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 speciality areas are international trade, agency and distribution, intellectual property and arbitration.

Mohamed graduated in law from the University of Beirut in 2004. He worked in the Dubai Customs for 3 years handling various legal and administrative matters. He has been practicing as an advocate in Dubai since 2006.

Latha trained as a lawyer in Singapore and has over 20 years of working experience as in-house legal adviser in various semi-governmental bodies and private companies in Singapore. Latha arrived in Dubai with her husband, a Singapore diplomat, in late 2005 and has been actively involved in the diplomatic circle. In 2006, Latha formed the Singapore Women’s Group in Dubai which does social and charitable work. In 2007, she joined our firm as a legal consultant and advises on corporate and commercial matters.

Abdul Karim graduated in law from the University of Cairo in 1984. He also holds a Diploma in Business Administration from Khartoum University . He practised in the Sudan as an Advocate until 1986. Since then, he has worked in a variety of legal fields, including advocacy, banking, finance, property and debt recovery. He also worked for two years in the Ministry of the Interior in Abu-Dhabi (1994/95). He has lived and worked in the UAE for over 20 years.

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 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 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.