Amir Alkhaja

Amir Alkhaja is the Managing Partner at Habib Al Mulla and Partners, focusing on Commercial Litigation. He focuses on commercial, white-collar crime and banking litigation, with over 15 years of experience in the UAE.

He has extensive practical expertise, particularly in commercial, banking and Islamic finance litigation. Amir was previously a police officer in the Dubai Police, working in key police stations and departments, including the Bur Dubai Police Station.

He is a licensed UAE lawyer with right of audience in local and federal courts of the UAE, including all Cassation and the Supreme Court. He has successfully represented many international clients in litigation matters, as well as companies and high-net-worth individuals in local and cross-border disputes across the GCC and the MENA region, and has handled numerous banking and finance litigation matters.

Amir holds a Bachelor of Law from the Dubai Police Academy, UAE (2002), and studied at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, UK (2013). He was admitted to practice in the UAE in 2012 and speaks English, Arabic and Urdu.