Ms. Ali has practiced law in the Middle East for over 29 years. She is a world renowned expert on Middle Eastern Laws. She has been instrumental in negotiating a wide spectrum of international business and commercial transactions in all countries in the region .In addition to having an extensive experience in the legal systems and laws of the Arab countries she has an in-depth knowledge of the politics and policies of the region . Ms. Ali has also served on a regular basis as an expert before the courts of the US, UK and other countries on the laws of Arab countries.
Following the Arab Spring Ms. Ali was invited to serve as a member of the World Bank MENA advisory board.
More recently Ms. Ali worked on a substantial arbitration as the expert witness on Kuwaiti law in an ICC arbitration that secured a US $2.1 Billion for client The Dow Chemical Company . The case was brought by The Dow Chemical Company Inc. against Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) , a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) , stemming from PIC’s withdrawal from a planned joint venture with Dow . Although the joint venture agreement included an English law choice of law clause, the case revolved around Kuwaiti law position as to the role of the Kuwaiti government in the oil sector and in the Kuwaiti oil companies. The testimony covered almost every aspect of Kuwaiti law including the constitution, administrative law , company laws , commercial law, and oil sector regulations.
Ms. Ali is also a frequent speaker at the Trace GAIN conferences on FCPA and anti-corruption compliance.
Ms. Ali has given numerous lectures and presentations and authored numerous articles and chapters in various international treatises on various issues of Middle Eastern laws .
She is a member of the DC and New York Bar associations, Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Center and, the Cairo Center For International Commercial Arbitration .
Leave a Reply