Our LAWYERS

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Waseem Khokhar is the Managing Partner for KLME LLP, with close to 25 years of legal experience gained across both the UK and the Gulf region. He is a qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) and a registered legal consultant with the Dubai Legal Affairs Department.

 Waseem’s key experience includes advising on major corporate and commercial transactions, working closely with major family groups and HNWs on a variety of matters, including corporatisation/ transformation, succession, restructuring, tax and family protocols. 

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Michael Hancock has extensive experience gained at Schlumberger (London and Singapore), Alcatel (Paris), Ooredoo (Doha), San Miguel (Manila), Loon/ Google (Dubai), and at White & Case, Paris and Salans (now Dentons), Paris and Istanbul. 

Today Michael mainly advises on commercial, corporate and M&A matters, mainly in the technology sector. 

Corporate and Commercial

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Priyasha Corrie is a corporate and commercial lawyer with over ten years of experience in the Middle East and India region acting for multinational companies, regional conglomerates, small and medium enterprises, and start-ups across a broad spectrum of matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, complex joint ventures, corporate restructurings, corporate financings, employment, anti-bribery and corruption, and general corporate advisory. 

Real Estate & Hospitality 

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Emad has over 21 years of hospitality, real estate, tax, and corporate finance experience. He has successfully negotiated, handled and led complex transactions totalling billions of dollars for residential, retail, and hospitality portfolios. 

Emad is particularly experienced in leading in-house legal teams, as well as advising the Board of Directors, playing a key role as part of the executive leadership team in supporting the strategic direction whilst ensuring strong corporate governance and compliance. Emad is bilingual in Arabic and English.

Infrastructure, Power and Utilities

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 Rahul Goswami is a Partner at KLME based in Dubai and focuses his practice on infrastructure, power and utilities including renewables, private public partnership and transportation projects. 

He has advised project developers, lenders, government entities and contractors on some of the well-known utility, petrochemical, metro and airport projects in the Middle East region.

Tech, Media & Telecoms 

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Carolina Gerding is an experienced lawyer in telecommunications regulatory issues, intellectual property and a variety of corporate and commercial matters gained working in law firms such as Baker McKenzie (Buenos Aires), Johnson and Pump (Riyadh), boutique consulting firm Hyde & Associates (Paris) and The Arab Network for Human Rights Institutions (Doha). She speaks fluent English, French and Spanish.

Tech, Media & Telecoms 

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 Stephen brings over 30 years of experience as a highly commercial TMT/corporate lawyer, having worked in top City of London firms and as in-house GC for companies like Virgin Mobile. Since 2016, he has been working in the MENA region, adding extensive international expertise to our team.

Stephen has successfully led numerous telecoms projects worldwide, including the launch of 20+ mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). His experience spans telecoms, technology, fintech, commercial & regulatory matters, as well as M&A, joint ventures, and business acquisitions. He has also managed IT/SaaS agreements, data protection, and provided strategic legal guidance in fractional GC roles.

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Ayman Alkhalidi is an experienced litigator based in Dubai who specialises in investigations and high-profile cross-border disputes. He advises on a broad range of commercial disputes ranging from partnership disputes to complex fraud investigations. He has over 10 years’ experience working in the UAE and is well versed with defending client rights successfully before the UAE Courts, at tribunals and in relation to the Enforcement of Arbitration Awards through the UAE courts.

Tech, Media & Telecoms 

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 Bertrand is a seasoned general counsel and U.S.-qualified lawyer with over 30 years of diverse legal and compliance experience across the U.S., Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. He has a proven track record of building and leading professional legal teams and serving as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives. Bertrand specializes in providing strategic, commercially focused legal advice, with expertise spanning telecommunications and internet law, cloud-based technology, Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, smart contracts, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, distribution and agency agreements, litigation management, compliance, and data privacy. 

Insurance and Healthcare

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 Admitted to the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2002, Bilal brings over 20 years of experience in insurance and healthcare, specializing in group health policies and sports (insurance) injuries. He advises insurers, reinsurers, and corporates on complex claims, global risks, and policy wordings, with expertise across multiple insurance lines and cross-border disputes in the UK, Europe, USA, and beyond.

Tech, Media and Telecoms

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With over 30 years of experience in Intellectual Property and technology law, Zayd has advised global corporations, regional industry leaders, top universities, and government bodies across the US and MENA. A former Director & Senior IP Counsel at SABIC, he has led cross-border IP strategies, managed complex patent portfolios, and built frameworks for licensing, data governance, and commercialisation. Zayd is also widely recognised for his work with Gulf universities, helping to structure industry-academic partnerships and translate research into real-world impact through scalable IP models.

Corporate and Commercial 

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Harish Som is an accomplished Corporate, Commercial and Business Lawyer with rich global experience of over 22 years in Middle East and Asia Pacific in advising MNCs and Big Corporates as their General Counsel and Board Member including on big ticket transactions in M&A, JVs, Corporate Restructuring, ESG, Risk & Compliance. 

 Corporate & Commercial  

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Shaima is a seasoned legal expert with 18+ years' experience in commercial law, compliance, and regulatory strategy across the GCC and MENA. Founder of TSGG and the RIHLA™ coaching framework, she combines legal insight with people-focused leadership to empower women and align law with business goals.

Corporate and Commercial 

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Rachad is a senior lawyer with over 10 years of experience working in the legal services industry across the MENA region. His practice focuses on contract law, corporate and arbitration. Rachad has worked for several law firms in Lebanon, France, and Qatar. He has a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance Law from the University of Westminster. 

Tech, Media and Telecoms

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Hannah is a Legal Consultant in KLME LLP’s

Technology and Telecommunications team.

Hannah has experience in M&A, corporate

finance, litigation, and joint ventures,

particularly within the aviation and technology,

media and telecommunications sectors.

Hannah completed her Bachelor of Arts from

the University of Warwick, the Graduate

Diploma in Law, the Legal Practice Course

and a Master of Laws.

Tech, Media & Telecoms 

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Nicole offers paralegal support in relation to various corporate legal agreements. She also assists with translation, editing, proofreading, formatting, and cross-reference reviews. Nicole is proficient in assisting lawyers with case management, M&A transactions, due diligence, and client billing.