Malak Nasreddine

Malak Nasreddine is a Senior Associate in the Arbitration practice of Al Tamimi & Company in Abu Dhabi, focusing on Arbitration and Mediation. She embarked on her career with the firm six years ago and is qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales.

Fluent in both Arabic and English, she has worked on disputes concerning construction, corporate and commercial, development, energy, and telecommunications matters. She has assisted in matters seated in the UAE under a variety of rules, including ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and ADCCAC rules, as well as ad hoc proceedings. She is listed in the Euromoney Guide to Leading Commercial Arbitration Experts 2021.

Her recent experience includes acting for a global trader in the healthcare sector in a construction dispute with a UAE-based hospital (ICC arbitration, Abu Dhabi seat); an Abu Dhabi gas company in a dispute with a contracting company (ICC arbitration, DIFC seat); an Abu Dhabi government entity in an energy-savings dispute (DIFC-LCIA arbitration, DIFC seat); a Saudi Arabian oil and gas company in an arbitration with a US manufacturer (ad hoc international arbitration, Dubai seat); and a leading Abu Dhabi master developer in numerous ADCCAC arbitrations.

Malak has published widely on international dispute resolution and is a Country Reporter for the UAE for the Institute of Transnational Arbitration Board of Reporters (Kluwer Arbitration).

She holds a Master of Law (LLM) in Professional Legal Practice from the University of Law, United Kingdom (2021), a Bachelor of Law (LLB) with Upper Second Class Honours from the University of Essex, United Kingdom (2020), a Master of Law (LLM) in Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution from the University of Dubai (2016), and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Management from the American University in Dubai (2013). She was admitted as a Solicitor of England & Wales in 2022 and speaks Arabic, English and basic French.