Mahmoud Abuwasel

Mahmoud Abuwasel is a partner at Wasel & Wasel. Abuwasel has litigated hundreds of matters in excess of hundreds of millions of USD in dispute, acting as counsel, instructing counsel, or co-counsel. Most of his litigation practice consists of disputes before the UAE Courts on-shore and off-shore (DIFC/ADGM), but he has also acted on matters before the NY Courts, English Courts, PRC Courts, Qatar Courts, Dutch Courts, and others. He has represented parties in numerous arbitration proceedings seated in different jurisdictions, under various rules, including ICC, LCIA, LMAA, HKIAC, DIAC, QICCA, UNCITRAL, ICSID, and ad hoc arbitration. He has counseled parties in both commercial and investment arbitration. He has been appointed as an expert witness on UAE law before courts and arbitral tribunals, including the NY Courts, the London Courts, and the Swiss Courts. He is a Supreme Court Solicitor (Victoria, Australia), registered practitioner (DIFC, ADGM, UAE), Qualified Arbitrator (Canada), and empaneled with various arbitral institutions. His research is cited widely in international arbitration, particularly in the Journal of International Arbitration (Kluwer Law), BCDR International Arbitration Review, Arab Law Quarterly (Brill), Mediating Legal Disputes, and Alternative Dispute Revolutions. Regarding UAE governance, he is referenced in Middle Eastern Studies and Facets of Security in the United Arab Emirates (Taylor & Francis). His work also appears in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies, Liverpool Law Review (Springer), and UAE International Tax (IBFD). He holds a Master's degree in Management with a course in Constitutional Law from Harvard University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern Queensland, and a Master's in Islamic Law from Middlesex University.