World Litigation Forum is now  “World Lawyers Forum.”

20th WLF, April 28 – 29, 2025, Bahrain – 28°C ☀️

21st WLF, September 24 – 25, 2025, Amsterdam – 16°C🌤️

22nd WLF, Jan 2026, Dubai, UAE – 22°C 🌤️

Dubai

January 19-20, 2026
Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Waterfront

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What is the World Lawyers Forum?

World Lawyers Forum is a non-governmental for-profit organization that was formed in 2016. WLF’s mission is to promote Legal and to discuss the issues and challenges faced by Legal peers around the globe. Thus, to find the solution and to enable Legal peers to network and discuss, different editions of Legal conferences and events are organized in the USA, Europe, Asia and UAE. World Lawyers Forum will host its 23rd Edition on January 19–20, 2026 in Dubai, bringing together 500+ legal professionals from global law firms, corporations, and government bodies. This edition will feature three focused tracks — Litigation Track, GRC & Cybersecurity Track, and Intellectual Property Track — offering insights into emerging legal challenges, regulatory trends, and strategic dispute management. The event will also include the Legal Excellence Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements across the legal industry.

WLF 2026 Dubai Tracks

Litigation Track

Strategic Litigation for International Business – Navigating Global Risks and Legal Complexity | International Commercial Litigation: Arbitration, Mediation & ADR in a Globalized Economy | M&A Litigation: Strategic Dispute Mitigation in High-Stakes Transactions | Global Dispute Resolution Strategies: Balancing Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation | Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Litigation: Navigating Breach Response Liability & Regulatory Action | IP Litigation & Enforcement: Navigating Innovation Disputes in a Globalized Legal Landscape | Cross-Border Sanctions, Trade & Regulatory Litigation | Antitrust & Competition Litigation in the Age of Tech Giants | The Future of Dispute Resolution: Litigation-Aware Strategies in a Multi-Track World | Artificial Intelligence Disputes: Liability, Regulation & Ethics in Litigation

GRC & Cybersecurity Track

Cybersecurity Strategies & Threat Resilience in 2026 | Risk Quantification – Turning Threats into Metrics | Navigating Global Privacy Laws – GDPR, CCPA & Beyond | Building Enterprise-Wide GRC Programs – Frameworks & Tools | GRC Reporting to the Board – Making Risk Visible | Data Governance & Sensitive Data Discovery

Intellectual Property Track

Exploring How Globalization and Technology Are Reshaping IP Protection and Collaboration Worldwide | IP Strategies in Emerging Markets | AI and IP Protection: Ownership, Infringement & Regulation | Cross-Border IP Enforcement & Litigation Management | Technology Transfer, Licensing & Data Protection in a Global Context | Patent Prosecution Strategies in Key Global Jurisdictions | AI-Driven IP Management: Transforming Protection, Prosecution & Portfolio Strategy | Copyright in the Digital Age: Streaming, AI & Social Media | IP Valuation and Commercialization: Monetizing Innovation | Brand Protection, Trademarks & Designs in Global Markets | IP Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration & Mediation | The Future of IP Litigation: AI, Big Data & Global Frameworks | Middle East as an Emerging IP Power: Opportunities and Challenges

PLUS:

Legal excellence awards

ADR Law Firm of the Year | General Corporate Law Firm of the Year | International Law Firm of the Year | Emerging Law Firm of the Year | Environment Law Firm of the Year | Litigation Law Firm of the Year | Regional Law Firm of the Year (Country Wise) | Mergers and Acquisition Law Firm of the Year | Oil and Gas Law Firm of the Year | Private Equity Law Firm of the Year | Real Estate Law Firm of the Year | Restructuring and Insolvency Law Firm of the Year | Start-Up and Investment Law Firm of the Year | Tax Law Firm of the Year | Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year | Advertising and Marketing Law Firm of the Year | Legal Department of the Year (Large Team) | Legal Department of the Year (Small Team) | General Counsel of the Year (Large Team) | General Counsel of the Year (Small Team) | Rising Star Award | Best Use of Technology by an In-House Team | Diversity Initiative of the Year | Employment Law Award | Intellectual Property Award | Counsel of the Year – Independent Practice | Managing Partner of the Year | Woman Lawyer of the Year | Pro-Bono Lawyer of the Year | Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year | Legal-Tech Startup of the Year | Best Legal Entrepreneur of the Year | Best Service Provider to Legal Sector of the Year | Policy Think-Tank of the Year | Patent Law Firm of the Year | Trademark Law Firm of the Year | Patent Attorney of the Year | Trademark Attorney of the Year | Best Firm in Patent Prosecution & Litigation | Women in IP

