Dentons

Andrew Coddington

Andrew is a senior associate in the tier 1 ranked Banking and Finance team in Muscat and has more than 20 years' experience in restructuring and finance work. Andrew acts for borrowers and lenders on a broad range of finance matters, including project, trade, acquisition, Islamic and real estate financings as well as capital markets transactions and advisory work. Andrew has broad experience in acting on local and international deals and advising banks, businesses, shareholders and other stakeholders in relation to financing issues involving a variety of sectors from hotel and leisure to oil and gas.  He has advised on a number of landmark infrastructure projects in Oman.

Dali Al Habboub

Dali Al Habboub is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in Dentons' Muscat office. He has over 25 years' experience working on a wide range of dispute resolution and local law matters including advising clients on high-profile cases, spanning both commercial and civil litigation and encompassing all areas of dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. His experience is across a range of different sectors including financial institutions, governments, real estate, defence and construction. Dali spent five years as an in-house lawyer at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Oman's state-owned oil and gas company as well as spending seven years as a part time lecturer at Sudan University for Science and Technology (formerly known as Khartoum Polytechnic), teaching English law, contract law, agency law, insurance law, banking law and company law. Dali ran his own law office before moving to Oman over 25 years ago. Dali has been recognised as one of the top 10 dispute resolution champions in Oman by Business Today. He was also named in Legal 500’s Recommended Arbitration Powerlist 2023 and is ranked Band 1 in Chambers. Dali is bilingual and has the ability to draft and negotiate in Arabic and English.

Fatima Al Sabahi

Fatima Al Sabahi is a senior associate in the Tier One ranked Corporate practice in Dentons' Muscat office. She has 13 years' experience advising Oman-based and international investors on a wide range of legal matters including advising clients on corporate, commercial and employment legal issues. Fatima is dual-qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and licensed to appear before the Omani Primary and Appeal Courts. Her experience is across a range of different sectors including oil & gas, power and water, pharmaceuticals and hospitality. Fatima worked both in private practice with an international law firm and as an in-house lawyer for a government-owned investment company in the Sultanate of Oman. Fatima is bilingual and has the ability to draft and negotiate in Arabic and English.

Fatma Al Amri

Fatma Al Amri is a senior associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Dentons' Muscat office. She has over 9 years' experience working on a wide range of Litigation and Dispute Resolution matters including advising clients on arbitration, commercial disputes and employment. Her experience is across a range of different sectors including construction and insurance. Fatma has been appointed as Secretary to the Tribunal at the new Oman Arbitration Centre and has rights to appear before the Primary and Appeal Courts in Oman. She is bilingual and has the ability to draft and negotiate in Arabic and English.

Jamie Gibson

Jamie Gibson is the Managing Partner of Dentons' Muscat office and heads up our tier 1 ranked Corporate practice in Muscat. He has been practising law in the Middle East since 2008 and has over 20 years' experience working on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters including advising international and local clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate structuring's, company establishments, and general commercial matters such as commercial agencies, statutory compliance and corporate governance. He is an expert on foreign direct investment in Oman and has advised clients in a wide range of sectors, including defence, engineering & construction, FMCG, education, oil & gas, banking, logistics, manufacturing and infrastructure. Jamie is ranked in Chambers and Legal 500.

Michael Kneebone

Michael Kneebone is a senior associate in the Tier 1 ranked Corporate practice in Dentons' Muscat office. He has six years' experience working on a wide range of corporate matters including advising clients on equity sales, asset sales and related regulatory matters. His experience spans a range of different sectors including resources, agriculture and medical. He has worked in Myanmar and Australia, and most recently worked in the Brisbane office of an international law firm prior to moving to Oman.

Sadaf Buchanan

Sadaf Buchanan heads up the tier 1 ranked Banking and Finance team in Muscat and has more than 20 years' experience in restructuring and finance work. She also heads up the Islamic Finance initiative for the Oman office. Sadaf works alongside both lenders and borrowers in advising on security issues and options, enforcement (both solvent and insolvent routes) and commercial lending and borrowing and has also advised on a number of the landmark debt capital markets transactions from the Sultanate. She has broad experience in acting on both local and international deals and advising banks, businesses, shareholders and other stakeholders in relation to business restructurings and financing issues involving a variety of sectors from hotel and leisure to oil and gas as well as many international companies and financial institutions considering doing business in Oman.

Sheikha Al Ajmie

Sheikha Al Ajmie is a senior associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Dentons' Muscat office. She has over 14 years' experience working on a wide range of litigation and dispute resolution matters including advising clients on commercial, civil, employment disputes and arbitrations. Sheikha is qualified to appear before the primary, appeal, administrative and supreme courts of Oman. Her experience is across a range of different sectors including insurance, banking and employment. Sheikha is bilingual and has the ability to draft and negotiate in Arabic and English.

Simon Topping

Simon specialises in Telecoms, IT, E-Commerce, Technology and Intellectual Property Law and is Head of Telecoms for the Middle East. He has over 20 years of legal experience, including over 10 years as a partner in UK-based international law firms (8 of these in a leading telecoms and technology firm). He advises on a broad range of regulatory, antitrust, commercial contracts, licensing, corporate and employment law issues. Simon has spent 6 years in the Middle East, initially as Head of Legal and Regulatory in Batelco, the Bahrain telecoms incumbent, then performing the same function in Atheeb, a new entrant in the telecoms sector in Saudi Arabia, before starting his own practice advising on telecoms and IT throughout the Middle East.

Wafa Al Shuaibi

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Yaqdhan Al-Busaidi

Yaqdhan Al Busaidi is a Partner in Yaqdhan Al Busaidi Law Firm in association with Dentons & Co based in the Muscat office. He has over 7 years of experience advising on Corporate, Litigation and Dispute Resolution matters, including advising clients on commercial and corporate governance and civil and commercial disputes. Yaqdhan is part of the Tier 1 ranked Dispute Resolution and Corporate teams and his experience is across a range of different sectors including governments and real estate. He is qualified to appear before the primary courts of Oman.

Yasser Taqi

Yasser Taqi is a partner in the Energy Transport and Infrastructure practice in Dentons' Muscat office having previously worked in the firm's London and Dubai offices. He has over 10 years' experience working on a wide range of projects across the GCC. He is experienced across a range of different sectors including construction, energy and renewables. Yasser was recognised by NTI as Business Professional of the Year 2019 and 2020 and is ranked in Chambers and Legal 500. Yasser also sits as a non-executive Director on the board of Outward Bound Oman. Yasser is bilingual and has the ability to draft and negotiate in Arabic and English.