Members, Associates & Of Counsel Mohammed H. Omar Ali Born in Mansoura, Egypt, on March 27, 1959. Admitted to the Bar in 1982, Egypt; Court of Appeals, Egypt, 1990. Education: Mansoura University LL.B., 1981. Experience: Law Office of Moheb Habib, Associate for the Arbitration Committee of Corporate Future Credit Shares. Member: Lawyers Union of Egypt. Areas of practice: Civil, Commercial, Insurance, Maritime Transactions and Litigation. Languages: Arabic. Jasmin Paurus Kohina Born in Bombay, India on May 2, 1967. Admitted to the Bar in 1991, Bombay. Education: University of Bombay, B.Sc., 1988; Government Law College, University of Bombay, LL.B. 1991 and LL.M. International Law and Commercial Laws, 1993, Awarded college fellowship: was selected amongst top five students from college for LL.M. studies, qualified as Solicitor from the Bombay Incorporated Law Society, 1994. Experience: Legal practice in India, Crawford Bailey & Co., Bombay, 1991-1994, practicing lawyer with the firm 1995 to date. Member: State Bar Council and The Bombay Incorporated Law Society. Areas of practice: General Civil, Corporate Law, Private International Law International Business Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investments, Private Banking, Securities Transactions, Project Finance, Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas. Languages: English and Hindi. Sherif L. El-Sebaey Shehata Born in Mansoura, Egypt, on September 22, 1964. Admitted to the Bar in 1988, Egypt. Education: Mansoura University, LL.B., 1986. Member: Lawyer's Union of Egypt. Areas of practice: Civil and Commercial Law Transactions and Intellectual Property. Languages: Arabic. Zakarya Galal Metwally Nakrish Born in Mansoura, Egypt on October 20, 1959. Admitted to the Bar in 1983, Egypt. Education: Mansoura University, LL.B., 1981; Ain Shams University; Diploma in Private/Special Law, 1984; Diploma in General Law, 1985; LL.M., Civil Law, 1993; and Ph.D., Civil Law, 1995. Experience: Ministry of Defence, Egypt, 1982-1984; Lawyer, Egyptian Real Estate Bank, 1986-1993. Member: Lawyer's Union of Egypt, 1983; Egyptian Society for International Law, 1982 Areas of practice: Real Estate, Civil, Commercial Transactions and Litigation. Languages: Arabic. Abdul Aziz Al-Assousi Born in Kuwait. Admitted to Kuwaiti Bar in 1972. Education: Kuwait University, Faculty of Law, LL.B., 1972. Experience: Legal Counsel in the Kuwait Ministry of Justice, 1972-1976; Kuwait Airways V.P. Personnel, 1976-1988; Practicing Lawyer, 1980 to date. Areas of practice: Civil and Commercial Law, Corporate Transactions and Litigation. Languages: Arabic and English.   Rajeh Seoud Asfour Born in Kuwait, 1956. Education: Arab Beirut University, LL.B. 1994-95. Experience: Practicing lawyer, 1996. Membership: Kuwait Bar Association, 1996. Areas of Practice: Commercial and Corporate Transactions and Litigation. Languages: Arabic. MIjbel M. Al-Rashdan Born in Kuwait on June 12, 1950. Admitted to the Bar in 1974, Kuwait. Education: Kuwait University LLB, 1974. Experience: Practicing lawyer since 1974. Member: Kuwait Bar Association. Areas of Practice: Litigation, Civil Law, Commercial Law, General Practice. Languages: Arabic. Walid Abdel Rehim Ahmed Born in Mansoura, Egypt on July 29, 1975. Admitted to the Bar in 1997. Education: Mansoura University LL.B. 1997. Experience: Legal training with the Law Office of Magdy Al Samahey in Mansoura (1997 - 1998). Practicing lawyer with the firm 1999. Areas of practice: Civil Law, Corporate Law, Labour Law and Criminal Law. Languages: Arabic. Ruba El-Habel Born in Kuwait on May 17, 1976. Education: University of Jordan LL.B. 1998. Experience: Training Co-ordinator and Supervisor for Centre of Excellence Company to different Government Ministries from November 1998.Practicing lawyer with the firm since 1999. Areas of Practice: General, Civil Law, Corporate Law and Litigation. Languages: Arabic, English. Anupama Nair