Our Speakers

Founding Growth and Strategy | August | USA
Senior Trade Compliance & Logistics Manager – Middle East, Africa & Pakistan | Trane Technologies | UAE
Regional Head of Legal, EEMEA | SGS | Qatar
Founder & Managing Partner | Nanwani Solicitors LLP | Hong kong
Associate Lawyer | BSA Law | UAE
Founder & Partner | Amadi Legal Consultancy | UAE
Special Counsel | Jenner & Block | USA
Founding Partner | Powerhouse Advisory Consultancy | UAE
Director Legal, Ethics, Compliance & Quality | Novo Nordisk | UAE
Partner, Head of Data and Cyber | RPC | UK
Partner- Compliance & Advisory | UHY James | UAE
Group Legal Director and Data privacy and protection | e& | UAE  
Expert on AI Governance | UAE
Innovance IP | Chief Executive Officer | Canada
LdotR | Co-founder & CEO | India
Senior Legal Consultant | Abdulhamid Yousuf Albalooshi Advocates & Legal Consultants | UAE
Senior Cybersecurity Manager | MBC Group | UAE
TSGG FZC | Managing Director | UAE
Founder & CEO | Time Guardian | Athar | UAE
Associate Vice President – Information Security | UAE
Head of Risk & BCM | UAE
Chief Information Security Officer | MMI ELR (Emirates Leisure Retail) | UAE
In House Legal Counsel | DAMAC | UAE
Partner - Technology Consulting | UHY James | UAE
Counsel | LLC Verba Legal | Russia
Partner, Forensic & Integrity Services | EY | UAE
Director, Forensic & Integrity Services | EY | UAE
Corporate lawyer and entrepreneur | Adesse Anwalte | Germany
Legal Consultant | Legal Boutique | Russia
CEO | Legal Boutique | Russia
Civil Litigation Specialist | Emirates Islamic UAE
Head of Technology | Revolut | UAE
Senior Legal Counsel | Vaultz Capital | Lebanon
Attorney at Law | Yewawa Law Firm | USA
Regional Compliance & Integrity Officer | Boehringer Ingelheim | UAE
COO | Coingeit & CaseDocker | India
Legal & Tax Expert (Crypto-assets, Digital Compliance & Cross-border Structuring) | Beaubourg Law Firm | France
Legal & Compliance Consultant | XenonStack Private Limited | India
Chief Information Security Officer | Alpheya | UAE
Legal Counsel | UK
Founder & Group CEO, Board Director | Noradi Advisory and Consulting Group | Kosovo
Legal Director | Bidfood Middle East | UAE
Chairman & Managing Partner | Lincoln Global Law Chambers | USA
CEO | 3X7AI | Romania
Managing Partner | Enache Pirtea & Associates | Romania
Managing Partner | SKJ LEGAL GROUP | Kuwait
Managing Partner | GENI & KEBE Lawyers | Senegal
CEO and Founder | Coingeit and CaseDocker | India
Judge | High Court of Judicature at Patna | India
Judge | High Court of Judicature at Prayagraj | India
Regional Compliance Director | Abbvie | UAE
Head - Enterprise Technology Department | Dewan Architects & Engineers | UAE
Director of Technology & Cybersecurity Audit |  e& | UAE
Managing Partner | Chriso Savva LLC | Cyprus
Partner | Marriott Harrison | UK
Attorney | Lindemann Law | Switzerland
Partner | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co | India
Partner | Litigation & Dispute Resolution | WINDORFER RODE | Germany
Senior Manager- Ethics, Compliance, Privacy & Company Secretary | Emirates Flight Catering Co. LLC | UAE
Senior Partner | Kommit | India
Head of Legal Department | Seven Seas Hotel Dubai | UAE
SFHEAAssociate Professor of Law | University of Birmingham Dubai | UAE
Head of Global Data Privacy, NEC Corporation, Spain
Founder & Managing Director | CAVEAT CAPITAL | UAE
Attorney | Bhatia Law Firm, PC | USA
Partner | SGP Schneider Geiwitz & Partner - Wirtschaftsprüfer | Brussels
Partner | Dr. Mohammed Almuhanna & Partners. Lawyers & Consultants Company - KSA | Saudi Arabia
Director of the LLM (Master of Laws) Programmes | University of Birmingham | UK
Head of Legal In-house Middle East & APAC | Hydrogen Group | UAE
Lawyer and Founder | Stadtmüller Dispute Consulting | Germany
Partner | Lindholm & Rosenkranz Attorneys at Law LLC | Switzerland
Associate Attorney | Barroso Fontelles Barcellos Mendonca Advogados | Brazil
Legal Counsel | Bidfood Middle East | UAE
Group Company Secretary | Sharaf Group | UAE
General Counsel | Ooredoo Group | Qatar
Manager - Technology & Transformation | Deloitte | UAE
Salary Partner | Taylor Wessing | Germany
Head of Legal & Compliance | Servier Middle East | UAE
Partner | Devlin Law Firm | USA
Senior Counsel | Giambrone & Partners International Law Firm | Italy
Head of Legal / General Counsel | Global Maritime | Dubai
Advocate | CHAMBERS OF GEORGE REBELLO | India
Data Responsibility & Privacy ME Practice Lead | Cognizant | UAE
Corporate Lawyer & Compliance Specialist | Varun Beverages | UAE
Director of Data Privacy and Information Security | Accenture | UAE
Director | KPMG | KSA
Legal Counsel and Data Privacy Officer | Majid Al Futtaim | UAE
Legal and GRC Advisor | Confidential Government Authority | Saudi Arabia
Managing Partner | Titan Attorneys-at-Law | Taiwan
General Counsel | Ooredoo Group | Qatar
Founder & CEO | Paragon Consulting Partners | UAE
Founder and CEO | Avokie | Turkey
Counsel | Argentum Law | Dubai
Senior Legal Counsel | DHL | UAE
Founder and CEO | RiskMindz | UAE
Senior Manager | Deloitte | UAE
Partner Lawyer | Gungor Yilmaz Law Firm | Turkey
SVP for Legal Affairs | Al Hamra | UAE
Founder / Lawyer | Faisal A Siddiqui Law Firm | Saudi Arabia
Director & Principal | Goldman Law | Australia

