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Mahmoud Fadlallah

Mahmoud (Mac) Baki Fadlallah is the partner in charge of Akin’s Dubai office. He focuses his practice on the application of U.S. law to non-U.S. entities and operations, particularly with respect to global investigations and compliance with international sanctions, export controls and anticorruption laws. Mr. Fadlallah has been based in the United Arab Emirates since 2012, where he counsels clients across a variety of sectors, including aerospace and defense, satellite, logistics and freight forwarding, communications and technology, financial/banking, energy, automotive, health care, industrial and chemical. To learn more about Mr. Fadlallah, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/mahmoud-b-fadlallah.html

Robert Griffin

Mr. Griffin advises investment fund managers in the United States and internationally on structuring investment fund complexes, conducting private placements and complying with various regulatory regimes. His clients can be found in private equity and other global funds, and he also advises sovereign wealth and other government-backed investors on their global investments. With a deep understanding of the international funds business and regulatory landscape, Mr. Griffin helps clients develop practical solutions to complex challenges. He has assisted with regulatory and legal compliance issues raised in multiple jurisdictions—including Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Abu Dhabi—and in harmonizing compliance policies with respect to each jurisdiction. In his decade-long tenure of service in the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Griffin honed leadership and project management skills that prove valuable in managing large, complex international transactions. To learn more about Mr. Griffin, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-m-griffin.html.

Wael Jabsheh

Wael Jabsheh serves as co-partner in charge of the Abu Dhabi office and concentrates on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity as well as general corporate and commercial matters. He also advises on complex matters relating to technology, communications, cybersecurity and intellectual property. Mr. Jabsheh is fluent in Arabic, has been based in the United Arab Emirates since 2005 and has extensive experience advising on corporate and TMT transactions in the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian subcontinent. He advises a variety of sovereign and private clients, including Middle East-based and international companies and financial institutions in multibillion- and multimillion- dollar deals. To learn more about Mr. Jabsheh, please visit his full profile: http://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/wael-jabsheh.html

Shane Jury

Shane advises clients on complex, high-value commercial disputes and investigations, with a particular focus on arbitration, litigation and enforcement in the Middle East. He co-heads Akin’s disputes offering in the Middle East, together with Graham Lovett. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). Shane has over 13 years’ experience acting on some of the region’s most significant shareholder, joint venture, post-M&A, banking, funds and fraud-related disputes and sensitive investigations. He has extensive experience across international arbitration under all major institutional rules, as well as litigation in the DIFC, ADGM and regional courts, and regularly sits as an arbitrator in both domestic and international matters. He is also widely recognised for his expertise in global asset tracing, enforcement and judgment and award monetisation, advising on multi-jurisdictional enforcement strategies worldwide. Shane is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a former member DIFC Courts’ Rules Committee.

Rizwan Kanji

Rizwan Kanji’s practice focuses on debt capital markets, finance and securitizations using both conventional and Islamic finance structures. He advises investment banks, financial institutions, multilateral development banks, sovereign states, insurance companies and multinational regional corporations on high-profile transactions across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. To learn more about Riwan Kanji, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/rizwan-kanji.html

Natasha Kohne

Natasha is a recognized leader in complex, U.S. and cross-border investigations and litigation involving financial institutions, sovereign entities, investment funds and technology companies. With over two decades of experience, Natasha has become a trusted advisor to boards of directors and sovereign entities. She navigates complex dynamics involving foreign investment, national security, crisis management and corporate governance. Natasha advises global entities at the intersection of national security and foreign investment, particularly in areas that intersect with technological advancements such as AI, cybersecurity and data protection. Natasha is the global co-leader of Akin’s cross-disciplinary technology and artificial intelligence & machine learning groups, as well as the firm’s cybersecurity, privacy & data protection practice, which was ranked in Band 1 by Chambers Global 2023. Natasha’s practice is at the forefront of emerging technologies, advising global companies on complex issues involving artificial intelligence, biometrics, autonomous vehicles, the metaverse, digital assets and cryptocurrency, among others. To learn more about Natasha, please visit her full profile: http://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/natasha-g-kohne.html

Graham Lovett

Graham has extensive, market-leading commercial litigation and international arbitration experience covering a wide range of sectors and a variety of disputes. He handles complex, sensitive disputes involving joint ventures, shareholders, banking and finance, fraud, as well as more technical matters involving infrastructure, project and energy disputes. Graham is a solicitor-advocate (with full advocacy rights in all Courts in England and Wales). He regularly appears as an advocate before the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts, and undertakes his own advocacy in arbitration hearings. He also sits as an arbitrator in both domestic and international arbitrations. To learn more about Graham, please visit his full profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/graham-lovett    

Simon Rootsey

Simon Rootsey works with private equity firms, infrastructure investors and corporates on complex cross-border M&A (both public and private) and private equity transactions across a broad range of sectors and in multiple regions.  He frequently represents clients in the energy (especially downstream and midstream), infrastructure and healthcare / life sciences sectors where he has particularly deep experience.  Mr. Rootsey regularly works with clients on transactions across Africa (where he has worked on deals covering over 30 African jurisdictions), Latin America and transatlantic take private transactions or other transactions where U.S. clients are investing (often for the first time) in Europe. To learn more about Mr. Rootsey, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/simon-rootsey.html