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John Benjamin

06/06/2018
by Benjamin Filaferro

John is a Partner in DWF London office specialising in technology and privacy law. He has a broad ranging practice covering both the transactional and litigation fields. He is also highly experienced in negotiating complex commercial agreements and intellectual property related issues.

He has played a key role in some of the technology industry’s largest and most complex transactions and advised a client base of leading global financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, as well as social media, consumer electronics and FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 organisations.

John has a particular expertise in data protection and freedom of information matters. In addition to his transactional experience, he has led on a wide range of contentious matters within these fields, he has a particular interest in advising companies where data is part of their core assets. He also has an interest in mass claims following data breaches and advising companies on complex cross border issues governing the exporting of personal data in connection with regulatory investigations.

John has represented clients on privacy matters in front of the Information Tribunal and the High Court. He has also managed cross-border litigation for clients in a number of jurisdictions around the world. He is noted for his expertise in privacy-related litigation and advising on the transfer of data in the context of cross-border litigation.

(NEN) Al Wagayan, Al Awadhi, Al Saif

29/04/2018
by Benjamin Filaferro

Legal Perfection Group

29/04/2018
by Benjamin Filaferro

Al Saif & Al-Abduljader Law Firm

29/04/2018
by Benjamin Filaferro

Abeer Al Husseini

11/04/201826/02/2020
by Benjamin Filaferro

Director at Fragomen, Dubai

Abeer is a Director at Fragomen’s Dubai office, where she has been a member of the team for eight years. Abeer has extensive expertise is in various UAE jurisdictions to assist UAE-based companies with their immigration and compliance needs, as well as other countries across the Middle East and North Africa region.

Abeer assists clients from a variety of industries, including construction, information technology, media, oil and gas, and finance. She helps companies redesign their existing immigration models to ensure maximum efficiency as well as implement process improvements.

In addition, Abeer has managed the immigration-related aspects of several high and medium volume projects involving mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and other types of corporate restructuring activities.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Abeer worked in government and diplomatic services.
Abeer speaks Arabic and English.

Shaaban Metwally

01/04/201801/04/2018
by Benjamin Filaferro

Shaaban is a Partner in BSA’s Litigation practice, based in the DIFC office in Dubai. Practicing since 1991, he specialises in various types of litigation and dispute resolution including insurance and reinsurance, debt recovery, maritime, commercial, real estate and other dispute.

Shaaban predominately acts on behalf of international clients including insurance and reinsurance companies, multinational, real estate companies and oil and gas companies.
In addition to representing and advising clients during litigation proceedings, Shaaban has successfully concluded settlements on behalf of clients, provided pre-litigation advice and put forth strategies for clients to follow in order to ensure a positive conclusion to a dispute.

Abdullah Ishnaneh

20/03/201820/03/2018
by Madelein Du Plessis

Abdullah is a Partner in our Litigation practice based in our DIFC office in Dubai. Practicing since 2005, he specialises in various types of litigation and dispute resolution including medical malpractice, employment and debt recovery. He predominately acts on behalf of international clients including insurance and reinsurance companies, hospitals and medical centres and oil and gas companies.

In addition to representing and advising clients during litigation proceedings, Abdullah has successfully concluded settlements on behalf of clients, provided pre-litigation advice and put forth strategies for clients to follow in order to ensure a positive conclusion to a dispute.

Asim Ahmed

20/03/201826/02/2020
by Madelein Du Plessis

Partner, Head of the Litigation Department at BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP, Dubai.

Asim has vast experience and extensive knowledge of both the UAE and Sudanese Court systems and their applicable laws. Asim provides succinct, pragmatic and commercial legal advice to his clients and delivers clear-cut solutions to their problems. His expertise spans civil, criminal, maritime, insurance, commercial, employment and telecommunications matters and Asim has a particular interest in real estate.

Asim’s valid and incisive arguments raised before the UAE Courts have been instrumental in the implementation of legal principles and doctrines, most of which were ultimately elevated to court precedents binding on lower Courts and generating practicable convention within the domestic litigation community.

Asim regularly handles arbitrations and acted for a number of clients in the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) in addition to other forums of alternative dispute resolution.

Asim has been practicing for almost 25 years. Asim commenced his career back when he obtained his license from the Sudan Bar Association in 1992 and enjoys rights of audience before the superior and lower Courts in Sudan. In addition to this, Asim is licensed by the Chief of Justice in Sudan to act as a Commissioner for Oaths, drafting contracts and agreements, authenticating and attesting the execution of documents and signatures and administering oaths.

In the year 2000, Asim moved to the GCC region in order to diversify his litigation experience before the GCC Courts, exposing him to the rare versatility that comes with representing multinational and local clients through a well-honed bilingual Arabic-English fluency.

Dr. Ahmad Bin Hezeem

20/03/201820/03/2018
by Madelein Du Plessis

Dr. Ahmad is the Senior Partner based in our DIFC office in Dubai. He has over 24 years’ experience working in legal and judicial governmental institutions in Dubai. His litigation experience is expansive covering civil law, criminal law, family and private clients, and breach of contracts.

For nine years, he served at Dubai Police in various locations of law enforcement including the stations and headquarters, as well as teaching at the Dubai Police Academy. In 2005, he moved away from teaching and served at the Executive Office of HH Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum as the Deputy Director General of the Ruler Court of Dubai Government.

Dr Ahmad is well versed with the legal system in the UAE having worked as the Director General of the Dubai Courts where he engaged in the daily operations of the courts and judicial institutions at the local and the Federal level for over eight years.

Dr. Ahmad is a former member of strategic governmental bodies such as the Executive Council of Dubai, The Judicial Council of Dubai, The Federal Judicial Council, and the Dubai Judicial Institution’s Board.

Diana Hamadé

17/11/2017
by Benjamin Filaferro

Attorney at Law and Founder – International Advocate Legal Services (IALS)

Diana Hamadé is the founder of the IALS, a private client & dispute resolution law firm in the UAE. Ms. Hamadé has an LL.M. degree in Commercial Law from Aberdeen University following her LLB from the UAE University in Sharia & Law. Diana is the only lawyer registered as a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) in the Middle East.
She is a lawyer with rights of audience before all UAE Courts including DIFC Courts. Diana is actively engaged in Family law matters and her firm is sought by international lawyers for advice in family law matters in the UAE on a regular basis for the purpose of presenting Expert Opinions to legal forums in foreign jurisdictions.
As a Sharia expert, Diana’s expertise is sought by many law firms providing courts and religious councils with advice on Sharia related matters in family law. Diana is hosted as a legal expert/speaker at many conferences locally and internationally and appears
regularly on MBC on their breakfast show.
She also contributes regularly to several publications on legal issues and matters in the UAE. She is the author of the UAE chapter in “The Family Law book”, Jurisdictional comparisons – published by Thomson Reuters and has her own regular column ‘’Legally stylish ‘’ in Villa 88 magazine.
Diana was recognised by The Brief as the Most Influential Female Lawyer in the UAE and as the Best Legal Writer by the National.