Hassan Tawakalna

Hassan Tawakalna is a Senior Counsel in the firm's Dispute Resolution practice, based in the Dubai office. He has an extensive legal background spanning over three decades, 22 of which he has spent with Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants, focusing on civil disputes, particularly in real estate, insurance, trademark, family law, medical malpractice, employment, banking, corporate, white-collar crimes, commercial, and arbitration matters.

Mr. Tawakalna has built a strong reputation for dispute resolution and has advised clients for over two decades on medical malpractice and insurance litigation matters across the UAE, including criminal medical malpractice cases, with prominent UAE hospitals and insurance companies amongst his clients. He recently succeeded in ratifying an arbitration award of AED 19 million at Dubai Courts that was issued in a DIAC arbitration over a complicated musataha agreement.

He is also an expert in drafting local legislations and reviewing draft laws prepared by official entities, and is a lecturer in the Continuing Legal Professional Development programme launched by the Dubai Legal Affairs Department. He is responsible for training many local and expat lawyers within the firm.

Hassan holds a Bachelor degree in Law from Damascus University (1990) and is a member of the Bar Association in the Syrian Arab Republic.