About
Abdul is an accomplished litigator who focuses his practice on complex multi-party disputes and international dispute resolution matters. He regularly advises on both commercial, financial and shareholder disputes and has represented companies, individuals and insolvency practitioners before the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the BVI Commercial Court and the local Emirati Courts. He has also represented clients in LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, SIAC and ad hoc arbitrations. Abdul Azeem has been recognised by Legal500 London as a key individual for Civil Fraud, Commercial Litigation: Premium and Insurance and Re-Insurance Litigation and was described as, "calm, understated, but a very sharp thinker" "with meticulous eye for detail, a tenacious approach to litigation, and excellent communication skills."
Abdul is admitted to practise in England and Wales (Solicitor-Advocate) and the Dubai International Financial Centre. He has also been called to the Singapore Bar.
Experience
- Acted for a Cypriot bank in an ICC arbitration against a Greek Bank, pertaining to a dispute arising from a share purchase agreement.
- Acted for a private individual and logistics company in an ad hoc arbitration under the BVI Arbitration Act and under UNCITRAL and subsequently in proceedings before the BVI Commercial Court relating to the ownership of a BVI company and its underlying assets.
- Acted for a UAE sovereign wealth fund in an investor state arbitration against the Government of India relating to the expropriation of bauxite mining licenses in India.
- Acted for an international development bank in an ad hoc arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules against various Central Asia energy companies relating to defaults under a loan agreement and guarantee.
- Advised a major financial institution on insurance issues relating to defaults under a complex financial product.
- Acted for a major private bank in a multi-party fraud litigation before the English High Court brought by a Middle Eastern sovereign pension fund.
- Advised a Russian bank in relation to worldwide freezing order proceedings brought before the English High Court and the Cayman Court.
- Acted for a Ukrainian oligarch in proceedings before the English High Court and Court of Appeal relating to non-payment under a loan agreement.
- Acted for joint trustees in bankruptcy of a prominent bankrupt in the UK and joint liquidators of a Caribbean company in insolvency and asset recovery proceedings in England, Latvia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, the Dutch Antilles and Lichtenstein.
- Advised trustees on handling three active cases involving the bankrupt and addressed implications of the bankrupt’s successful appeal. The work involved post-bankruptcy annulment, along with advice on residual duties and resignation procedures.
- Advised the judicial manager of one of the biggest insolvencies in the Caribbean in relation to various litigations in Florida, Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica.
