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Alsuwaidi & Company Offices

Alsuwaidi & Company
252 EMARAT ATRIUM BUILDING
SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD, PO BOX 7273
DUBAI
United Arab Emirates
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Alsuwaidi & Company > The Legal 500 Rankings

United Arab Emirates > Dispute resolution: local litigation Tier 3

Alsuwaidi & Company is well placed to handle a range of disputes, with notable strength in insurance, construction and Islamic banking cases. The group is led by Mohammed Alsuwaidi, who also sits as an arbitrator; Ali Alraeesi, who has close contacts with government entities and public bodies and is notable for tech and IP disputes; Reda Hegazy, who handles civil, criminal and labour cases with impressive acumen pertaining to Sharia’ Law; and Mohammed Lemine, who is an insurance disputes specialist. Nidal Alsayed leverages extensive banking and financing expertise to act on disputes in this space. Associates Afraa Alhashmi and Ibrahim Jarjoura also noted.

Practice head(s):

Mohammed Alsuwaidi; Ali Alraeesi; Reda Hegazy; Mohamed Lemine

Other key lawyers:

Nidal Alsayed; Afraa Alhashmi; Ibrahim Jarjoura

Key clients

Lutzker & Lutzker LLP

RSA Insurance

Frost Brown Todd LLC

Union Insurance 

Work highlights

  • Represented RSA in  matter worth AED2,200,000, resulting in various enforcement orders issued to several entities by the Execution Court.
  • Representing a client, one of the public service infrastructure companies in Dubai, in a matter relating to the subcontractor’s request from the court to issue a petition order to prevent the client from liquidating the performance bonds for an amount of c. AED280,000,000 million.

Alsuwaidi & Company > Firm Profile

The firm: Alsuwaidi & Company is a full-service modern law firm, with a commercial approach. Since the firm started in 1997, it has recruited high-calibre and experienced lawyers from international backgrounds. The team works closely together in a collegiate environment and continues to win praise from clients for impressive results. It punches above its weight, particularly in litigation and arbitration.

Its clients benefit from advice given by experienced and accessible lawyers. It acts for individuals, including high-net-worth, local and international companies of different sizes, from start-ups and small independent entities, to SMEs and corporate multinationals.

The firm thrives on delivering the best possible results. It adapts to the constantly changing commercial and legal landscape but remains focused on its core principles: (1) sharp focus on commercially driven solutions, (2) delivering pragmatic advice in a cost-effective model, (3) providing services on time and within budget, and (4) keeping clients informed every step of the way.

Areas of practice:
Litigation: the team has the expertise to manage large-scale and complex litigation cases, incorporating multi-jurisdictional issues. It frequently represents national and international clients on both the claimant and defendant sides in all courts across the UAE.

Arbitration: the firm’s arbitration practice encompasses a range of matters including general commercial, construction, energy, and oil and gas disputes. The team has vast experience in dealing with matters such as enforcing foreign arbitral awards.

Banking and finance: the team acts for leading regional and international financial institutions including banks, corporate borrowers and issuers in a variety of transactions including corporate lending, project finance securitisation, Islamic finance, compliance with central bank instructions and debt restructuring.

Employment: the highly regarded employment team represents employers and individuals in a variety of straightforward and complex cases on matters including: contracts, employee incentives, workplace disputes, wrongful and unfair termination, protection of client information, discrimination, employee data protection, and regulatory issues.

Maritime: the firm’s experts advise ship owners, charterers, shipyards, P&I clubs, port and terminal operators, underwriters and traders on all aspects of both contentious and non-contentious shipping-related work including dry maritime and admiralty.

Intellectual property: the firm offers a full range of IP services including registration, renewal, amendments, licensing, patent protection, trade marks, copyright, portfolio management, litigation and enforcement of rights.

Construction: the construction team is at the forefront of the market in development, civil engineering, environmental, regeneration and infrastructure litigation.

Real estate: the team frequently represents clients in the Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA), as well as arbitration tribunals and courts. It possesses both the flexibility and commitment needed to work closely with clients, consultants, contractors and other professional advisors.

Insurance: the firm offers advice from a commercial and legal perspective on specific aspects of the industry including interpretation and drafting of commercial policies. It acts for leading insurance companies, reinsurers, underwriters and brokers.

