Dr. OBAID SAQER BUSIT

Obaid graduated in law from UAE University in 1984. Subsequently, he studied in America at the University of San Diego where he gained his Master's degree in Comparative Law in1986, and at Durham University in England where he gained his Doctorate in Commercial Arbitration in 1991. Thereafter, he practised on his own account in Dubai before becoming Director General of Dubai's Department of Ports and Customs in 1994. In the same year, he was appointed Chairman of the UAE Customs Council. Many honours followed, culminating in his election in July 2000, to the post of Chairman of the World Customs Organisation Council, the first Arab to hold this important and prestigious post.

Obaid combines sound practical commonsense with his academic interests. He is the author of many learned articles published in international legal journals. Between 1991 and 2005, he was a lecturer at his old university at Al Ain. Obaid’s specialty areas are international trade, agency and distribution, intellectual property and arbitration.

IBRAHIM NADA

Mr Nada graduated in law from Al Mansoora University in Egypt in 1984. He joined several courses in areas such as ‘International Arbitration’ and ‘Human Rights’. Mr. Nada is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association. He has been practicing law for more than 20 years. Mr. Nada has the right to appear before various courts in Egypt.

AHMED KARMT ATTA

Mr. Karmt graduated in Law from Al-Azhar University, Egypt in 2004. Since then, he worked in several legal firms and practiced teaching Law subjects in both Egypt and the UAE. He conducted a number of researches in International Arbitration, Sharia & Corporate Governance. Ahmad has gained a good experience in Civil & Commercial Laws.

HENNING SCHEU

Henning graduated with a Doctorate in Jurisprudence in Frankfurt. He also holds a diploma in Psychology. Henning has extensive legal and business experience having worked in the BMW group for several years and providing consulting services. Since 2003, he was a partner of ASCON, a European-Arab industrial partnership. He joined Buse in 2007 and concentrates on mergers and acquisition matters.

CHRISTIAN GLORIA

Christian studied law in Bochum (Germany) and London and was admitted to the bar in Germany in 1989. He has been a partner in Buse since 1989. Christian has far reaching experience in corporate and commercial work as well as antitrust law. His professional activities include membership on supervisory boards. Christian is co-author of a leading German publication on international law and writes frequently on corporate and antitrust subjects.

ANTHONY DAVID HARRIS

Anthony was educated in Exeter College, Oxford, UK. He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1964, and being fluent in Arabic, focused mainly on the Arab World. He was posted to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, The United Arab Emirates (twice), Switzerland and Egypt. He also had secondments to the Ministry of Defence, where he was closely involved in military aircraft sales to Saudi Arabia and the Cabinet Office, and also where he conducted a review of the security of British missions overseas. He has traveled widely in the Arab World and Iran. His last appointment with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was to Abu Dhabi in 1994 as HM Ambassador. He took an early retirement in 1998 to join Robert Fleming International bank in London as a Director in their Middle East Corporate Finance Department.