DIFC & ADGM Experience
Freezone Courts are becoming increasingly popular for international companies seeking to resolve disputes in the UAE. Our team appears in all freezone Courts.
Key highlights include
- China National Aero Technology International Engineering Corporation: On successfully obtaining a freezing order for the client before the DIFC Courts in securing their performance bond, valued at AED 15m.
- Dubai Islamic Bank: On an immediate judgment application before the DIFC Courts concerning a construction contract for one of Dubai's flagship urban projects.
- A UAE Based Contractor: On their successful claim against the main contractor of USD 85m relating to an oil and gas construction project in the Middle East.
- An Individual Shareholder: On enforcing their rights in a claim before the DIFC Courts pursuant to a shareholders' agreement relating to share ownership in a multimillion United Arab Emirates company.
- A Multinational Insurance Broker: On a dispute with a former executive. The matter included complex elements of fraud and parallel investigations of the Dubai Public Prosecutor and the DIFC Data Protection Authority.
- The CEO of a blue-chip listed company: On their employment rights under the DIFC Employment law.
- A Dubai-Based Financial Institution: On a suite of financial disputes in relation to the financing of a major infrastructure project before the DIFC Courts, the Dubai Commercial Courts and the Judicial Tribunal in Dubai.
- An UHNW Individual: On DIFC court proceedings regarding specific performance of a share transfer option right.
- A National Contractor: On obtaining permission for appeal against a decision of the DIFC Courts to lift the stay of the proceedings following a decision of the Ruler of Dubai to establish a Special Judicial Committee in relation to the financial restructuring of a leading regional industrial conglomerate.
- Affan Innovative Structures: Acting for the façade constructor in relation to the construction of the Dubai Museum of the Future in proceedings before the DIFC Court. The client was claiming more than AED 200m as a result of alleged variations to the design by the Architect.
- The UAE's leading drone provider: On claiming injunctive relief before the ADGM Courts on behalf of one of the shareholders in relation to a dispute over the repayment of a shareholder loan.
- An Oil and Gas Purchaser: On a cross-border dispute, valued at US$7m, to arrest oil and gas vessels in RAK and Fujairah ports. This dispute was heard and executed before the Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and DIFC Courts, alongside the US Courts.
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