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Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation

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ADG Legal is active in cross-border litigation and arbitration, often handling matters involving civil and criminal law, business-related crimes, and multi-jurisdictional legal systems. Josh Kemp is praised for his ability to ‘masterfully co-ordinate a team of international counsel, experts and clients based all over the globe to produce cohesive and high quality work for his clients’. Mohammed Al Dahbashi has recently been active in shareholder disputes and fraud allegations.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘This is an excellent and growing practice. They are good because they practice in both Emirati and English contexts, are very good at working with other law firms, and are very courageous in terms of the cases they take on. The firm has excellent standards.'

  • ‘The stand out individual is Josh Kemp. He has an excellent and analytical mind, but has the ability to think out the box as well. Big praise also for Mohammed Al Dahbashi.'

  • ‘It combines having the international expertise with local knowledge.'

  • ‘ADG has lawyers with wide-ranging experience and expertise. The firm has a client centric approach and provides efficient legal solutions.'

  • ‘Josh Kemp and his team members at ADG are highly competent and experienced professionals in the field of domestic as well as cross border dispute resolution. They dedicatedly work towards providing swift resolutions for their clients’ legal issues. Josh has a keen eye for detail. He makes every effort to ensure that the work products and solutions offered by him and his team are in line with the client’s expectations. He is ever willing to discuss each and every detail to the satisfaction of the client. ’

  • ‘The team has lawyers from diverse backgrounds with a wide-ranging expertise. Of particular note is the team's depth of expertise in onshore UAE law and the interaction with offshore proceedings.’

  • ‘The team is well structured and resourced and its unique to find multi-jurisdictional capability in one office. The team can adeptly deal with international and high-value cases in both domestic and international tribunals.’

  • ‘Josh Kemp has a very analytical and thorough approach with a deep understanding and focus on the issues which can be rare for a busy partner in an international dispute resolution team. Can masterfully co-ordinate a team of international counsel, experts and clients based all over the globe to produce cohesive and high quality work for his clients.'

Key clients

  • Prasanth Manghat
  • Lionworks Investment Ltd
  • Leander Consultants CB Limited
  • Sharaf DG
  • The Joint Liquidators of Phoenix Commodities Pvt Ltd and the Sole Liquidator of Phoenix Global DMCC

Work highlights

Acted as head counsel for Mr Prasanth Manghat, the former CEO of NMC Health Plc, in worldwide litigation arising from NMC's collapse in early 2020.
Acting for the Joint Liquidators of Phoenix Commodities and the Sole Liquidator of Phoenix Global DMCC against PwC Dubai in a claim in the UAE Courts  for audit negligence in connection with statutory audit of the group companies leading up to the collapse of the Phoenix Group in early 2020.
Acting for Lionworks Investments Ltd, a joint venture partner of an Africa-focused investment fund in litigation against General Electric (US) and others concerning a contract with the Ugandan Government for the development of a US$5 billion oil refinery in Uganda.

Practice head

Josh Kemp; Mohammed Al Dabashi