Alanood Alriyami
Associate
About Alanood
Alanood is an Emirati lawyer and an accredited mediator fom the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Her main focus areas include banking and finance litigation and the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts related disputes. Her previous experience was focused on a range of disputes across various divisions of the DIFC Courts ranging from the Small Claims Tribunal, Enforcement procedures, non-Muslims Wills and Probate Registry, and the Court of First Instance.
Her area of expetise included case management, legal drafting and mediation, whilst her focus was aimed at the procedural rules that have been adopted from the English Common Law and implemented within the DIFC. Alanood is also qualified to appear and plead before the onshore Courts.
Education
United Arab Emirates University (Bachelor of Laws (LL.B)) (2020).
Pantheon-Assas University Paris II (Master of Laws (LL.M)) (2023) Degree in international business law.
Admissions
United Arab Emirates: Lawyer – The Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department (2024).
Languages
English, Arabic
Top Matters
- Represented a Swiss bank in a claim to recover $85 million from a GCC company involving facility default and vessel arrest.
- Represented P&I Clubs in a dispute over AED 3.5 million in damages to an oil shipment.
- Successfully enforced an arbitral award for a GCC company against a local group of companies in the UAE.
- Secured a freezing injunction at DIFC Courts for a client seeking to enforce a judgment exceeding AED 80 million.
- Acted for an international hotel management company in disputes with investors.
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