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Cassation appeal in an administrative tax dispute challenging the misapplication of burden of proof and the disregard of a court-appointed expert’s finding of 8.5 million AED in damages due to the Tax Authority’s 44-month audit delay.

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Defending UAE-based individuals and corporates against committal applications in English proceedings, arguing that compliance with foreign disclosure orders would violate domestic professional secrecy and state security laws carrying custodial sentences.

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Cassation appeal before the UAE Supreme Court regarding the imposition of retrospective late payment penalties on voluntary disclosures submitted to correct historical VAT returns.

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Representing a UAE holding company in enforcement grievance proceedings before Dubai Courts, challenging the execution of a DIFC-recognized foreign arbitral award based on jurisdictional coordination and the suspension of parallel offshore execution measures.

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Dispute over the sale of a barge vessel between East Asian and South Asian parties involving maritime law.

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Litigation for a UAE holding company contesting VAT assessments on offshore supplies and employee-related expenses, arguing for the non-applicability of VAT on goods transferred outside the state and the recoverability of input tax on intra-group recharges for non-employee staff.

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Expert Testimony & Foreign LawMajor LitigationUnited States Court Proceedings

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