OUR SPONSORS & Exhibitors

OUR PARTNERS

Our Past Speakers

Bandar Binthwayni
Co-Founder & Partner | Elaqat law | Saudi Arabia
Edward Miller

 Co-Founder and Partner, Madison Legal Ltd | UK

Manohar Samal
Principal Associate,  Ratan Samal & Associates   |  India
Marek Laskowski
IT Director (CIO), Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka (DZP)  |   Poland
Jérémie FIERVILLE
Partner, Signature Litigation, France
Ahmed Zaki
Senior VP, Al Hamra | Dubai
Ayman Al Ashry
Senior Legal Consultant, Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants LLC,  | UAE
Robert Whitehead
Partner & Head of DIFC, Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants LLC  | UAE
Mohammad Abandah
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer – Middle East, AON | UAE
Varun K Chopra
Managing Partner, VKC LAW, INDIA
Despo Andreou
Director, Pyrgou Vakis Law Firm  | Cyprus
Nota Pelekanou
Director, Pyrgou Vakis Law Firm, | Cyprus
Céline Kanakri
Partner, BLK Partners |
Ziad Salloum
Managing Partner, Salloum & Partner, UAE
Sally S-Flifel
Corporate and Commercial Projects Lawyer, Confidential, UAE
Soukayna Awdeh
Senior Legal Counsel,Tadmur Holding W.L.L. | UAE
Mehak Aster
Advocate Aster Mehek High Court, Balochistan | Pakistan
Obaid Saeed Bin Mes’har
Managing Director, Winjustice| UAE
Sana Raees Khan
Supreme Court Renowned Criminal lawyer | India
Badr Aljaafari
Managing Partner , Aljaafari & Albassam Law Firm | JB Law , Saudi Arabia
John Lowe
Arbitrator and Mediator, Lowe Arbitration, France
Ksenia Andreeva
partner , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP ,UAE
Khumisi Kganare
Director , Kganare and Khumalo Incorporated ,Africa
Sadegh Shamshiri
Partner Hengam IP | Iran
Carl Bruce
Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C. | USA
Alyaman Amer
Associate, Fish & Richardson P.C. | USA
Usman Khan
Principal,Fish & Richardson P.C. | USA
Sushil Iyer
Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C. ·| United States
Mohamed Afir
 Managing Partner, Legal & Compliance advisor, Maghreb Legal & Compliance, Morocco
Aydan Mammadova
Lecturer and researcher | Azerbaijan
Natalia Zakharova
European Patent Attorney, COPA Copenhagen Patents, | UK
Sparsh Arora
Senior Manager, Lear Corporation | India
Avinav BANERJEE
Lead Intellectual Property Analyst, Airbus | India
Palash Gupta
Partner of Jerome Merchant, INDIA
Muna Farid
Managing Director & Head of Legal , Hatch DWC-LLC | UAE
Jyoti kumari
Patent Attorney| Founder , J Kumari Associates | India
David Kellis
Founder, Kellis IP | USA
William Mansfield​
Director, ABRO Industries, Inc.| United States
Josephine Rivalland Robert
Managing Director | Mauritius
Olivia Robert
International Business Law | Mauritius
Rajesh Kshetry
Renowned Criminal Lawyer | India
Aman Abbas
Founder of Commwiser, India
Ugochukwu Eze
Senior Counsel, Dentons ACAS-Law, Nigeria
