Dr. Mahmood Hussain

Partner at M & CO Legal (UAE)

Speaker

Dr. Mahmood Hussain is the Founding Partner at M&CO Legal and has over 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors. In his role as a litigator at Dubai Courts, Dr. Mahmood has achieved many favorable judgments in several high-profile cases. Dr. Mahmood through his niche practice of being an arguing Counsel before the Honorable Judges at Dubai Courts has set up a benchmark for effective representation involving complex legal issues.

As an experienced litigant, Dr. Mahmood has successfully settled several money-spinning shareholder disputes. He has also acted in more than 30 International Arbitration proceedings under the ICC, LCIA, ADCCAC, and DIAC rules.

He also played a key role in establishing the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts in his capacity as a member of the Committee that established the DIFC Courts and later as its first Deputy Registrar and participated in the development of various DIFC legislations of DIFC courts. In addition, he also has the right of audience before the DIFC courts.

Dr. Mahmood Hussain has received recognition the Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC), where he was awarded as the most rising arbitrator in the region. Most recently, Mahmood was ranked by Chambers & Partners under Dispute Resolution: Domestic and was described by commentators as “He is very user-friendly, responsive and clearly has a weight of experience that he brings to bear on each case”.