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Hamdan Alshamsi

Hamdan Alshamsi

Work Department

UAE Litigation

Position

Founder & Senior Partner

Career

Hamdan is a UAE national, educated at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and has nearly a decade of successful litigation experience across the United Arab Emirates. He started his career in the Banking & Finance department of a top tier law firm located in the DIFC. Furthermore, whilst being part of the Banking & Finance department he also participated in many cases in other departments out of his interest to learn more. In this time he qualified as a practitioner in the UAE and therefore represents clients in the UAE courts including Dubai.

After setting up Hamdan Alshamsi Lawyers & legal Consultants “HAS”, he decided to set up a full-fledged practice including advisory and transactional work and ever since has overseen more than 500 litigation disputes in the UAE courts, DIFC courts and various different arbitration centers and has advised in more than 130 transactions and advisory matters.

Hamdan has built one of Dubai’s most reputable and respected Emirati law practices.  He is widely regarded as a top litigator in the Dubai Courts with extensive experience in corporate, banking & finance, and insurance law.

Hamdan advises both local and international companies as well as governmental entities in cases involving complex transactional disputes.

Languages

Arabic & English

Memberships

Registered Wills DIFC practitioner Member of Entrepreneur organisationMember of BNI Member of department of Legal Affairs

Education

February 2017 Registered DIFC Wills Practitioner

- Qualified to draft and provide advice in respect of wills in the DIFC and coordinate the resigtration of wills in the DIFC Wills registrar

February 2014 Part 2 DIFC Registered Practitioner- Qualified to represent client before the DIFC Courts.

February 2009 Completed Ministry of Justice law practitioner course And Qualified as an Advocate in the UAE

Qualified to litigate in any UAE courts of first instance Studied law for 6 months in the College for Judicial Studies in UAE covering all areas of law, as part of the course Attended court hearings for 6 months, as part of the course

2004-2007 University of Warwick, UK.

                                    LLB Honours in law

Leisure

Fishing