Our people

Twenty-six lawyers led by four partners. The person you meet first is the person who does the work.

Legal directors and senior lawyers

They run matters day to day, with a partner behind every one.

  • Karim Haddad

    Karim Haddad

    Legal Director, Corporate

    Leads our corporate work: business sales, buyouts and shareholder agreements. Qualified 2012; speaks Arabic, English and French.

  • Hannah Pearce

    Hannah Pearce

    Senior Associate, Real Estate

    Runs our landlord lease work and most of the fixed-fee tenant leases across Dubai. Qualified 2016.

  • Grace Adeyemi

    Grace Adeyemi

    Senior Associate, Private Client, TEP

    Handles estates and DIFC wills, and runs our Abu Dhabi office three days a week. Qualified 2015.

  • Owen Fletcher

    Owen Fletcher

    Associate, Disputes

    Runs our fixed-fee debt recovery service and supports Chris on larger claims. Trained with us; qualified 2021.

lawyers
26
people in two offices
62
average time with the firm
9 years
full STEP members
3

How we staff your matter

Every matter has a partner responsible for it and a named lawyer you can call. Where a trainee or paralegal can do part of the work well, we use them and charge their lower rate, and we tell you who is doing what in your quote.

We don’t move lawyers between teams to fill gaps, so the people you meet at the start are the people you’ll see at the end.

Join the team

We take two trainees a year and are hiring an employment lawyer now.

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