Mosaab Aly

Mosaab Aly is a Partner at Al Tamimi & Company. His primary practice area is Arbitration and Mediation, and he has been heavily involved in dispute resolution practice and contentious matters since early 2009, whether in the form of litigation before the UAE Courts, including the DIFC Courts, or in domestic and international arbitration proceedings before forums including DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, ADCCAC and other ad hoc arbitral tribunals.

Besides being qualified as a lawyer by the Egyptian Bar Association, he is also an English qualified Solicitor and a registered practitioner (Part II) with full right of audience before the DIFC Courts. He is also admitted by the Legal Affairs Department of the Government of Dubai to practise in the UAE as a Legal Consultant.

He has leading and special experience in high-profile matters related to enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in the Middle East, especially in the UAE and Egypt. He has also acted in heavy litigation related to the annulment and recognition of domestic awards, and regularly advises and provides expert opinions on complex issues related to private international law, including international jurisdictional rules, enforcement of foreign judgments, arbitrations involving states and governmental entities, and political immunity questions.

He has acted as an expert witness in many foreign court proceedings and international arbitrations, providing legal opinions on issues related to different areas of UAE laws and local litigation practice. In addition, he has acted for leading developers and contractors in the region in relation to highly complex construction disputes, and has a leading role in banking litigation, regularly advising international and UAE banks on local law issues and representing them in banking-related disputes.

He has acted and successfully defended clients on high-profile claims related to professional negligence and malpractice, defending multinational auditing firms and major healthcare providers in claims that sometimes exceeded one billion US dollars. He has also advised governmental entities on the restructure and governance of the local healthcare system, and acted in many shipping, aviation and insurance disputes.

His recent experience includes acting for a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate in the successful recognition and enforcement of an ICC Dubai-seated award in the UAE Courts after reversing a Dubai Court of Appeal ruling to set aside such award (2019–2021); representing an international bank in the enforcement of an AED 300 million foreign award in the UAE, where the Dubai Court of Cassation issued an unprecedented judgment to grant enforcement of the award while under a stay and ongoing annulment proceedings in the Court of the Seat (2018–2020); and acting in a dispute related to more than a USD 600 million divorce settlement, which involved enforcement proceedings in the UAE and other international jurisdictions (2019–2020).

He has also acted for a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer in an AED 1.5 billion dispute related to commercial arrangements regarding the promotion and supply of vehicles in the Middle East through a UAE joint venture company (2021–ongoing); acted for one of the Big Four auditing firms in more than $1.5 billion claims related to professional negligence allegations following the collapse of a private equity firm with $14 billion investment funds under management, with proceedings considered by the Dubai Courts, DIFC Courts and the Joint Judicial Committee (2020–ongoing); and successfully represented a shipowner to reverse a UAE final judgment of approximately AED 50 million issued in favour of a Swiss bank, including initiating successful criminal proceedings before filing a successful petition to the Federal Supreme Court to reverse the Sharjah Courts' final judgment (2020–2022).

Other matters include acting for a Gulf public petroleum and natural gas company in a litigation dispute against a Swiss bank in relation to facility arrangement, security assignment and set-off arguments, involving proceedings in England, the UAE and Singapore (2020–ongoing); acting for a member of the Ruler's family in high-profile litigation challenging the enforcement of a DIAC award in the Dubai Courts (2019–ongoing); acting as an expert witness in English proceedings before the HCJ against a major UAE insurance company in relation to a Covid-related business interruption insurance claim (2020–ongoing); and representing a major KSA construction company in construction claims of more than AED 1 billion against a state-owned entity (2019–ongoing).

He holds a Diploma in Public Law from the College of Law, Tanta University (2013) and an LLB from the College of Law (English Section), Cairo University (2008). He is admitted as a Solicitor by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, a Registered Practitioner with the DIFC Courts, a Legal Consultant with the Legal Affairs Department of the Government of Dubai, and a lawyer with the Egyptian Bar Association. He speaks Arabic and English.