Corporate Compliance & Investigations
United Arab Emirates
3 years ranked
Provided by Akin
Mahmoud (Mac) Fadlallah is the partner-in-charge of Akin's Dubai office. He focuses his practice on the application of U.S. law outside the United States, particularly with respect to global investigations and compliance with international sanctions, export controls and anticorruption laws.
Mr. Fadlallah has been based in the United Arab Emirates since 2012, where he counsels clients across a variety of sectors, including aerospace and defense, satellite, manufacturing, logistics and freight forwarding, communications and technology, financial/banking, energy, automotive, health care, industrial and chemical.
He also counsels companies on the sanctions and export control considerations associated with business in Russia, Iran, and other U.S. sanctioned countries, secondary sanctions exposure and associated risks.
Mr. Fadlallah joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Washington, DC in 2010, before relocating to Dubai to open the firm’s Dubai office.
Mr. Fadlallah is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia and the State of New York. He is also a Legal Consultant registered with the Dubai Legal Affairs Department.
Mr. Fadlallah received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 2004 and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2008.
Provided by Chambers
Mac Fadlallah is well positioned to advise clients on the extraterritorial application of US trade sanctions and compliance laws, including in relation to export control. Clients from varied sectors seek his advice, including sovereign wealth funds, multinational clothing brands and energy companies. He is US qualified and divides his time between Dubai and Washington, DC.
Provided by Chambers
Mac does not only have deep subject matter expertise in multiple compliance areas, but he has also spent a significant amount of time learning and understanding our business.
Mac Fadlallah has the rare combination of being excellent at his work whilst also being extremely personable.
Mac is very commercially minded and provides relevant, timely and practical advice.
Mahmoud Fadlallah is very friendly and knowledgeable. He also knows the market and the region very well.
He is an expert in his field and provides practical guidance in real time.
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