Bio

Abdulwahid Alulama is White & Case's Head of the Middle East, a UAE citizen and a partner in our Corporate and M&A practice. Abdulwahid supports clients with mergers and acquisitions and a broad spectrum of corporate matters. Based in the Firm's UAE offices, he helps both domestic and international clients to achieve their business objectives, primarily within markets in the Middle East and North Africa. His practice is focused on cross-border transactions, initial public offerings, corporate governance and commercial deals. He also offers clients the benefit of his significant track record in such varied areas as financial regulation, debt capital markets, banking and finance, project finance, real estate and litigation. He is also an active arbitrator under both the ICC and Dubai International Arbitration Center Rules. This unusual breadth of experience enables Abdulwahid to provide comprehensive legal advice across many of the Firm’s core practice areas. Before joining White & Case in 2012, he was a partner of the largest local UAE law firm in Dubai, and a former managing partner of their associated Qatar office. He was also the Group Chief Legal Officer of Dubai World, a prominent and active Dubai-based sovereign wealth fund. On the industry side, Abdulwahid has been involved in a number of senior strategic commercial roles in the retail, natural resources and finance sectors. This wide-ranging legal and commercial experience has given Abdulwahid a thorough grasp of the business environment within the United Arab Emirates, and has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor within the local business community.