Mohamed Shams El-Din

Attorney

Mohamed Shams El-Din

Mohamed is the Head of the Litigation practice. He has over 22 years of experience in litigation and dispute resolution in the UAE.
Mohamed’s areas of expertise include banking, property, commercial and intellectual property rights disputes and he has considerable experience in criminal law. He has also acted as counsel in a number of arbitration disputes before arbitration institutions.
Mohamed also heads the firm’s Corporate Structuring Department, which consists of a diverse team of lawyers. He has extensive experience over two decades in structuring and restructuring entities and businesses for clients operating throughout the Gulf and the broader Middle East region. In addition, he has wide-ranging experience advising major blue-chip organisations, financial institutions, government and semi-government concerns, SMEs, private equity funds, FMCG’s and TMT companies on a wide range of issues, in particular M&A transactions, legal, due diligence, joint ventures, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements, agency law issues, regulatory affairs, electronic transactions, and other corporate law-related issues.
On the legislative side, Mohamed has been involved in the enactment of several local and federal laws and had led the legislative developments. He is also an experienced litigator, which has given him a deep understanding of the legal and judiciary systems, and he has drafted court pleadings in complex civil and commercial matters.
Mohamed is highly praised by clients and peers and trusted by the business community locally and internationally. His expertise is recognised globally and reflected in leading legal directories.