As one might expect from one of the region’s leading and most trusted law firms, Al Tamimi & Company’s path to astronomical success was measured and methodical. Founded by Essam Al Tamimi in Sharjah in 1989, the company was first supported by just one legal secretary. Later the same year, another office was opened in World Trade Centre Dubai to support its growing team of five lawyers.
By 1994, Al Tamimi & Company employed ten lawyers with an additional office in Abu Dhabi. Ten years later, in 2004, the company expanded outside the UAE, opening an office in Doha, Qatar. In the years that followed, Al Tamimi & Company opened offices in Amman, Jordan, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. By this time, they also had operations in Dubai International Financial Centre and Qatar Financial Market.
And this growth story has continued to this day. By 2013, the company had 16 Middle East offices, with 330 lawyers working across nine countries. Those figures have now increased to 17 offices, ten countries, 82 partners, over 350 lawyers, 450 legal professionals, and more than 850 total employees.
Al Tamimi & Company offers a broad range of services, with practices covering banking, capital markets, commercial and competition. It supports businesses and individuals in the education, finance, healthcare, real estate and technology industries – among many others.
Unlike many of its international competitors, Al Tamimi & Company is able to practice local law in each of the jurisdictions in which it is present, with rights of audience before local courts and licensed litigators present in each of its offices. As a result, the firm has advised on some of the most complex legal issues in the Middle East and continues to be at the forefront of its industry regionally and globally.
