Hesham ElSamra

Hesham is an Arabic speaking litigator, with more than 10 years experience in the Middle East (UAE and Egypt). He specialises in real estate, civil, commercial, criminal, and personal status matters.

Hesham has won multiple complex and challenging cases before all levels of the courts in the UAE at both the local and federal level.

Before joining Taylor Wessing, Hesham acted as a senior associate at some of the leading local law firms in Dubai and built a solid reputation with his clients for being sharp, straight forward, and trustworthy.

Hesham is registered as a legal consultant before the Legal Affairs Department at the Government of Dubai since 2012.

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Career

Since 2022	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2022	Senior Legal Consultant, Abdulla Al Awadi & Associates
2015 - 2018	Senior Legal Consultant, Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultants

Education

2009

LLB, Alexandria University, Egypt

Memberships & Associations

Hesham is admitted at the Egyptian Bar Association since 2010.

Expertise

Sectors Real estate

Experience

Court proceedings against investors	Acting for several real-estate developers in court proceedings against investors seeking to terminate hotel management agreements for hotel units.
Several real-estate developers	Acting for several real-estate developers in court proceedings against investors seeking to terminate SPA for both residential/hotel units.
UAE-based developer	UAE-based developer on various UAE court litigation matters in respect of real estate, commercial disputes, international hotel investments disputes, property asset management disputes, and hospitality & leisure brands before all UAE courts both contentious and non-contentious side.