Ghassan El Daye, Partner
Ghassan heads the Arabic regional litigation practice in the Middle East.
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About
Ghassan heads the Arabic regional litigation practice in the Middle East and specialises in all areas of dispute resolution with a particular emphasis on construction, commercial, civil, banking, real estate and criminal matters. Ghassan has over 23 years’ experience in litigation and dispute resolution. His extensive in-depth experience in civil, Sharia, commercial, real estate, banking, construction and criminal laws have enabled him to represent clients in some of the region’s most high profile and complex cases. Offering a full scope of litigation services from drafting to implementation of case strategies locally and internationally, Ghassan is one of few litigators who won multi-billion dollar cases for clients and advised on high complex and cross border disputes. In addition, Ghassan possesses thorough expertise in matters of civil, administrative, real estate, banking and Sharia’h law.Ghassan is admitted to practise in Lebanon.
Experience
- Acting for a Kuwaiti Investment Company listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange in highly complex 2.6 billion AED litigation and arbitration proceedings against a Chinese Construction Company before the local and commercial courts in Abu Dhabi
- Acting for a leading Kuwaiti Real Estate Development Company in Qatar against a prominent main contractor in a 600m QAR complex litigation and arbitration proceedings before the local courts in Qatar and Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration
- Representing a leading semi-government Real Estate Development Company in Dubai against a prominent master developer to appoint a court expert to review and audit a 1.2 billion AED joint venture investment contract for off plan property sales of a huge residential project
- Advising a high net worth Saudi owner in Makkah against the developer of a hotel project in complex arbitration proceedings in Arabic over a 100 million Saudi Riyal contract before the Mecca and Jeddah Courts
- Acting for a prominent bank in the UAE in a landmark case of phishing, internet abuse and hacking of accounts
- Acting for a well-known UAE airline in a complex dispute which involved both conventional and Sharia law
- Acting for one of the largest tech companies in the Silicon Valley to recognise and enforce a California Court order before Dubai Courts for 10 million AED
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Ghassan El Daye quoted by The National on the Dubai courts rejection of Dh1.3m rent refund claim
A convenience shop in Dubai lost its claim to a rent refund of Dh1.3 million from its landlord on grounds of lost revenue during lockdown.
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Ghassan El Daye quoted by The National on legal reform in the United Arab Emirates
Once a law change has been made and is effective, a court of law is obliged to follow the new rule and issue its verdicts based in it.
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Ghassan El Daye quoted by The National on the Federal National Council's proposals to unify legal fees
The Federal National Council is calling for legal fees to be unified.
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Ghassan El Daye quoted by The National, Gulf News, Al Khaleej and Al Bayan on the appeal of the landmark SIM Card fraud judgment
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Ghassan El Daye quoted in Emarat Alyoum on the UAE government’s response to false information around the Covid-19 crisis
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Ghassan El Daye quoted by 24.ae on employment law in the United Arab Emirates
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Ghassan El Daye writes for Emarat Alyoum on the measures taken by the Dubai government to protect consumers during the COVID-19 crisis
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Ghassan El Daye commented in 24.ae on the legal penalties for social media users who share images of Covid-19 patients
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Ghassan El Daye quoted in Emarat Alyoum on the legal implications of remote working
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Ghassan El Daye quoted in Al Bayan on the law on quarantines in the UAE
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Ghassan El Daye quoted by The National, Gulf News, MSN and 24 Emirates on the potential penalties for ignoring quarantine rules
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Ghassan El Daye writes for The Oath on his team's successes in a recent SIM card fraud litigation in the UAE
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Charles Russell Speechlys secures landmark banking litigation win for client in Dubai
Ghassan El Daye and his team were successful in a Sim card swap scam litigation in the Dubai Courts
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Ghassan El Daye received extensive media coverage throughout the Middle East following the firm's success in a landmark banking litigation
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Ghassan El Daye quoted in Emarat AlYoum on crimes committed by minors and the effects of these on their families
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Ghassan El Daye quoted by Gulf News and 24 Emirates on recent bounced cheque cases in the UAE
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Ghassan El Daye quoted in The National on the use of Dia in the Dubai courts
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Ghassan El Daye quoted in The National on "dia" money and civil compensation cases in the Dubai Courts
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Ghassan El Daye writes for The Oath on a landmark judgment in a Dubai-based property dispute
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Case Report: Pearl Qatar Judgment
Ghassan El Daye discusses a landmark judgment in Qatar.