Naheed Kadernani

Managing Partner

Naheed has more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer, more than 18 years of which have been spent in UAE advising Clients both domestic and internationally on commercial transactions and dispute resolution in the U.A.E.
He has actively engaged with the Boards and C level executives of leading organizations in the U.A.E. and internationally and has significant experience of advising large corporate and public and private sector entities in the U.A.E. and Kenya.
He was involved in the set-up and management of Accord International Advocates and Legal Consultants, a full-service law firm established in Dubai in 2005 offering a bouquet of legal services in U.A.E. which he left in 2021 to launch Kadernani and Company Legal Consultants.

Advised an association of leading international airlines on a multi-million-dollar dispute with one of their service providers.
Successfully represented U.A.E. based developers in both the Dubai Court, DIFC Courts and arbitration in disputes emanating from FIDIC construction contracts.
Collaborated with Ross Sandler, the former New York City Commissioner of Transport to draft road regulations for one of the Emirates of the U.A.E.
Lead Counsel on the sale of shares of one of the biggest mobile and telecommunication service providers based in the horn of Africa.
Drafted a variety of securitization documents to secure financing by Indian banks in the UAE.
Advised and managed restructuring of large number of multinational corporations to the U.A.E. particularly with moving their corporate headquarters to the U.A.E.
Retained by number of Developers in the U.A.E. to advice and structure developments and off plan sales.
Retained by large mining corporations in Africa