Mohamed El Hawawy / Joint Managing Partner, Dubai / Dubai
M +971 56 174 4085
D +971 4 307 6059
MohamedElHawawy@incegd.com

Our Dubai team includes Arabic speakers and have expertise in English and UAE law.
Our lawyers have expertise across all the firm’s core business areas of aviation, business & finance, construction, energy, insurance & reinsurance, international trade and shipping. We also work in all forms of local, regional and international arbitration, litigation and ADR.
Our team includes a number of Arabic speakers who are qualified in and familiar with the laws of other states in the MENA region. We are registered with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and have rights of audience before the DIFC Courts.
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Sheikh Zayed Road
P.O. Box 123004
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
10-06-2022 / Maritime
As we move past the vertex of a U-shaped dip in the global shipping sector caused by supply chain restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is worthwhile to look back at the UAE maritime industry’s growth, lessons learned, and development outlook. Although international maritime trade dropped by 4.1 per cent in 2020, the UAE made significant achievements during this period, ranking third globally in the Bunker Supply Index, and fifth globally as a key competitive maritime hub.
01-04-2022 / Maritime
Decree No. 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (the ‘Decree’) came into force in September 2021 and aimed to streamline arbitration in Dubai by amalgamating it under one institution – the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (‘DIAC’). For a summary of the Decree’s contents.
16-03-2022 / Maritime
We have recently appointed Partners Mohamed El Hawawy and Alastair Holland as new Joint Managing Partners of our Dubai office. Mohamed and Alastair’s broad and extensive sector expertise, as well as their combined experience and networks in the UAE, strongly position them to lead our presence in the Middle East. As new Joint Managing Partners, they remain unequivocally committed to our clients and look forward to progressing our growth plans within the region.
08-03-2022 /
Decree No. 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (the “Decree”) came into force in September 2021 and aimed to streamline arbitration in Dubai. For a summary of the Decree’s contents, please see our articles here, here and here. Whilst a number of questions remain, the wait for the new Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“DIAC”) Rules is finally over and with that, a major layer of uncertainty in relation to arbitration in Dubai is removed.
12-01-2022 / Commodities & Trade
This commodities dispute highlights the importance of drafting a notice of arbitration carefully to ensure that it covers all the disputes that are intended to be referred to arbitration.
15-12-2021 / Maritime
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