Adv. Abdelmotleb Ali Ahmed is a Partner and Senior Advocate & Legal Adviser at Algharib & Partners LLC, bringing more than five decades of judicial and legal experience across Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
His career has encompassed service as a judge, courtroom advocacy and legal advisory work across civil, personal status and estates, commercial, real estate and criminal law. He was seconded to the Dubai Courts in 1979 and later participated in establishing the legal practice that developed into Algharib & Partners LLC in 2002.
JUDICIAL CAREER
Sudan · UAE
DUBAI COURTS
Judicial service from 1979
ALGHARIB & PARTNERS LLC
Partner · Since establishment in 2002
LANGUAGES
Arabic · English
Adv. Abdelmotleb Ali Ahmed is a Partner and Senior Advocate & Legal Advisor at Algharib & Partners LLC, bringing more than five decades of judicial and legal experience across Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
His professional career spans judicial service, courtroom advocacy and legal advisory work across civil law, personal status and estates, commercial law, real estate and criminal matters.
His experience combines the analytical perspective of a former judge with decades of private legal practice, providing clients and colleagues with longstanding courtroom knowledge and practical legal judgment.
A professional career extending from judicial service in Sudan to the Dubai Courts and subsequently into long-standing advocacy and private legal practice.
Began his judicial career in January 1972, serving as a judge within the Sudanese judiciary.
Seconded to the Emirate of Dubai in December 1979 to serve as a judge within the Dubai Courts.
Obtained registration in the UAE register of lawyers authorised to plead before courts, continuing his professional career from judicial service into legal advocacy.
Participated in establishing the legal practice that subsequently developed into Algharib & Partners LLC.
Following retirement from the Sudanese judiciary, continued his career in legal advocacy and advisory practice.
His practice has developed across a broad range of contentious and advisory matters, informed by experience both as a judge and as an advocate.
Litigation strategy, courtroom advocacy, pleadings and legal analysis informed by extensive judicial and private-practice experience.
Advice and representation across civil disputes and related court proceedings.
Family, personal-status, inheritance and estate-related legal matters.
Commercial disputes and legal matters involving business relationships, obligations and contractual issues.
Property-related legal matters and associated disputes.
Criminal-law matters supported by extensive judicial and advocacy experience.
Abdelmotleb participated in establishing the legal practice that developed into Algharib & Partners LLC and continues to contribute his extensive judicial and legal experience to the firm.
Working alongside the firm's leadership and other Partners, he provides guidance, professional counsel and institutional knowledge supporting both client work and the continuing development of the practice.
Bachelor of Sharia and Law
Omdurman Islamic University
Republic of Sudan
Graduated 1971.
Sudanese Judiciary
Judge from 1972
Dubai Courts
Judicial service from 1979
UAE advocacy registration obtained in 1986.
Longstanding legal practice and courtroom experience in Dubai.
Arabic
English
Abdelmotleb’s career has given him the unusual perspective of having served within the judiciary before moving into long-standing advocacy and advisory practice. That combination informs a measured approach to disputes, legal analysis and client strategy.
His perspective is grounded in careful examination of the facts, the applicable law and the practical realities of litigation. Rather than approaching a matter only from the position being advanced, he places particular emphasis on understanding how arguments may be assessed from a judicial perspective.
Speak with our team regarding a civil, personal status, commercial, real estate or criminal-law matter.
