Fatma Al Zadjali

Fatma Al Zadjali is an Associate at Al Tamimi & Company, based in the firm’s DIFC office in Dubai and currently part of the Digital & Data (Tech | Media | Telecoms) team, focusing on Corporate Law. She joined the firm in September 2017.

Fatma has extensive experience in a variety of corporate and commercial matters including domestic and international M&A and restructuring. She also has experience incorporating different types of companies in Oman within the free zones and mainland, and attends Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings for SAOCs. She has experience in corporate restructuring and corporate governance, and has worked with private investors and companies from the USA, UK, Europe, Africa and the Middle East undertaking deals in the Middle East.

Having qualified in the Omani jurisdiction, Fatma is admitted before the Omani courts and has rights of audience before the primary courts and the courts of appeal. She also has experience in competition, intellectual property and customs, and has advised clients on a variety of employment matters. She has established strong relationships with different governmental bodies in Oman.

Her recent experience includes advising Helios Towers plc on the acquisition of telecommunication towers; advising bidders in relation to the US$1 billion state privatisation of Muscat Electricity and Distribution Company; advising on the potential acquisition of Octal Holding SAOC; advising Kerry Group plc on the acquisition of AATCO Food Industries in Oman, KSA, India and UAE; advising Aster DM Healthcare on the acquisition of a private hospital in Oman; and assisting Al Futtaim Group with incorporating commercial companies in Oman and Al Shaya Holding Company on the corporate restructuring of its Omani business.

In her digital and data work, she has advised Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited on account linking and the use of voice chat using VoIP services in Oman and the UAE; assisted Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone Authority in reviewing a bilateral agreement with banks for the use of data collected from licensees via the UAE Blockchain KYC Production Platform; assisted Sandooq Al Watan Abu Dhabi in reviewing Abu Dhabi media contracts; assisted Nomura Holdings with drafting data protection policies for their employee handbook; advised Twitter International Company (Ireland) on Twitter Moments and content regulatory matters; advised Dubai Academic Health Corporation on the transfer of assets including transfer of data from Dubai Health Authority; and advised Blackstone Group Inc. on email marketing and cookies.

She holds an LLB (Law) from The University of Reading (2017). She was admitted by the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs to the Primary Courts of Oman in 2020 and to the Courts of Appeal in Oman in 2025. She speaks Arabic and English.