Middle East - United Arab Emirates
Alsuwaidi & Company
Alsuwaidi & Company is well placed to handle a range of disputes, with notable strength in insurance, construction and Islamic banking cases. The group is led by Mohammed Alsuwaidi, who also sits as an arbitrator; Ali Alraeesi, who has close contacts with government entities and public bodies and is notable for tech and IP disputes; Reda Hegazy, who handles civil, criminal and labour cases with impressive acumen pertaining to Sharia’ Law; and Mohammed Lemine, who is an insurance disputes specialist. Nidal Alsayed leverages extensive banking and financing expertise to act on disputes in this space. Associates Afraa Alhashmi and Ibrahim Jarjoura also noted.
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Key clients
- Lutzker & Lutzker LLP
- RSA Insurance
- Frost Brown Todd LLC
- Union Insurance
Work highlights
- Represented RSA in matter worth AED2,200,000, resulting in various enforcement orders issued to several entities by the Execution Court.
- Representing a client, one of the public service infrastructure companies in Dubai, in a matter relating to the subcontractor’s request from the court to issue a petition order to prevent the client from liquidating the performance bonds for an amount of c. AED280,000,000 million.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mohammed Alsuwaidi, Ali Alraeesi, Reda Hegazy, Mohamed Lemine