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The Legal 500 Europe,
Middle East & Africa
2021
The clients’ guide to law firms
BIN SEVAN ADVOCATES
& LEGAL CONSULTANTS
OFFICE 511, BUILDING 2, EMAAR BUSINESS PARK, SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD
PO BOX 125305
DUBAI
Tel: +971 4 435 7246 Fax: +971 4 435 7243
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BIN SEVAN ADVOCATES & LEGAL CONSULTANTS
OFFICE 511, BUILDING 2, EMAAR BUSINESS PARK, SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD
PO BOX 125305, DUBAI
T: +971 4 435 7246 F: +971 4 435 7243
The firm
Bin Sevan Advocates and Legal Consultancy is a full-service boutique law firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The
firm’s special focus is real estate and construction law, and it boasts gold standard expertise when it comes to providing advice
and representation in domestic and international arbitration, and civil and criminal litigation matters. Illustrating this is the
fact the firm’s clientele are 25 of the UAE’s major real estate developers, who between them handle projects worth a combined
$40bn. When it comes to real estate, the monetary value of the matters entrusted to Bin Sevan Advocates in litigation and
arbitration easily exceeds $1bn.
Bin Sevan Advocates emphasises the fact that it provides legal services and a depth of expertise in all areas of legal practice.
The firm is particularly highly reputed internationally for providing a wide array of corporate and consultancy services, contract
drafting and negotiations for foreign direct investments, equity, securities, finance and banking commercial matters (especially in
the Middle East and South-East Asia).
A key reason the firm enjoys the reputation it does among its clients, peers and the wider business community in the region is
its thorough familiarity with the way local and regional markets operate, allowing it to provide (above all) bespoke, tailor-made
solutions. These results are always commercially sound, innovative, pragmatic and practical.
Bin Sevan Advocates & Legal Consultancy team members possess rights of audience and representation at all levels of UAE
courts and tribunals. Comprising distinguished and experienced advocates and legal consultants, each with extensive experience
in the firm’s practice areas, the team is a force to be reckoned with.
The durable relationships the firm has with its clientele are evidence of the fact that client servicing excellence is another
hallmark of Bin Sevan. Accessibility, transparency and integrity facilitate a deep and objective understanding of each client’s
particular needs, and hence the design and execution of solid and bespoke solutions. Everything the firm does originates from
a sound underlying philosophy: a philosophy that focuses on results as the over-arching guiding principle when serving its
distinguished clientele.
Areas of practice
Retainers: annual retainer service – based on the client’s specific needs when it comes to legal services and representation.
Project basis: a complete range of legal professional services, including due diligence, contract drafting and legal advice,
business set-ups and consultancy, as well as advice on all areas of UAE and international law.
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SPOKEN
Arabic, English, Hindi,
Romanian, Russian, Spanish,
Urdu, Filipino/Tagalog
Dispute resolution service: negotiations of amicable settlements; litigation advocacy and legal representation in the UAE courts
and tribunals; advocacy and legal representation in domestic and international commercial arbitration.
Arbitration awards ratification and enforcement: legal representation in domestic and foreign commercial arbitration awards
ratification and enforcement in UAE courts.
Enforcement of UAE court judgments: legal representation in enforcement of UAE court judgment matters.
MAIN areas of practice
Family Law
Real estate
Domestic and international arbitration
Corporate/commercial
International oil and gas
Employment
Maritime
Construction
Civil and criminal litigation
Banking and finance
Mergers and acquisitions
Technology, media and telecommunications
Restructuring, insolvency
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Mr Firas Alchoufi
Work Department
Top Management
Position
Managing Partner- Areas of Practice: Real Estate, Construction Law, Arbitration
Career
Firas has been practicing law in Dubai, UAE for the past 18 years, and has acted as
either a lead counsel or an arbitrator in more than fifty international commercial
arbitrations, and conducted thousands of litigations before UAE Courts, with special
focus on construction and real-estate disputes. He is the founder and managing
partner of Bin Sevan Advocates & Legal Consultancy. Since it was established in 2011,
the firm under Firas’s stewardship, has been involved in over 2000 litigation cases
before Dubai and other UAE Courts. He has distinguished himself in a number of
landmark cases involving major Dubai governmental companies and entities such as
Dubai Land Department, Emaar, Nakheel and Meydan.