Greg MacFarlane
Managing Director, Morae
Nikhil Solanki
Legal Counsel & Data Protection Officer, Lulu Group International, UAE
Sameet Gambhir
Sr. Vice President & Group head- Legal, UFELX LIMITED, India
Eslam Mezar
Data Privacy & Information Technology Lawyer, HEMOdata, UAE
Sahar
Senior Manager, Quality, Risk and Security, UAE
Nico Mooduto
Partner, SSEK Law Firm, Indonesia
Dr. Abd Almageed Eisa
General Legal Counsel, Elite Legal Consultancy Firm, UAE
Olamide Aleshinloye
Senior Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, Nigeria
Joseph Moghrabi
Founder, Moghrabi Adr, UK
Yasser Aboismail
General Counsel And Compliance Officer, Schindler Group UAE
Ahmed Hussein Zekry​
SVP – Regional Head of Legal at Banque Misr, UAE
Aneesh Garg
General Counsel, Jumbo Electronics Company Limited, UAE
Sakshi Singhal
Advocate, Sakshi Law Associates, INDIA
Sameer Somal
Co-Founder, Blue Ocean Global Technology, USA
Saakar S. Yadav
Founder, Lexlegis Solutions Pvt ltd., India
Herbert Schmidt
CEO,Omega Consulting Group GmbH,Germany
Dr Sandjar Muminov
President,Sandjar Group,UAE
Kevin Fournier
Director, Intellectual Property Lawyer,Kevin J Fournier, Intellectual Property Legal Services Limited,UK
Paul Scribner
CEO & Chairman, Raven Resources Corp, USA
Nikhil Kirtane
Independent Lawyer & Consultants, Nikhil Kirtane & Associate, India
Swarbhanu Bhattacharya
Partner, Lex Ally Global FZC LLC, UAE
Mahesh Jethani
Partner, Lexlegis Solutions Pvt Ltd., India
Daniel Feetham
Practice Head, Barrister, Madison Legal Ltd, UK
Kishore Jaichandani
Managing Director, CAVEAT CAPITAL, UAE
Ralf Kaiser
CTO, Sandline Global, Germany
Aashna Duggal

Chief Legal Officer, Girl Power Talk, India

WHO WILL YOU RUN INTO?

Reps, employees and owners of many of these companies and more:

Testimonials from our Attendees

“It was a great experience and opportunity to join World Lawyers Forum here in Dubai and have the chance to network with brilliant legal professionals all around the world. Different and recent topics have been discussed and it was great.

Priscila Mielli Abrahao

Head of Legal Affairs , Vivo, UAE

“A very rewarding week in dubai including speaking at the World Lawyers Forum conference. Meeting existing clients and contacts and making new contacts and friends too. Spreading the message of JMW Solicitors LLP and our Lawshare – Referral Scheme for Law Firms. Thank you Till the next time!

Graham Small

Partner, Commercial Litigation, JMW Solicitors LLP

“It was a delight attending the Dubai World Lawyers Forum 2022. Pleasure to hear Burcu Holmgren, Benjamin Borsodi and Stuart Paterson discuss cross border disputes internationally. Jeremy Lieberman and Peter Smith discussed class actions worldwide.

Saher Khan

Trainee Solicitor at SOL International Ltd

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