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- Service: Global Arbitration
- Area: Construction & Engineering
- Focus: Energy & Industrial Projects
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Reconsideration application before the Federal Tax Authority for a UAE national oil company challenging VAT assessments on storage tank rentals, arguing for ‘out-of-scope’ classification as real estate supplies within a Designated Zone.
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Expert Testimony & Foreign LawMajor LitigationUnited Kingdom Court Proceedings
Providing expert evidence on UAE Shariah and civil law to the UK High Court, demonstrating that intra-family asset transfers constituted legitimate inheritance arrangements (‘Heba’) rather than fraudulent dissipation to defeat creditors’ enforcement actions.
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.
Aviation & TransportCommercial & Sectoral ArbitrationGlobal Arbitration
Representing a construction firm in proceedings before the UAE Federal Courts, seeking the cancellation of a vessel seizure order based on a favorable Federal Supreme Court judgment remanding the underlying debt dispute for retrial.
Digital & Cryptocurrency LitigationMajor LitigationWhite Collar, Fraud & Investigation
Representing a European cryptocurrency trader in a multimillion-dollar HKIAC arbitration against a global digital asset exchange, claiming damages for platform outages and challenging the enforceability of exemption clauses under Hong Kong consumer protection laws.
Fiscal Policy & Tax ControversyIndirect & Direct Tax DisputesSensitive Geopolicy
Legal counsel for a UAE educational entity in a tax dispute regarding the definition of ‘Tax Benefit’, challenging penalties imposed on retroactively invoiced VAT where no financial advantage was gained from government contracts.
Commercial & Sectoral ArbitrationGlobal ArbitrationInsurance & Reinsurance
Representation of a UAE trading company in Cassation Court proceedings, challenging the nullification of a marine insurance policy for a cargo of gas oil destined for Yemen, involving complex issues of disclosure, good faith, and the binding nature of expert reports.
Banking & Financial InstrumentsComplex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor Litigation
Advising a Middle Eastern corporate group on the interpretation of a commercial credit facility, challenging the lower court’s reliance on expert financial findings to the exclusion of critical legal defenses regarding ‘limited recourse’ repayment terms under UAE Federal Law.
Construction & EngineeringGlobal ArbitrationInfrastructure & Transport
Counseling a UAE subcontractor on the strategic referral of disputes to a dedicated Subcontract DAB, navigating complex multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses to secure independent adjudication of claims against a main contractor.
Expert Testimony & Foreign LawMajor LitigationUnited Kingdom Court Proceedings
Providing expert UAE law evidence to the UK High Court in a high-value fraud case, advising on criminal and civil liabilities for disclosing protected secrets under UAE Penal Code and Companies Law in response to worldwide freezing orders.
Banking & Financial InstrumentsComplex Commercial & Corporate DisputesMajor Litigation