Zeina joined Afridi & Angell in 2008. Her practice is focused primarily on corporate and commercial matters. She has been involved in:
- advising on the establishment of businesses in the UAE, preparing documentation related thereto, and later assisting such businesses on a regular basis;
- negotiating with private and government counterparties on behalf of clients;
- advising on the purchase and sale of business, including conducting due diligence, structuring, and negotiating the transaction;
- preparing a broad range of commercial agreements, including national agency agreements, partnership agreements, and transfer of business agreements; and
- advising clients on changing legal forms of companies.
Nazim has substantial experience in all aspects of civil and criminal litigation from case intake through to final disposition at trial. He handles a heavy caseload at a busy litigation practice, which includes conducting research and drafting memoranda used to support court pleadings.
Prior to joining Afridi & Angell in 2011, Nazim was an associate at a law firm in Khartoum. He had rights of audience before all Sudanese courts. Nazim was also a teaching assistant in the faculty of law, University of Khartoum.
Sulakshana practices in the firm’s dispute resolution group and specializes in litigation before the DIFC Courts. He is a Part II Practitioner of the DIFC Courts with full rights of audience and has represented clients in a number of notable cases before the DIFC Courts. He has particular experience in the areas of commercial disputes, employment, construction, negligence, and injunctions as well as regulatory disputes involving the DFSA and the Financial Markets Tribunal. Sulakshana is recognized in Legal 500 as a best lawyer who has a “very good feel for the way that the DIFC court would receive submissions – whether a point is likely to fall flat or engage the court”.
Prior to joining Afridi & Angell in 2017, Sulakshana was a practicing counsel in the private bar of Sri Lanka and worked with eminent President’s Counsel. He has also been involved in policy making with international organisations and acted as a legal consultant to a leading bank in Sri Lanka.
Mamoun’s practice focuses on court litigation and commercial law and his experience includes conducting legal research, drafting all types of memoranda, pleadings and applications to all levels of local UAE courts, as well as drafting all types of legal documents, including contracts, security deeds, and legal opinions. He has over fifteen years of experience representing clients before courts of jurisdiction, arbitration panels and other tribunals in all types of disputes including, civil, criminal, corporate issues, and investment disputes.
Prior to joining Afridi & Angell in 2017, Mamoun was a senior associate at another law firm in Dubai, UAE. Prior to that, he worked as an advocate at one of the leading firms in Sudan, and gained a wealth of experience working as a legal advisor at a well-known conglomerate in Khartoum, Sudan.
