Ibrahim Fouda

Ibrahim Fouda is a Legal Director at Al Tamimi & Company, based in Abu Dhabi. His practice focuses on Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, with over 20 years' experience advising in financial services.

Ibrahim has demonstrated broad skills in dealing with multi-party proceedings and complex bankruptcy and banking disputes that require highly technical analysis. He also advises governmental and private clients under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law.

His recent experience includes advising the UAE Ministry of Justice in the Transformation Project of the New Bankruptcy Law, delivering a session on UAE Bankruptcy Law in the ADGM Annual Judges Meeting for 2024, and acting on behalf of a number of lenders in major bankruptcy proceedings.

He has also advised local banks in administration proceedings under ADGM Laws, assisted lenders in a syndicated facility to negotiate, draft and legalise a settlement agreement for AED 5.7 billion, advised local banks in bankruptcy applications filed by a major construction group in Abu Dhabi, and advised and acted on behalf of a local bank in AED 3.2 billion proceedings against personal guarantors for a major healthcare provider in Abu Dhabi.

His experience also includes advising and acting on behalf of a Swiss bank in AED 45 million proceedings based on Lombard Finance against local borrowers in Dubai Courts, advising an Indian bank in liquidation proceedings against a construction group of companies in Abu Dhabi, and advising a local Islamic bank in several disputes brought against it by investors under sukuk transactions. He also advised and acted on behalf of a GCC governmental entity in their dispute under the 2006 ISDA agreement.

He holds an LLM from Liverpool John Moores University and an LLC from Ain Shams University. He was admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association in 2003 and was a DIFC Registered Practitioner from 2015 to 2018. He speaks Arabic and English.