Hassan Arab Darwish

Hassan Arab Darwish

Deputy Managing Partner & Regional Head of Dispute Resolution

Hassan Arab is a leading expert in all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution, with particular expertise in cases relating to banking, commercial law, insurance, construction law, contract law, intellectual property rights and Arbitration. 

As Partner and Regional Head of Litigation for the region at Al Tamimi & Company, Hassan has spent his career building one of the strongest litigation teams in the Middle East which Legal 500 has recognised as “having a great reputation for local court work with a number of really good practitioners”. 

Chambers Global has commended Hassan as a “real winner who gives excellent advice and solutions”. Hassan Arab has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the field of asset recovery and commercial litigation by the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers.

Playing a leadership role in many professional organisations, Hassan is a past Chair of the Arab Regional Forum and has been appointed a Member of the IBA’s Legal Practice Division Council and Council Liaison Officer to the Arab Regional Forum. Hassan is also a Member of the Steering Committee of the ICC UAE Commission on Arbitration, Member of Geographical Advisory Board of Business law International, Editorial Member of the International Journal of Arab Arbitration. Recently, Hassan has been appointed as a Councillor of the LCIA Arab User’s Council and as Member of the DIFC Court Users Committee. 

Hassan is a regular presenter at conferences and seminars speaking on the many aspects of litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution in the Middle East.