Ayman Saey is a Senior Paralegal in the Dispute Resolution team in Dubai. Ayman has broad experience in civil and commercial disputes and developing experience in the intersection between civil and criminal UAE law. He support lawyers in a wide range of “onshore” and “offshore” disputes work spanning, for example: the recognition and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards; applications for interim measures; contract, commercial agency, investment, real estate, rental and financing disputes; civil fraud; and first instance claims and appeals.

Ayman was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2023. Before that, he completed the Graduate Diploma in Law with distinction and the Bar Course with merit and an Advocacy Scholarship.

Prior to joining Hadef, Ayman was a Small Claims Judge and the Senior Judicial Assistant at the DIFC Courts, where he worked on around 270 proceedings and assisting judges with delivering around 130 reasoned decisions, many of which have been considered significant judgments and around 40 of which are cited in the seminal commentary on DIFC procedure, DIFC Courts Practice (Reed, R. and Montagu-Smith, T. (eds.), 2nd edition, Edward Elgar 2024).

• Advising company on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and precautionary attachments under UAE law.
• Advising and representing Director of investment company in relation to criminal complaint made against him following drop in value of an investment.
• Representing construction company seeking recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award against a foreign state entity in the DIFC.
• Representing businessmen enforcing a Dubai Court judgment in the DIFC.
• Advising and representing a major luxury brand in relation to debt claim against former distributor in the Dubai Courts.
• Representing individual imprisoned for apparent civil debts which he claims are fraudulent.
• Advising company on recognition and enforcement options in “onshore” and “offshore” Dubai.
• Representing company in commercial DIFC tenancy dispute.