Ammar Haykal

Ammar Haykal is a Partner, Head of Office – Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah at Al Tamimi & Company, focusing on Civil Litigation. He leads a team of litigation lawyers who provide litigation services for developers and Islamic finance entities.

Ammar advised clients on operations related to civil and commercial law for 13 years in Jordan, especially concerning minimising bad debt risks and legal collection of bad debt, in addition to providing consultations and advisory on corporate shareholders disputes and drafting agreements and contracts. He was an internal legal advisor to companies such as Fast Link, the first cellular service provider in Jordan, and practised through his own private practice office in Amman.

Ammar joined Al Tamimi & Company in late 2007, providing legal services and consultations across various areas of law and drafting and following up cases in the dispute resolution practice department relating to property, banking, construction, commercial, civil, Islamic finance, ratification of arbitration awards and other areas of law. He has provided services in relation to arbitration proceedings conducted in Arabic amounting to more than AED 1 billion.

His recent experience includes supervising, advising and representing Amlak Finance in several claims surrounding civil, criminal, foreclosure and commercial matters; representing a leading development company in claims against land developers on a man-made island in Ras Al Khaimah; representing a world-class quarrying company in a multimillion-dirham outstanding recovery claim; and representing a UAE bank in relation to nullification of shares.

Ammar holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Jordan (1990) and was admitted to the Jordan Bar Association in 1992. He speaks Arabic and English.