Feras Kalash

Feras Kalash is a Senior Associate at Alsuwaidi & Company, based in the Dubai office, practicing in Dispute Resolution and Banking & Finance. He specializes in Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the fields of Banking & Islamic Finance, Civil law, Real Estate, and Commercial litigation, with a career spanning over 20 years.

He served as a judge within the Syrian Ministry of Justice for a decade and has contributed his expertise as a senior legal advisor at Alsuwaidi & Company for the past 13 years. Throughout his career, he has represented a diverse range of clients, including banks in finance-related and Shariah matters, leading real estate developers in contractual disputes, regional aviation entities in employment disputes, and multinational corporations in cross-border shareholder conflicts. He represents banks and financial institutions in complex banking and Islamic finance disputes and plays an active role in high-value commercial matters, including appellate and cassation proceedings.

Feras obtained a Bachelor of Law from Aleppo University in 2001 and a Judicial Diploma Qualification from the Syrian Ministry of Justice in 2005. He holds a Human Law Certificate from the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, and attended several arbitration courses in the Emirate of Ajman between 2014 and 2015. He is fluent in Arabic, English, and French.