Habib Al Mulla & Partners

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Alia Al Mulla is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group at Habib Al Mulla & Partners, based in Dubai. She focuses on civil and commercial litigation matters and appears before courts throughout the UAE. As a licensed UAE lawyer, Alia has full rights of audience before local and federal courts and represents individuals and multinational corporations in complex commercial disputes across various industry sectors, including real estate, construction, and insurance.

Managing Partner

Eman Asad has been a registered lawyer since 2002, bringing over 22 years of legal experience. She has served at Habib Al Mulla & Partners for 17 years and was appointed Head of Real Estate in 2022. Eman currently oversees a portfolio of real estate and development disputes exceeding AED 1 billion in value. Her practice is distinguished by deep experience across property development, ownership structuring, and complex dispute resolution.

Head of Banking and Finance

Mohamed El Baghdady

Mohamed El Baghdady is a Partner and Head of Tax and Financial Crimes at Habib Al Mulla & Partners, with nearly 15 years of experience in dispute resolution, tax controversy, and regulatory strategy. He advises multinational corporations, regional groups, and high-net-worth individuals on tax implementation, structuring, VAT, excise, and disputes / enforcement matters. Mohamed is a former public prosecutor specialized in financial crimes and taxation. He is known for his strategic oversight of complex tax disputes, guiding clients through audits, administrative appeals, and litigation, and leading the preparation of high-stakes legal strategies and defence before UAE courts and tax dispute resolution bodies.

Mohamed El Khatib

Principal Partner - Head of Disputes

Dr. Habib Al Mulla

Dr. Karen Seif is a Consultant in the Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration practice of Habib Al Mulla & Partners. She advises on disputes and contentious matters in the construction, corporate, energy and public defense sectors, under the rules of major international and regional arbitration centres including DIAC, ADCCAC, LCIA, AAA-ICDR and ICC. Dr. Seif is faculty at the Sorbonne University (Abu Dhabi), and is a peer-review published author on UAE arbitration. She has also held faculty positions at New York University (Abu Dhabi), and was a judicial fellow in the United States Federal Courts (Northern District of California).