UAE Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Ibrahim Al Qassim, Mohammed Ibrahim Al Qassim and Abdulla Ibrahim Al Qassim Ibrahim Al Qassim & Partners
Ibrahim Al Qassim & Partners is a Dubai-based law firm, established in 1989, with a distinguished litiga - tion, dispute resolution, corporate, acquisitions and mergers and judgment enforcement practice. The firm represents financial institutions, developers, contractors, multinational corporations, and leading businesses in complex domestic and cross-border disputes before the UAE courts at all levels. Through its dedicated China Desk, established in 2010, the firm has developed a strong cross-border prac - tice, advising and representing Chinese enterprises throughout the UAE and the wider Gulf region. Its
judgment enforcement practice covers every stage of the enforcement process, including domestic execu - tion proceedings, precautionary measures, debtor- related remedies, the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, and the defence of high-value enforcement proceedings. Re - cent representations include successfully resisting the enforcement of an English judgment valued at approximately AED494 million and recovering more than AED550 million for a single client across related commercial debt proceedings.
Authors
Ibrahim Al Qassim is the chairman and founder of Ibrahim Al Qassim & Partners, which he established in 1989. A graduate of Emirates University, he has practised for over 35 years across banking, arbitration,
Abdulla Ibrahim Al Qassim is a partner and head of Ibrahim Al Qassim & Partners’ alternative dispute resolution department and international clients. An honours graduate of the University of Sharjah,
and commercial litigation. He serves as an arbitration member at the Sharjah Arbitration Centre and has contributed to legislative development in the UAE.
he has around 15 years of experience across commercial debt recovery, banking and finance, real estate, maritime, and cross-border disputes. He leads the firm’s international development, including its work with Chinese enterprises through the China Desk and its engagement with foreign judgment and arbitral award enforcement. He is responsible for managing the firm’s collaborations with international legal organisations.
Mohammed Ibrahim Al Qassim is the managing partner of Ibrahim Al Qassim & Partners and an honours graduate of the University of Sharjah. He has over two decades of experience in commercial, civil, real
estate, and arbitration matters, with particular depth in high-value construction, energy, and engineering disputes. He acts for contractors, developers, financial institutions, and engineering consultants in technically demanding proceedings before the UAE courts at all levels, and leads much of the firm’s contentious enforcement work, including precautionary attachment and cross-border matters.
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