United Arab Emirates > Intellectual property
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Intellectual property
Leading individuals
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- Rob Deans Clyde & Co LLP
- Omar Obeidat Al Tamimi & Company
Al Tamimi & Company has ‘developed a strong practice through mixing local talent with globally experienced partners’, and the firm has resources across the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. Omar Obeidat has ‘very good knowledge of IP rights throughout the GCC’. The 24-lawyer practice expanded through recruitment, including the hires of senior associates David Yates from Allens Arthur Robinson and Stephen Jiew, formerly regional IP counsel with Cadbury Schweppes Asia Pacific. Yates has an ‘incredible ability to quickly absorb complex issues, and propose agile and constructive solutions’. The team advised Toyota on a fast-track infringement action, while new clients include Wal-Mart and Facebook.
Clyde & Co LLP provides ‘an international approach with local expertise’, and has ‘the ability to provide expertise in many Middle Eastern markets, including IP in some of the less “Westernised” states’. The team has six native Arabic speakers and earns much of its work from local clients, such as Du and Dubai Holding Group. The ‘practical, capable and reliable’ Rob Deans heads the group, which added depth by recruiting Joycia Young from DLA Piper Middle East LLP, where she headed IP for the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.
DLA Piper Middle East LLP advised Averda International on the development and implementation of a global brand protection strategy, and serves as global IP counsel for The Brand Cellar. The group is able to call upon the firm’s extensive resources throughout the GCC and, while overseas clients remain its core source of instruction, it is recording significant growth among regional clients. Matthew Glynn, who splits his time between Dubai and Hong Kong, heads the IP and technology practice in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Joycia Young left to join Clyde & Co LLP.
Khasawneh & Associates Legal Consultants provides ‘fantastic support’, and has ‘great understanding of what clients need’. The firm acts for global giants, and was also appointed to a UAE Ministry of Economy task force to advise on the launch of a copyright management centre. Nasser Ali Khasawneh and Nayiri Boghossian are recommended.
Rouse has a strong presence in the UAE, where managing partner Sara Holder is highly recommended. The practice is best known for enforcement and investigation. Trade mark attorney Jon Parker is outstanding.
TheRightsLawyers’ ‘advice is clear, and clients can be confident in relying on it’. The firm has a strong presence in the media sector, acting for clients such as Sky News and EMI, and is active in the sports sector for clients such as Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union. Mark Hill is recommended for his ‘no-nonsense approach’.