Firas contributed in nurturing the knowledge in the arbitration field in the UAE,
and two of his studies were published by Thomson Reuters MENA. His article “Does
the non-arbitrable become arbitrable in the light of Article 6 (2) of the new UAE
Arbitration Law No (6) of 2018” was published by Thomson Reuters MENA in their May
2019 Issue, and his essay “The Dilemma of Challenging Arbitral Awards before UAE
Courts under the new Arbitration Law No (6) of 2018” was published by Thomson
Reuters MENA in their June 2019 issue.
He is a member of several Arbitration centres around the world, including the LCIA
in London.
Languages
Firas Alchoufi is fluent in English and Arabic is his native language.
Memberships
Listed Arbitrator at Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC); Listed Arbitrator at
the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); Fellow of The Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators (CIArb); Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial
Arbitration (ACICA); Member of the Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC)
Education
Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK.; Diploma in
International Commercial Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
London, UK; LLM in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution with Honor (GPA 4/4) Dubai
University, Dubai, UAE.; LLB Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.; Regular Attendee /
participant in arbitration conferences and seminars (too many to itemize) including at
CIArb, DIAC, ICC, LCIA/DIFC, Dubai Judicial Institute, University of Koln (Germany).
legal500.comMr Ghazi Ibrahim Binsaifan
Work Department
Top Management
Position
Founder – Areas of Practice: Criminal, Employment, Family Law
Career
After a 25 years career in the Dubai Police and attaining the rank of Colonel, Ghazi,
developed a strong knowledge of the Criminal law and procedures in the UAE.
Following his retirement in 2003, he joined the UAE Bar Association as an Attorney
with with full rights of audience and representation before all UAE Courts and
Tribunals. The founding of Bin Sevan Advocates and Legal Consultants in 2011
is a culmination of Ghazi’s passion for the law. He has extensive experience of
representing clients in various matters in the UAE Courts and has a good rapport with
lay and professional clients alike.
Languages
Ghazi speaks Arabic, his native language, and English.
Memberships
Member of the UAE Bar Association.
Education
Ghazi Ibrahim Binsaifan is a fully qualified Emirati lawyer.
Leisure
Ghazi passionate about sports and travelling.
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Ms Madeleine Mendy
Work Department
Family Law: Divorces and hildren matters
Position
Head of Family Law Department
Areas of Practice
> Divorce and Matrimonial matter in English Law and Sharia Law
> Child Protection Process
Career
Madeleine trained and qualified in England where she practiced Family Law for a
number of years. Following her move to Dubai, she developed a strong practice
mainly representing and advising UAE based expats wishing to divorce through the
Dubai Courts or the English Courts. She has extensive knoweldge of the local Sharia
law and is able to advice clients on the best juridiction to start proceedings.
Madeleine also works closely with a number of international schools in Dubai, on
the issue of Child protection. She also assists the British Embassy on a number of legal
matters concerning British citizens.
Madeleine has the ability to develop a good and strong rapport with lay and
professional clients. She is known as an empathic, professional and dedicated lawyer.
Madeleine also lectures Child and Family Law at the University of Middlesex, Dubai
Campus.
Languages
Madeleine Mendy is fluent in English,French and Mandjack
Memberships
Dubai Legal Affairs Department
Solicitors Regulation Authority England and Wales
Bar Council England
Honorable Society of Middle Temple
Law Society of England and Wales
Resolution UK
Education
LLB, University of the West of England, Bristol
BVC, Bristol Institue of Legal Practice, Bristol, England
Civil and Commercial Mediator, Alternative Dispute Resolution Group, England
Solicitor, Solicitor Regulation Authority, England
Leisure
Madeleine Mendy is a Sunday School Teacher. She was also involved in several fund
raising through sports. She loves to travel,write, read and socialise.
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