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Hotel investment dispute between an Italian HNW investor and a hotel developer regarding ROI guarantees.

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Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor LitigationShareholder & Joint Venture Litigation

Representation of a Cyprus claimant in an application for pre-claim interim remedies before the ADGM Courts to compel the disclosure of valuation materials and facilitate voting rights for a Russian asset disposal by a company listed in Kazakhstan.

Expert Testimony & Foreign LawMajor LitigationUnited Kingdom Court Proceedings

Providing expert UAE law evidence before the Central London County Court in multi-jurisdictional tenancy litigation, challenging the finality of DIFC judgments due to pending parallel proceedings in Sharjah Federal Courts and constitutional conflict issues.

Commercial & Sectoral ArbitrationGlobal ArbitrationInsurance & Reinsurance

Insurance dispute between a HNW individual and a global insurer for Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance coverage.

Commercial DevelopmentConstruction & EngineeringGlobal Arbitration

Counsel to an international investment entity in defending against an urgent application for proof of status, arguing procedural compliance and navigating the intersection of summary jurisdiction and substantive rights in a complex construction dispute involving project handovers.

Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy

Defense counsel in tax enforcement proceedings for a UAE entity challenging multi-jurisdictional asset freezing orders against bank accounts, securities, real estate, and trade licenses pending the formalization of a settlement.

Complex Commercial & Corporate DisputesInsolvency & Asset RecoveryMajor Litigation

Advising a UAE-based oilfield services company on the feasibility and strategic implications of filing a late proof of claim in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of a US energy services partner in the Southern District of Texas.

Expert Testimony & Foreign LawMajor LitigationUnited Kingdom Court Proceedings

Acting as a UAE law expert in a high-value property dispute before English courts, analyzing the conclusiveness of DIFC Court of Appeal judgments in light of conflicting onshore federal court rulings and Joint Judicial Committee precedents.

Expert Testimony & Foreign LawMajor LitigationUnited States Court Proceedings

Provided co-authored foreign legal affirmations and affidavits in Dr. Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty et al v. Bank of Baroda et al. before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, addressing analogous causes of action under UAE, DIFC, and ADGM law including civil conspiracy, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty, and analyzing conflicts of law and res judicata standards.

Banking & Financial InstrumentsComplex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor Litigation

Acting as UAE counsel to a Dubai Airport Freezone pharmaceutical trading company in providing a capacity and enforceability legal opinion for Non-Deliverable Forward transactions with a Japanese bank’s DIFC branch, governed by English law under an ISDA Master Agreement.

Banking & Financial InstrumentsComplex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor Litigation

Representing a diversified investment holding company in an application to set aside a DIFC Court order recognizing an international arbitral award, citing abuse of process and coordinating parallel onshore litigation regarding guarantee validity.