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SPEAKER PROFILES
Inam Y. Siddiqui, General Counsel, GE Oil & Gas for MENAT region
Inam provides advice, support and training to the business on a wide range of
issues, including commercial contract drafting, compliance matters, internal
investigations, employment, legal entity management, corporate governance
and commercial disputes. When he was in private practice with Clifford Chance,
he represented multinational companies in several international arbitrations,
including a significant case involving European and Middle Eastern government
bodies in dispute over a major military purchase.
Sameer Huda, Head of Corporate, Hadef & Partners
Sameer heads our Corporate, M&A and Private Equity teams in Dubai. He advises clients
on all aspects of M&A, private equity and general corporate and commercial work.
Known for his strong problem solving skills, Sameer works directly with clients to
ensure that transactions are well structured at the outset from both a strategic
and commercial perspective to achieve their commercial objectives. Sameer has
played a major role in many of the UAE’s innovative and challenging transactions
and is noted in directories as a market leader.
Sameer trained with Denton Wilde Sapte and was previously within the corporate
department of Eversheds LLP in London. He holds a BSc (Hons) Mathematics with
Management from Imperial College, United Kingdom, a Common Professional
Examination has completed the Legal Practice Course, both from the College of
Law, United Kingdom, and has been admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of
England and Wales since 1998. Sameer is an Officer of the Corporate Law Section
of the International Bar Association.
Melissa Quai Currie, Partner, Hadef & Partners
Melissa is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution team advising on commercial disputes.
She has specialised in complex, often cross-border, arbitration and litigation. She
has worked in London, Moscow, Perth and Dubai on many multi-jurisdictional
disputes and is experienced in resolving disputes in emerging markets.
Melissa has acted for major international corporations and banks in commercial,
corporate, real estate, investment, finance and energy & resources (including
commodity pricing) disputes.
Her international arbitration experience includes representing clients in ad hoc
and institutional arbitrations. She has represented clients in arbitrations under
the LCIA, ICC, DIAC, SCC and UNCITRAL Rules.
Melissa has assisted clients with interim injunctions sought in support of
arbitrations as well as injunctions sought in offshore jurisdictions.
Prior to joining Hadef & Partners Melissa was a Senior Associate with Clifford
Chance’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Moscow and Perth.
She is admitted to practice in England & Wales and Australia (the High Court and
Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Western Australia).
Pierre Heitzmann, Of Counsel, Jones Day
Pierre Heitzmann is Of Counsel in the Dubai office of Jones Day. Trained in civil and
common law jurisdictions, his main area of practice is international arbitration.
Over the last 20 years, he has acted as arbitrator and counsel in many international
arbitration proceedings including but not limited to ICC, DIAC, SCC, and UNCITRAL
proceedings involving private companies, sovereigns, and state-owned entities
and mainly arising out of construction contracts, energy supply agreements,
license agreements, post-merger and acquisition disputes, shareholders’ and
joint venture agreements, agreements for the sale of goods, agency agreement,
distribution agreements. Pierre is registered with the Paris Bar, as foreign legal
consultant in Dubai and as a DIFC Courts Registered Practitioner (Part 2). The Legal
500 has described Pierre as a ‘very reactive and tenacious’ attorney, showing a
‘deep understanding of the financial and technical elements in a case’ combined
with ‘good pleading and cross-examination skills’.