Jyothi Venugopal

Jyothi Venugopal is an Associate in the firm's Litigation practice, based in the Dubai office, practicing in Dispute Resolution. She specializes in civil and commercial disputes, with particular focus on real estate, arbitration, cybercrime, and employment matters, and has been with Al Tamimi & Company since 2008.

She has acted for major developers in real estate disputes, advised on shareholders' disputes, bounced cheque cases, and banking and debt recovery disputes. She also represents clients in criminal proceedings involving fraud, theft, and breach of trust, and advises on enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the UAE. She has extensive experience serving as Tribunal Secretary in complex arbitration proceedings administered by ICC, DIAC, and SIAC.

Jyothi holds an LLB from Mahatma Gandhi University, India (2003), a Practice Diploma in International Arbitration Law and International Commercial Law from The College of Law, UK (2010, 2011), and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) (2011). She was admitted to the Bar Council of Kerala, India in 2003.