Meysan Partners

Dispute Resolution

Senior Counsel

Tarek Diab is a senior counsel at Meysan and has significant experience in litigation matters. He has extensive experience in representing plaintiffs in complex class action litigation in the areas of complex contracts, employment, commercial and financial litigation and provides Legal advice and counseling in a broad range of industries, including retail, banking insurance, art galleries, and family businesses relating to policy drafting and implementation and internal investigations.

Clients know Tarek for his commercial acumen and sensitive, yet rigorous approach to dispute resolution. He is widely recognized locally and regionally for his diligence, dedication and strategic approach. He has advised on some of the highest-profile disputes in Kuwait in a broad range of fields including real estate, intellectual property, agency agreements, banking, employment, oil and gas, procurement contracts and others. Tarek’s dynamic experience has earned him a reputation as an industry leader in handling complex and high-value disputes in Kuwait.

Key representative matters:

Advising various financial institutions and lessors on significant disputes in the banking sector involving lenders, finance lessors and operating lessors, often arising in the context of troubled companies and including, for example, cross-border enforcement and recovery issues. Representing a global financial institution in litigation against a former private wealth client. Assisting and representing the subsidiary of a major international financial group before Kuwait Courts in cases in which it was sued by clients arguing that it breached its duty of care and information. Representing individuals or companies (including instrument funds) in the context of shareholders litigation. Working on several cases in the context of disputes subsequent to termination of contracts. Represented in a successful defense of a former chief executive of a state-owned enterprise in a case brought by Kuwait’s public prosecutor. The state accused our client of violating Kuwaiti municipal laws in the course of the construction of a megaproject in Kuwait. The alleged violations amounted to KWD 30 million in fines. However, thanks to our representation, the Court of First Instance acquitted the client in December 2021 and denied the civil claim.

Arabic, English

Egyptian Lawyers Association, 2009

BA Law, Ain Shams University, 2009