Farah Hammadi
Senior Associate
Expertise
- Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
- Director & Shareholder Disputes
- Dispute Resolution
Farah Hammadi is Partner, Arbitration, and Head of DIFC/ADGM Litigation at Global Empire Law Firm.
She has acted as counsel in numerous commercial arbitrations in the UAE and internationally, both ad-hoc and under the rules of the major arbitral institutions including DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC and LCIA.
Zarghona also regularly advises on the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards through the UAE Courts including the DIFC Courts. She specialises in a variety of high-value contractual, shareholder, real estate, accounting and banking disputes.
Admissions
- Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
- Barrister and Solicitor, High Court and Federal Court of Australia
- Co-Chair of the Global Empire Law Firm ESG Committee
- Representing a large Indian media group in defending a wrongful termination claim.
- Representing the sellers of a large UAE business in arbitration proceedings.
- Representing a large UAE real estate developer in respect of a AED1 billion arbitration claim.
- Representing another large UAE real estate developer in respect of a USD 424M arbitration claim.
- Representing a large retail and hospitality group in respect of 21 separate DIAC arbitrations.
- Representing a large retailer in an ICC arbitration.
- Representing a large auditing firm in negligence claims before Bahraini courts.
- Representing a large Saudi company in DIFC LCIA arbitration.
- Representing a client in ad hoc arbitration proceedings in Dubai.