About

Originally from Puerto Rico, Doraliz E. Ortiz de Leon is a bi-lingual, US-qualified lawyer who moved to Dubai in 2009 after gaining first-rate litigation skills at the Puerto Rico’s Department of Justice, the United States District Court for the District Court of Puerto Rico and international law firm Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell from 2003 onwards. In 2010, Ortiz de Leon was hired as group legal adviser to ENOC, a leading integrated global oil and gas player wholly owned by the government of Dubai. She initially joined as a group legal adviser but having consistently performed in the role where she was in charge of litigations, contractual negotiations as well as contributing to the development and implementation of ENOC’s business ethics and compliance program, Ortiz was promoted to head of legal and regulatory compliance in 2016. In recognition of her expertise, experience and valuable insight, Ortiz has spoken at summits in the Middle East on anti-corruption and financial crime practices affecting the industry. She obtained a Juris Doctor in law from Harvard Law School in 2003.