Paul Hughes
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Dispute Resolution
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+971 5 6656 2018Share profile
Band 4
About
Provided by Paul Hughes
Practice Areas
Paul Hughes advises clients on matters involving cross-border shareholder and company disputes that have a nexus to the United Arab Emirates, splitting his practice between international arbitration and courts in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
With over eleven years of experience in the region, Paul focuses on cross-border disputes by offering creative strategies designed to monetize or dilute high-stakes, complex, multijurisdictional claims. Specifically, he has extensive experience in the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, asset tracing, fraud investigations, banking litigation and other contentious shareholder disputes.
Career
Before joining Kobre & Kim, Paul Hughes led the GCC Dispute Resolution team at Addleshaw Goddard’s Dubai office. Prior to that, he practiced at Clyde & Co LLP.
Chambers Review
Global
Paul Hughes of Kobre & Kim maintains an impressive practice, covering white-collar fraud cases in addition to the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. He is noteworthy for his representation of individual executives and high net worth individuals as well as financial institutions and petrochemicals companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paul Hughes is a fantastic lawyer possessing extensive subject matter expertise and a strong commercial acumen. His wealth of experience enables him to navigate complex legal matters with exceptional proficiency."
"Paul Hughes's solutions are intricately intertwined with our business considerations, effectively harmonising the legal strategies with our overarching commercial goals. He is a highly valuable asset to our team."
"I have been blown away by Paul Hughes; he is superb. He is switched on and a brilliant strategist. He is tactical and commercially minded."
"Paul Hughes is an excellent lawyer. He knows the bigger picture and is on top of all the detail."
"Paul Hughes is a fantastic lawyer possessing extensive subject matter expertise and a strong commercial acumen. His wealth of experience enables him to navigate complex legal matters with exceptional proficiency."
"Paul Hughes's solutions are intricately intertwined with our business considerations, effectively harmonising the legal strategies with our overarching commercial goals. He is a highly valuable asset to our team."
"I have been blown away by Paul Hughes; he is superb. He is switched on and a brilliant strategist. He is tactical and commercially minded."
"Paul Hughes is an excellent lawyer. He knows the bigger picture and is on top of all the detail."
