Mohamed El Ghatit

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 1

Dispute Resolution: Domestic

United Arab Emirates

3 Years Ranked

Band 5

Construction: Dispute Resolution

United Arab Emirates

1 Years Ranked

Spotlight

Restructuring/Insolvency: Onshore Court Litigation

United Arab Emirates

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Mohamed El Ghatit

Global

Practice Areas

Mohamed has more than 20 years’ experience advising on Arab Middle Eastern law. He regularly acts as UAE, Qatari, and Egyptian law expert as well as foreign law counsel or expert before Courts of England & Wales, Ireland and Australia.

He assists clients in a range of complex and transnational disputes in various sectors including real estate, construction, oil & gas, and TMT. Mohamed also represents clients in court litigations in numerous regional jurisdictions primarily in the UAE (including DIFC and ADGM), and Egypt.

In arbitration, he has handled cases under most of the major arbitration rules, including ICC, LCIA, DIAC, CRCICA, SIAC and UNCITRAL. He has sat as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or chairman on more than 40 cases in the UAE, and Egypt.

Before founding OGH Legal, Mohamed was Director (and Registrar) of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre and acting leader of Hogan Lovells’ Disputes UAE practice.

Career

•Acting for a European Governmental Authority in a circa USD 2 billion claim being heard before the UAE Court.

•Acting for a North African sovereign wealth fund in a USD 1 billion cross-border litigation.

•Acting as Arab law expert on an investment treaty arbitration against an Arab state.”

Personal

Languages

Arabic

English

French (basic)

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Dispute Resolution: Domestic - United Arab Emirates

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Mohamed El Ghatit is active on a wide variety of contentious matters, ranging from construction and intellectual property to oil and gas disputes. He is regularly cited as a first choice among international law firms in regard to his work coordinating litigation in the Emirati courts.

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Construction: Dispute Resolution - United Arab Emirates

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Mohamed El Ghatit is a highly experienced disputes lawyer who is regularly called upon to oversee construction disputes before the local courts of the UAE.

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Restructuring/Insolvency: Onshore Court Litigation - United Arab Emirates

Spotlight

Individual Editorial

Mohamed El Ghatit is a respected dispute resolution lawyer who is frequently mandated on high-value bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings before the local Emirati courts.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Mohamed is one of my go-to people for onshore UAE litigation. He is a smart, practical, savvy lawyer.

Dispute Resolution: Domestic respondent
Chambers Global Guide

Mohamed is very customer-centric and responsive. You can depend on him even for last-minute issues.

Dispute Resolution: Domestic respondent
Chambers Global Guide

He is very knowledgeable on UAE law and court procedure. He understands the needs of international clients.

Construction: Dispute Resolution respondent
Chambers Global Guide

Mohamed has excellent client service levels and his advocacy skills are also very impressive.

Construction: Dispute Resolution respondent
Chambers Global Guide

I find him to be helpful, knowledgeable and appropriately aggressive when needed.

Restructuring/Insolvency: Onshore Court Litigation respondent
Chambers Global Guide

Mohamed El Ghatit is passionate and dedicated about his work; he is a great advocate.

Restructuring/Insolvency: Onshore Court Litigation respondent
Chambers Global Guide

Mohamed is an exceptional lawyer with the ability to quickly grasp and simplify complex matters, formulate and present robust arguments, and anticipate and resolve challenges.

Restructuring/Insolvency: Onshore Court Litigation respondent
Chambers Global Guide

Mohamed is a smart, practical lawyer. He is a shining star for onshore court work.