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Firm Profile > OGH Legal > Dubai, United Arab Emirates

OGH Legal Offices

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OGH Legal
12TH FLOOR, PRIME TOWER, BURJ KHALIFA BOULEVARD
DUBAI
United Arab Emirates
Email firm 971 4 380 8838
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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 & 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, tailormade 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 lead by international law firms. Three of these are amongst in excess of AED 1 billion. 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 Email Telephone
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
Mr Mohamed Elghatit photo Mr Mohamed Elghatit Founder and Managing Partner View Profile
 Sherif Hikal  photo Sherif Hikal Founder and Managing Partner View Profile

Staff Figures

Partner : 4
Fee-earner : 16

Languages

Arabic
English
French
Dutch

Memberships

International Bar Association

Top Tier Firm Rankings

Firm Rankings

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