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OGH Legal Offices
12TH FLOOR, PRIME TOWER, BURJ KHALIFA BOULEVARD
DUBAI
United Arab Emirates
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OGH Legal > The Legal 500 Rankings
Dispute resolution: local litigation Tier 2
Mohamed ElGhatit and Sherif Hikal are key names at OGH Legal, which is involved in cross-border disputes spanning asset recovery, banking litigation, debt recovery, intellectual property and construction litigation. Omar Al Omar and Mohamed Al Sabah are key UAE advocates in the team.
Practice head(s):
Sherif Hikal; Mohamed ElGhatit
Other key lawyers:
Omar Al Omar; Mohamed Al Sabah
Testimonials
‘Mohamed ElGhatit is highly engaged and offers excellent strategic insight. We find his input to be invaluable.’
‘We highly value OGH Legal’s services as they provide high quality work at a competitive price point. We consider that they provide one of the best value-for-money services in the market. ’
Key clients
ALEMCO
Shapoorji Pallonji
McLaren
Dubai Holding
HSBC
ACC (Arabian Construction Company)
DBB
BK Gulf
Future Metro
Arista Shipping
MAF (Majid Al Futtaim)
WSP Contracting
NBB Holding
Petrofac
Oracle
ETA Group
Pearson
Tosh Trading
NBB (Nasser Bin Butti Group)
CMOC
Repton Schools
SKAT
Port Link Matter
Platinum Services
Evolvence Capital Limited
DEPA
Deloitte
Libyan Sovereign Wealth Funds – Libya Africa Investment Portfolio and Libyan Investment Authority
OGH Legal > Firm Profile
OGH Legal is a UAE-based boutique dispute resolution firm, delivering UAE law expertise with international service standards. Founded by expert UAE litigation practitioners, it provides legal services across a diverse range of sectors, with a focus on high quality client service.
Lawyers at OGH Legal are local court practitioners who provide unique local expertise alongside a true understanding of working with regional and international corporates, as well as international law firms.
The firm’s experience spans a number of sectors, with special expertise in construction, real estate, hospitality, commercial and banking. Lawyers have considerable experience in TMT, distributor/agent and principle relations as well as aviation, shipping and oil and gas. Further, the firm has an investigation (and white collar) practice and is growing its sports and IP disputes practices.
OGH Legal prides itself on providing clients with a personal service, never compromising on quality. With a wealth of expertise and proven commercial awareness, OGH Legal is able to offer innovative solutions to complex business issues, tailor made for the local legal and procedural regime.
Working with international firms: The firm works and has excellent relationships with many of the global firms based in the UAE, as well as firms who do not have a regional or local presence. It acts both as local counsel on UAE Court litigations as well as local law co-counsel in arbitration.
This year, OGH Legal was involved in more than a dozen high value cases in local courts led by international law firms. Three of these are amongst in excess of AED1bn. Our work showcases how we work efficiently alongside international firms as local counsel and also ‘behind the scenes’ as local law experts.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Founder & Managing Partner | Mohamed ElGhatit | mohamed.elghatit@oghlegal.com | +971 4 380 8838 |
| Founder & Managing Partner | Sherif Hikal | sherif.hikal@oghlegal.com | +971 4 380 8838 |
Lawyer Profiles
| Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Mohamed ElGhatit | Founder and Managing Partner | View Profile |
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Sherif Hikal | Founder and Managing Partner | View Profile |