Born in Kerala, India, on June 18, 1974. Admitted to Bar in 1998, Kerala. Education: University of Kerala, LL.B., 1997. Experience: Legal practice in India, Vettoor Prakash & Associates, Kerala (1997 - 1999), Practicing lawyer with the firm since June 2001. Member: The Bar Council of Kerala and the Trivandrum Bar Association. Areas of Practice: General, Civil, Corporate Law and International Business Transactions. Languages: English, Hindi and Malayalam. Fahed Komeikh Al-Ajmy Born Kuwait, 1970. Admitted to the Kuwait Bar Association, 1978. Education: Ain Shams University, Egypt, LL.B. (1997). Experience: Licensed to practice law before all courts in Kuwait including the Court of Cassation and the Supreme Constitutional Court. Areas of Practice: General, Civil, Corporate and Criminal Law. Languages: Arabic. Hussein Mohammed Hassan Ahmed Born in Egypt on June 25, 1969. Education: Licence of Law 1991 Experience: Enrolled in Lawyers working with Legal Profession in Egypt for 1992. Areas of Practice: General, Civil, Commercial and Litigation Languages: Arabic. Dana Al-Kaderi Born in Kuwait on February 10, 1980. Education: Kuwait University LLB, 2001. Experience: Practicing lawyer since 2001. Areas of Practice: Litigation, Civil Law, Commercial Law, General Practice. Languages: Arabic and English. Rafiq Jaffer Born in India on August 19, 1975. Admitted to the Bar in 1998, Karnataka. Education: University of Buckingham (UK) LLM, International and Commercial Laws 1998, and LLB (Hons.) 1997. Experience: Legal practice in India, 1998 - 2002, Legal counsel and advisor for several State owned enterprises and Banks. Member: Karnataka Bar Council. Areas of Practice: General, Civil, Corporate Law, Banking, Property Law, International Law, International Trade, Investments, International Arbitration. Languages: English, Hindi and basic French. Anadel Abdul Hameed Al-Matar Born in Kuwait on December 11, 1977. Education: Kuwait University, LL.B. 1999, Ain Shams University; Diploma in Private/Special Law, 2002. Experience: Practicing lawyer with the firm since 1999. Areas of Practice: General, Civil, Litigation. Languages: English, Arabic and German. Of Counsel - Mohammad A. Ammar, Cairo, Egypt Attorney at law. Admitted to the Bar in Egypt in 1954; admitted to practice before all Egyptian courts. Education: University of Helioppolis, LL.B., 1954; Diploma Public Law 1956; Ph.d. Private Law, 1958; Ain Shams University, Ph.D. Law of Contracts 1961. Experience: Lecturer, University of Cairo, Khartoum Branch, 1961-1962; Legal advisor and attorney for the Egyptian government, 1962-1980; Attorney before Egyptian courts and before the Supreme Court in Libya, 1973-1977 (Secondment). Over 20 years experience in Kuwaiti Constitutional Law, Civil Law and Contracts. Member: National Assembly Drafting Committee, Egypt, 1977-1980; and Constitutional Committee, Egypt, 1971. Of Counsel - Katlyn Thomas, New York, U.S.A. Attorney at Law and Avocate a la Court de Paris. Admitted to the bar 1973 California; 1992 Paris, France; 2001 New York Education: Wellesley College (B.A. 1969); Stanford Law School (J.D. 1972). Experience: Consultant and Professor of International Commercial Law 1981-1985 Ministry of Foreign Economic and Trade (MOFERT) and University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) Beijing China, Senior Fellow, Lauterpacht Research Centre of International Law, Cambridge University, England 1985-1986. Consultant, ICC Institute, ICC Court of Arbitration, Paris, France 1987. Legal Advisor United Nations Commission on the Referendum for Self Determination for Western Sahara (MINURSO) (Identification Commission), Western Sahara, 1994-1996. Over 20 years experience in international arbitration/dispute resolution before the ICC, LCIA and ad hoc tribunals, negotiating joint venture agreements and oil transactions. Also serves as an affiliate office for Abdullah Kh. Al-Ayoub & Associates in the United States.