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Graham Lovett

Graham
Lovett

Partner

CONTACT INFO

glovett@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+971 (0)4 318 4620

FAX:+971 (0)4 318 4601

Dubai

Building 5, Level 4, Dubai International Financial Centre, P.O. Box 506654, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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PRACTICE

Litigation International Arbitration Transnational Litigation White Collar Defense and Investigations

BIOGRAPHY

Graham trained and qualified as an English solicitor with Clifford Chance, where he spent 22 years.  After 10 years in London Graham was seconded to Clifford Chance’s Dubai office in 2004 and became regional managing partner.  Graham joined Gibson Dunn in January 2016 to head up the regional disputes practice.  He specialises in complex commercial arbitration and litigation, often with a cross-border element.

Graham is Chairman of the DIFC Authority Legislative Committee, a Member of the Steering Committee for the ICC UAE, Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb), former Member of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Arbitration Committee and Member of the Advisory Board of the IBA Arab Regional Forum. He is co-editor of Summaries of UAE Courts’ Decisions on Arbitration (ICC). Graham regularly appears as an advocate before the DIFC Courts and sits as an arbitrator in both domestic and international arbitrations.  He also has full rights of audience in the English Courts.

For a number of years Graham has been recommended as a leading lawyer in the field of Dispute Resolution – currently Tier 1 rankings in Dispute Resolution for both UAE and Middle East-wide as well as Corporate Investigations by Chambers Global 2020.  Renowned for his expert handling of cases in the UAE and throughout the Middle East Chambers sources described him as “highly regarded for being a very pragmatic litigator”, ‘very knowledgeable…’, ‘top of the class practitioner” and “an absolutely great legal mind with a customer comes first attitude – one of the best I have worked with’.  He is consistently listed as a key individual in Legal 500 EMEA 2013-2018, and is also recognised by Who’s Who Legal: Asset Recovery 2020. He was also named the 2017 Arbitration and Mediation ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in the United Arab Emirates, and also recognized in the field of Litigation by Best Lawyers.

In September 2019, Graham was appointed by Decree by HH the Ruler of Dubai as a Trustee of the Board of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), one of only two ex-patriate appointments to the Board.  The appointment is for three years.

EDUCATION

Guilford College - 1993 Legal Practice Course

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - December 7, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal 2020 Litigation Recognizes Nine Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - August 12, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal 2020 Asset Recovery, Energy, and Product Liability Defence Guides Recognize Eight Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - January 30, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal Recognizes 15 Gibson Dunn Partners in Litigation, Corporate Tax and Private Funds
Firm News - November 6, 2019 | Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Ten Gibson Dunn Partners in Project Finance, Product Liability, Energy, and Asset Recovery in 2019
Article - February 8, 2017 | Litigation Needs to Serve a Clear Purpose
Client Alert - June 6, 2016 | Middle East Financial Services Hub – A Snapshot of the DIFC Landscape
Client Alert - March 14, 2016 | DIFC Courts: A Gateway to Enforcing Foreign Judgments in Onshore Dubai
Publications - March 8, 2016 | Webcast: FCPA Trends in the Emerging Markets of Asia, the Middle East and Africa
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