Corporate and commercial: the dedicated team gives expert advice and guidance on company set up, structuring and restructuring of start-ups and existing businesses, drafting contracts and commercial agreements including shareholder agreements, MOUs, articles of association, agency, distribution, franchise and licensing agreements.

Corporate fraud/financial crime/white-collar crime: the firm regularly advises organisations and individuals on issues including criminal investigation, corporate fraud, embezzlement, anti-money laundering as well as asset stripping. It also represents clients in connection with the police, public prosecution and courts.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Arbitration Mohammed Alsuwaidi
Construction Reda Hegazy
Insurance Mohamed Lemine
Intellectual property Fuad Attyeh
Dispute Resolution-Litigation Mohammed Alsuwaidi
Employment Reda Hegazy
Corporate & Commercial Suneer Kumar
Litigation – Criminal Ali Alraeesi
Litigation – civil Bathsheba Aguhob
Litigation – Criminal Amal Alameri
Oil & Gas Mohammed Alsuwaidi
Real Estate Reda Hegazy
Real Estate Ghassan Hidar
Restructuring & Insolvency Suneer Kumar
Restructuring & Insolvency Vida Grace Serrano
Corporate & Commercial Vida Grace Serrano
Corporate Fraud/Financial Crime/White-Collar Crime Ali Alraeesi
Corporate Fraud/Financial Crime/White-Collar Crime Amal Alameri
Intellectual Property & Corporate Rajiv Suri
Banking & Islamic Finance Nidal Alsayed

Staff Figures

Number of lawyers : 28
at this office : 13

Languages

Arabic
English
French
Hindi
Urdu
Malayalam
Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
Filipino/Tagalog

Memberships

Multilaw
Chambers and Partners
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts
INTA - International Trademark Association
Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
ABA (American Bar Association)
American Business Council
Swiss Business Council

Other

Other offices : Abu Dhabi
Other offices : Ajman

Diversity/Community


At Alsuwaidi & Company, we believe that diversity and inclusion are substantial to the success and strength of our Firm and the quality of our work to meet our clients’ requirements and needs. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone respects, supports and learns from our collective skills, talents and differences.

We are working to support diversity and inclusion in order to have a workplace that reflects the environment in which we provide to our clients. Our vision about success not just in how we run our law firm but how we provide the best standards of service for our clients and we succeeded to make this by recognizing that a diverse team makes the our law firm stronger and more effective and by respecting ethnicity, gender, color, gender identity, disability, cultural, religion, age, faith, abilities, social perspective and other differences.  We have a variety of lawyers in our law firm from different cultural and nationalities such as UAE national, American, Indian, British, Syrian, Egyptian, Russian, Philippine and others. Beside Arabic, English, French and Russian, our team can speak many different languages.

At Alsuwaidi, we make sure to maintain an environment respect all lawyers and staff by supporting diversity and we ensure rating of retention and progression of lawyers and staff of diverse background and assuring that lawyers and staff of varying backgrounds are represented in important positions in the firm.

 

Client Testimonials


 

CLIENT: Osama Romeih, Group Legal Counsel
COMPANY/FIRM: Air Arabia
TESTIMONIAL: “I’m very happy with the Alsuwaidi & Company. the Managing Partner, Mr. Mohammed Alsuwaidi is very helpful to our company and he selecting a very proficiently team to handle the litigations.”

“Alsuwaidi & Company is a highly intelligent, reliable and professional team. They handle the negotiations in a wonderfully tactful manner and do an excellent job diffusing a tense situation without giving in, also very dedicated towards their work with absolute attention to the details; they are sure an asset to any company! ”

CLIENT: Amer Jamoukha
COMPANY/FIRM: Amereller Legal Consultants
TESTIMONIAL: ““It has been a pleasure to work in conjunction with the lawyers at Alsuwaidi. Through a complex matter, the lawyers remained extremely cooperative and continued to perform at the standard levels required.

…Their enthusiastic efforts in assisting us with the case resulted in a positive outcome for the client.”
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CLIENT: Milad Meseha
COMPANY/FIRM: Emaratech
TESTIMONIAL: “we at emaratech, use Alsuwaidi for our corporate legal matters, they have been fantastic. They always complete our transactions on time, their cost is competitive with other firms, and they do excellent work.

