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Andrew Moroney

25/08/2019
by Madelein Du Plessis

Andrew has a wide array of experience advising clients in the sports and events sector on sponsorship; broadcasting; merchandising; ticketing; player contracts; intermediary issues; athlete endorsement; disciplinary issues; regulatory matters and disputes. He regularly advises corporate entities, governing bodies, individuals and foreign law firms on matters spanning football, cycling, horseracing, motorsports, golf and tennis. Andrew also has a particular interest in the growing eSports industry.

Before joining Al Tamimi, Andrew was Legal Counsel at the (English) Football Association, primarily focussed on regulatory matters, dispute resolution and risk management. Highlights included re-drafting the FA Rulebook, acting as the Secretariat for the FA Rule K arbitration process and handling a number of cases heard by the UEFA Disciplinary Committee, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Prior to that, Andrew trained and qualified at a large European law firm in London, where he gained further experience advising football, rugby, horseracing and boxing clients on regulatory, corruption and anti-doping matters. Andrew also spent six months working on the landmark inquests into the Hillsborough stadium disaster.

Steven Bainbridge

25/08/2019
by Madelein Du Plessis

Steven Bainbridge is a partner and head of the sports law and events management practice at Al Tamimi & Co, the leading Middle East sports law practice representing foreign law firms, individuals, corporate entities, governing bodies and institutions on matters spanning motorsports, horseracing, triathlons, MMA, cycling, golf, tennis, cricket and football across 17 offices in nine countries.

Before establishing the sports practice at Al Tamimi, Steve was General Counsel at Yas Marina Circuit and previously practiced in Tokyo for a number of years representing clients in connection with matters including FIFA World Cups, X-Games, PGA tour sponsorships, videogame licensing, stadium naming rights and athlete endorsements. He is a member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal, an editorial board member of Lawinsport.com, a regular presenter at industry conferences and a contributor to radio, television, print and online media; and, he has lectured in sports law programs at ISDE (Madrid), St John’s University’s Law School (NY) and Temple University Law School (Japan), amongst others.

ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners

08/08/2019
by Madelein Du Plessis

ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners is Kuwait’s leading tier one corporate law firm, and one of the most prominent firms operating across the GCC. ASAR has been operating in Kuwait since 1977, and in the Kingdom of Bahrain since 2006, and is recognized for professional legal services of the highest order.

As one of the region’s premier law firms to many foreign and domestic multinational companies, we advise many of the biggest and most ambitious organizations across all major industries and we are consistently considered as the number one law firm of choice.

With our team of lawyers and spanning two emerging, and highly competitive markets in the GCC, our expertise extends over a wide range of areas that cover local and foreign multinational corporations, banks and investment companies, industrial conglomerates, governments and state authorities, and private clients.

Rahul Sud

08/08/201908/08/2019
by Madelein Du Plessis

Rahul Sud is a Senior Associate at ASAR. He has multi-jurisdiction work experience of India, Singapore and Qatar. He has strong information technology professional skills in FinTech, Data Privacy, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs, Intellectual Property, and Licensing.

His areas of practice include IPR and technology laws, banking and finance and general corporate advisory. He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B) awarded by Pune University, India in 2005. He also holds a Master of Science in Information Technology (MSc. IT) from Sikkim Manipal University, India and a Master of Laws Degree (Corporate & Financial Services Law), (LL.M) awarded by the National University of Singapore in 2009. Rahul was admitted to the bar council of Maharashtra & Goa, India in 2005.

Steven Brown

08/08/201905/05/2020
by Madelein Du Plessis

Partner, ASAR Bahrain

Steven Brown is a Partner at ASAR and the Managing Attorney of ASAR’s Bahrain Office. Steven has over 9 years of legal experience in Bahrain. Steven’s Bahrain law expertise is focused on banking and finance (secured finance focus), mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, regulatory law, and employment law.

