New Office
Kobre & Kim Opens Dubai Office, Names Team
The firm says that opening an office in the UAE forms part of its move to expand offerings in the MENA region.
Global disputes and investigations firm Kobre & Kim has
opened an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, adding its
offerings in the Dubai International Finance Centre jurisdiction
as well as the wider Middle East and North Africa region.
The location will serve as a hub for litigating high-value,
complex cross-border disputes with a nexus to both the DIFC and
the MEA region. Additionally, Kobre & Kim Dubai will offer global
and local private clients integrated strategies to protect their
assets and reputation in civil and criminal proceedings and
investigations aimed at asset forfeiture and confiscation, the
firm said in a statement.
As part of the new office, Mahmoud Selim, an experienced business
legal professional, and DIFC court practitioner, Paul Hughes,
have joined Kobre & Kim in Dubai.
Selim, who joined the firm as the MEA regional managing director
earlier this year, will lead the firm’s commercial strategy
within the region. He will advance the firm’s regional business
in partnership with global leadership to meet the growing demand
for international judgment enforcement, asset recovery litigation
and private client services. A former public prosecutor and
investigations magistrate and a frequent commentator on legal
developments in the Arab world, Selim brings two decades of
experience in the region, including ten years of practising law
in Dubai and the DIFC.
Hughes, who joins the firm as a partner, brings nine years of
experience litigating disputes and leading investigations in the
UAE and the wider region, including his particular expertise in
cross-border shareholder and company disputes, having split his
practice between international arbitration and DIFC courts.
Hughes has acted on large and complex enforcement actions in the
DIFC and Abu Dhabi Global Market courts.
Three lawyers – principal Richard Clarke, as well as associates
Nada Oteifi and Katy Fisher – have joined Selim and Hughes in
Dubai.
The firm opened its first Middle East location in 2015 in Tel
Aviv, Israel.
