman. In the course of practice, he has dealt with mainly Criminal, Civil, Family and Sharia
matters.

He was elected as President of Omani Lawyer’s Association in Muscat in the year 2014. He was elected as a Council Member to Majlis Al Shura in 2015.

John Gaffney

Arbitration lawyer – Al Tamimi

John Gaffney is an arbitration lawyer with the Abu Dhabi office with 20 years experience of assisting clients in relation to disputes concerning construction, property, corporate/commercial, energy, investments, IP/IT, and telecommunications matters. John has previously worked with leading international arbitration practices in Paris and London, as well as serving as a legal officer with the United Nations in Geneva. John has published widely on international dispute resolution issues.

Thomas R. Snider

THOMAS R. SNIDER

Partner and Head of International Arbitration | Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Thomas R. Snider is a Partner and the Head of International Arbitration at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP based in the firm’s Dubai office. He is a globally recognized international arbitration specialist whose experience covers a wide range of industries, sectors, and types of disputes. He is experienced in international commercial arbitration, international investment disputes, state-to-state arbitration, and foreign sovereign immunity issues. Among other roles, Tom is a member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).

Tom is recognised as a Thought Leader in the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal Arbitration) and is ranked for dispute resolution in Chambers United Arab Emirates, which notes that he is “superb at guiding clients through complex, expensive and potentially stressful situations” and “manages arbitration really well and inspires confidence.” He is also recognized as a Leading Partner for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and International Litigation in the United Arab Emirates by Legal 500, where he has previously been described as having “cross-examination skills [that] are excellent. He listens hard, is polite to witnesses and yet wields an iron fist beneath his velvet glove.”

Tom frequently writes and speaks on topics involving international law and dispute resolution. Before moving to Dubai, he lectured in law at George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC.

Laila El Shentenawi

Senior Associate – Al Tamimi

Laila El Shentenawi is a qualified Lawyer in Egypt and a Senior Associate in Al Tamimi & Company’s Arbitration & Dispute Resolution team. She is also a member of Al Tamimi’s Sports Law Group.
Laila’s practice focuses on international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, mediation and sports dispute resolution. Her clients include governments, regional organizations, international organizations, multi-national companies, banks, investors, international athletes and sports bodies. She worked with different arbitration rules including the ADCCAC, CRCICA, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SCC and the UNCITRAL.
Laila is a CEDR accredited mediator; she is a listed mediator with the CRCICA as well as the Investors Dispute Resolution Center affiliated to the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones in Egypt (GAFI). She is a visiting lecturer at Middlesex University, an external CEDR Faculty and regularly leads seminars on Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation.
Laila also holds several positions including:
• Member of the ICC Arab Arbitration Group;
• Middle East and Africa Representative for the IBA Mediation Committee;
• Co-Chair for the IBA Mediation Subcommittee for Young Mediators; and
• Visiting Lecturer at Middlesex University, Dubai.

Hassan Arab

Head of Dispute Resolution, Al Tamimi & Company

Dr. Hassan Arab is a leading dispute resolution expert in the UAE and the wider Middle East with full rights of audience before all courts in the UAE. He regularly sits as an arbitrator and is called upon to provide legal expert opinions before arbitral tribunals and foreign courts.

Dr. Arab has been recently elected as the Chair of the Steering Committee of the ICC-UAE Commission on Arbitration & ADR. He has authored several publications on arbitration and dispute resolution, including a book on the Civil Procedures Law in the UAE and the Summaries of UAE Courts’ Decisions on Arbitration.

Robert Mitchley

Associate – BSA

Robert is an Associate with the Corporate, M&A and Real Estate practices, based in the DIFC office in Dubai.
Robert advises clients in relation to real estate, corporate and commercial law. He has extensive experience in drafting commercial contracts and structuring business transactions with a particular focus on joint ventures, sales of shares, commercial agencies and private equity. He also advises on conveyancing of real estate and property development.
Robert is also admitted as a practitioner with right of appearance in the DIFC Courts with his areas of focus being commercial dispute resolution and employment law within the DIFC.
Robert was admitted to practice as an Attorney in the High Court of South Africa in 1998 and prior to relocating to Dubai, he practiced in a commercial and real estate law firm in Durban, South Africa.

Nadim Bardawil

Nadim is the regional head of our TMT and FinTech practices based in our DIFC office in Dubai. He has been advising technology and media companies in the region for the last 6 years and has been part of several successful transactional matters in the industry.

Nadim also advises fintech companies and on crypto related projects for a number of years along, both at the start-up level but also for more established entities looking to comply with local and regional regulations

Nadim publishes articles on various TMT related matters and contributes to public forums related to tech, crypto and fintech.

Fluent in English, French and Arabic, Nadim holds a JD degree from the Hofstra University School of Law and is admitted to practice in New York and in Dubai.

“Nadim Bardawil – highly astute, able and approachable. Nadim is our first call for TMT and corporate matters. He is incredibly hard working always available to us. We consider him a trusted and valued advisor” – Legal 500

“Partner Nadim Bardawil is very-well versed in technology files and is always up to date on the latest developments in the sector” – Legal 500

“Responsive, quick on the uptake, and gets what the client needs” – Chambers & Partners