Steven has been involved in a supervisory capacity on a number of restructuring and regulatory projects ranging from typical regulatory transfers to the multi-faceted restructuring of companies facing financial difficulties. He has worked on and led several transactions from inception to completion and has wide experience in conducting due diligence exercises, analyzing local assets, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents and executing such transactions in front of Bahrain ministries.

Munir Suboh

01/08/2019
by Madelein Du Plessis

Munir joined BSA in 2018 as a Partner and Head of the Intellectual Property Practice in our Dubai office. Practicing in the Middle East since 2006, he has worked on numerous contentious and non-contentious IP works including trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, trade secrets and domain names. He also works on commercialisation and complex disputes of IP rights.

Over the years Munir has advised many high net worth clients on setting up regional strategies for the protection of their IP rights including prosecution, protection, transaction and enforcement. He represents a range of clients from various industry sectors including media, FMCG, tobacco, industrial, pharmaceuticals and many more.

His principal set of expertise encompasses negotiations, settlement mandates and litigation. He also has extensive experience in regulatory works and has experience in consulting clients on consumer protection, antitrust and competition law.

Munir has co-authored and published many articles in prestigious publications, such as the World Trademark- Anti-Counterfeiting Global Guide, INTA Bulletin, Bloomberg, World Trademark Review (WTR) and The International Law Office (ILO).

An active member in INTA who serves as a member in their committees, Munir holds an LL.B from the University of Jordan and an LL.M in Intellectual Property & Information Technology Laws from the University of San Francisco.

Edouard Salwain

01/08/2019
by Madelein Du Plessis

Edouard is a Senior Associate in BSA Dubai office in the United Arab Emirates, specialising in corporate and commercial law. He provides practical and professional advice on contractual issues, corporate governance and compliance. His principal areas of practice are commercial law, local and cross-border M&A, distribution, franchising, agency and energy law.

Having practiced law in Oman, Paris and Beirut, Edouard has held positions in both in-house and private practice. Throughout his experience in multiple jurisdictions, he has acquired a thorough and solid experience in representing major banks, law firms, energy companies, and other business organisations across the world on a wide range of matters.

Edouard holds an LLB from Saint Joseph University of Beirut as well as a Masters in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of Lyon III in France.

Samantha Jayne Roberts

18/06/201913/04/2021
by Madelein Du Plessis

Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University Dubai

Samantha is the Campus Programme Coordinator for undergraduate Law and Politics programmes at Middlesex University Dubai. She holds an LLB and MA from King’s College London (UK), a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from BPP University (UK) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education from Westminster University (UK). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

Samantha’s learning and teaching interests include Medical Law & Ethics, Employment Law, Land Law, Clinical Pedagogy & Problem Based Learning, Mooting and Professional Skills. Her research interests include Regulation of Reproductive Technologies, Reproductive Justice and Post-Colonial Feminism, Law & Ethics at the End of Life, Medical Law & Ethics, and Legal and Clinical Pedagogy.

Lisa Riddler

18/06/201913/04/2021
by Madelein Du Plessis

Lecturer, Middlesex University Dubai

Lisa studied LLB Law at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) before undertaking the Legal Practice Course at The College of Law, Chester (UK). She is currently undertaking her MA Education and Linguistics at The Open University (UK). Lisa practiced in the UK as a Solicitor where she specialised in Family and Childcare Law. Lisa’s learning and teaching interests include the English Legal System, Equity and Trusts, Family and Children Law, Criminal Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Academic Writing and Legal Drafting.

Dr Dema Nasser Alwugyan

18/06/2019
by Madelein Du Plessis

Dr Dema Nasser Alwugyan is an International Law professor in Kuwait University Law School. She is also a legal advisor of the Minister of Oil in Kuwait. Dr Alwugyan holds a Ph.D Degree from Kuwait Penn State Law University in the US. Previously to this, she completed a bachelor and Master degree at Kuwait University. She has been selected as a judge at Jessup international law moot court in Washington DC in 2015 and 2016 and is a legal international arbitrator in Kuwait Chamber of Commerce.