Band 2
Provided by Sherif Hikal
Sherif is a litigation specialist, with circa 25 years’ experience in the UAE and Middle East, across sectors including general commercial, company dispute, insolvency, construction, real estate, shipping, banking and white-collar crimes.
Sherif is best known for his expertise in the UAE Court system, having litigated more than 1000 court cases in his career. He has extensive experience in advising corporate and private clients on UAE law, and conducting proceedings before the local courts.
Sherif has specialist knowledge in the areas of company disputes, banking, Islamic finance disputes, insolvency and liquidation regimes. He was an ad-hoc litigation practitioners’ committee who reviewed the related draft local laws, which puts his clients at a considerable advantage in understanding the laws and their application given them recently coming into force.
Before founding OGH Legal, Sherif Hikal headed up litigation teams at two of the largest local law firms in the UAE, consecutively.
Work Highlights
• Acting for an Asian government owned Bank regarding an outstanding claim ultimately determined by the UAE Courts, claim value circa USD600 m.
• Acting for UAE Contractor in respect of an insurance claim of a circa value of AED1.6 billion.
Egyptian Bar Association
Egyptian Society of International Law
Provided by Chambers
Sherif Hikal is highly capable when it comes to acting on litigation matters in Dubai and elsewhere within the UAE. His experience includes the representation of government departments and prominent high net worth individuals.
Provided by Chambers
Sherif is very effective and clients like him a lot.
I appreciate his knowledge of the local laws. He is 100% reliable when it comes to explaining local laws and he is always precise.
Sherif has an impressive ability of navigating challenges in onshore courts, coming up with practical and effective solutions, and managing internal and external stakeholders in complex cases.
Sherif is very effective and clients like him a lot.
I appreciate his knowledge of the local laws. He is 100% reliable when it comes to explaining local laws and he is always precise.
Sherif has an impressive ability of navigating challenges in onshore courts, coming up with practical and effective solutions, and managing internal and external stakeholders in complex cases.
