Hassan El Tahir

Hassan El Tahir is a Partner in Al Tamimi & Company's Litigation and Legislative Drafting departments, based in Abu Dhabi. His practice focuses on Administrative Law, with extensive experience in legislative drafting and advising on litigious matters.

Hassan represents clients in litigation cases in both the UAE and Sudan, and has drafted a wide range of legislation. His drafting experience includes the Abu Dhabi Law No. 3 of 2005 on the Regulation of the Real Estate Sector and its six executive regulations, the law regulating construction work and its executive regulations in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the KSA Real Estate Regulations and KSA Law on Property Registration.

His experience also includes assisting in drafting the UAE Corporate Tax Law, drafting Trust Law for the UAE, drafting several regulations for free zones including regulations of companies and offshore companies regulations, drafting the Special Economic Zone Law and bonded zone regulations for King Abdullah Economic City Authority, and drafting the law regulating public debt and its management in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

In the governmental sphere, his work includes preparing the executive regulations of Law No. 11 of 2018 Organizing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, drafting Executive Regulations for the Diplomatic and Consular Corps Law No. 1 of 2019, drafting laws related to retirement pension and benefits in Abu Dhabi, and drafting the golden residency Policies Guide at the Residents Office at the Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi. He has also drafted federal electronic transaction law and a Digital Signature Law for the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, and has worked on federal space law and its regulations.

He holds an LLM from the University of Aberdeen, a High Diploma in Law from the Judicial Institute for Training and Legal Reform Sudan, and an LLB from the University of Omdurman. He was admitted to the Sudanese Legal Association in 1997 and speaks Arabic and English.