…Honesty. Integrity. Transparency. Partnership. With Alsuwaidi & Company we got this and more. we are always treated first class.

…Alsuwaidi & Company are confident and professional attorneys. We trusted them to protect our business and they exceeded all our expectations. We would highly recommend Alsuwaidi & Company to represent your best interests.”

CLIENT: John W.R. Paul (General Manager)
COMPANY/FIRM: Exalto Emirates
TESTIMONIAL: “Our company has been working with Alsuwaidi & Company for many years and have always achieved very satisfactory results and found their support and commitment outstanding.”

CLIENT: Mohammed Kamal al Shurafa / Managing Director
COMPANY/FIRM: Mimar
TESTIMONIAL: “ We are extremely happy with the service we have received from Alsuwaidi & Company, they were very professional and cooperative, they never failed or missed a court hearing, they continued to look after our case for more than 7 years without any grumbles. We do really appreciate it and thank every member of the company.”

CLIENT: Mustafa Mohamed. COO
COMPANY/FIRM: Karmic Consultancy DMCC
TESTIMONIAL: “We have been working with Alsuwaidi & Company since the day our company was established in 2014.
Apart from taking off the load of all the legal matters needed by the company, Alsuwaidi & Company, as a matter of fact have helped us in improving our overall proposition and general positioning across the board. Their close and deep engagement in all the aspects of our business and their way in giving attention to simplistic details had given us more confidence in the way we communicate internally and surely with external parties. By time, we could see how their way could up lift our overall standards and further protect our interests, always in best favor of the company.

It is surely worth mentioning that the team works at Alsuwaidi & Company is extremely qualified, capable and equipped to handle all legal matters. And our dedicated advocate in charge of our account, Ms. Stephanie Mouanes, stands to be a highly valuable asset to our company in every possible manner.

Thank you Stephanie for always being there, thank you Alsuwaidi & Company for your backing and support.”

Press Releases

Evidential Law-United Arab Emirates

21st November 2022 The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is a federation of seven Emirates i.e., Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain (UAQ), Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) and Fujairah, has promulgated laws which are progressive in content and application. These have, over the years, served ends of justice well. Towards this end, the Federal Government of the UAE has provided for certain codified laws which specifically deal with substantiating evidence in any judicial proceedings.

New Family Business Law: Regulates the benefits, incentives and work of family businesses, governance, management, transfer of shares and dispute resolution in order to enhance their role in the national economy

11th November 2022 On 10 October 2022, Decree-Law No. (37) on Family Businesses was issued and published in the Official Gazette and it will come into force three months after the date of publication, i.e. from 10/01/2023. The law has identified  the family companies as any company established in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law and most of its shares are owned by persons belonging to the same family and are registered in the specific register prepared for this as a family business, as per this law, the Council of Ministers shall, upon the recommendation of the Minister of Economy, issue a  decision specifying what is meant by one family.

UAE – Regime to encourage innovation through new Patent law

27th October 2022 One of the important aspects of intellectual property law is regulating the regime of prosecution and protection of Patents, and Industrial Designs. This encourages innovation thus leading to advancement in technology.

Dubai – Virtual Assets are accorded statutory recognition

5th October 2022 The Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is rapidly developing into as being one of the global centers for setting up of operations and dealing in virtual assets and cryptocurrencies. There are new startups in this digital space which encourage innovation in technology and digital assets. With such interests developing comes the challenge of formulating and promulgating regulations so that any scams, frauds, and/or illegitimate businesses can be marginalized. The Government of Dubai, UAE has taken this challenge head-on and has come up with new law i.e., Law No. 4 of 2022 which primarily provides for regulation/s dealing in virtual assets. The said law was issued on February 28, 2022, by the Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, H.H. Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The effect of recent English Supreme Court judgments on GCC-based arbitration

23rd June 2021 Over the past six months there have been two important judgments in the Supreme Court of England and Wales which are likely to influence GCC-based arbitrations where they are based on common law procedures and rules. They may also impact arbitrations seated in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC), the Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) and the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) which are pockets of common law jurisdiction within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar Civil Law Structures.