Al Tamimi & Company

Dispute Resolution

Partner, Regional Head of Dispute Resolution

Hassan Arab is a leading expert in all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, ADR, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. He has spent his career building one of the strongest dispute resolution team in the Middle East which Legal 500 has recognised as “having a great reputation for local court work with a number of really good practitioners”. He continues to be known as a key name in Legal 500 (2024).

Chambers Global has commended Hassan Arab as a “real winner who gives excellent advice and solutions”. He has been recognised as an Eminent Practitioner in the UAE Dispute Resolution category for Chambers Global and has been ranked for the last 17 years. He is also ranked in Who’sWho Legal for a number of years, which include his latest rankings in 2024 as a recommended lawyer in three different practices: Arbitration, Commercial Litigation and Asset Recovery.

Hassan Arab has been recently appointed as a Court of Arbitration member in the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD). He is frequently appointed as an arbitrator under the major arbitral institutions and is regularly invited to speak and publish on the many aspects of litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution in the Middle East.

Arabic and English

1998 – UAE Ministry of Justice (Active Lawyer)

Dr. Arab has a right of audience to appear before all levels of Federal and Local Courts in the UAE

2017 – Ph.D. in Law, University of Essex

2009 – Practice Diploma in International Commercial Law, The College of Law

2007 – Practice Diploma in International Arbitration Law, The College of Law

2004 – Master Degree of International Business (MIB), University of Wollongong

1996 – Bachelor of Law (LLB), Beirut University in Alexandria, Egypt