Dr. Mahmood Hussain, Founding Partner at M&CO Legal, has over 20 years of legal experience. He teaches UAE Sharia Law and Islamic Arbitration at the University of East Anglia, and UAE Labour and Employment Law at Pantheon-Assas University Paris II. A prominent litigator in Dubai Courts, he has secured numerous high-profile judgments and leads M&CO Legal’s corporate team on DIFC financial agreements. With rights of audience before the DIFC Courts and the UAE Federal Supreme Court, Dr. Mahmood is also an accredited Arbitrator by DIAC and the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Center. He has overseen over 50 arbitration cases and is a member of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration. He chairs the ICC-UAE Commission on and ADR and contributes to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR in Paris. Dr. Mahmood was instrumental in establishing DIFC Courts, serving as its first Deputy Registrar.