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Biography

mido 2024

Hesham Elrafei LLM, FCiarb, is a Legal Advisor at Abu Dhabi Government- Judicial Department, a lawmaker, an International Arbitrator, and a legal expert in UAE laws.

 

Elrafei formerly worked at Google, Microsoft, Leigh Day Solicitors, and Thomson Reuters and has drafted several local laws and regulations, such as the Abu Dhabi Family Law 14/2021 and its regulation 8/2022. El Rafei also served on several regulatory committees, including:

  • Committee on the drafting of the internet surveillance law, 

  • Committee on the drafting of the Commercial court regulations, procedures, and rules related to online litigation, 

  • Committee on regulating the Notary Public online services, 

  • On the Draft of the regulation and guidelines related to money orders procedures before  the Abu Dhabi commercial court, 

  • Reform of Court procedures, including Alternative dispute resolution, Case Management, and court experts.

  • outsourcing of Abu Dhabi Courts Services Committee , 

  • Selection of best judge and prosecutor Awards Committee, 

  • Abu Dhabi Courts internal Audit Committee, 

  • Reform of the Abu Dhabi commercial court’s judicial procedures Committee, 

  • Reform of court notifications Committee, 

  • Traffic Fines Committee on the reform of the traffic court and prosecution, 

  • Legal awareness Committee on easing access to justice for expatriates living in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, 

  • Connection of Abu Dhabi prisons and the courtrooms via video conference Committee, 

  • Court Experts procedures Reform Committee, 

  • Restructuring of Court employees Committee,  

  • Enforcement Court Reform Committee, 

  • Implementation of English Language in Court proceedings Committee, 

  • Implementation of multilingual smart court Forms Committee,  

  • Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention committee, 

  • Online publication  of Abu Dhabi Commercial Court decisions committee, 

  • Reform of the alternative dispute resolution procedures Committee,

  • Audiovisual legal library Committee,

 

Elrafei holds a master’s degree in International Commercial Law from Nottingham Trend University and received his undergraduate degree from la filliere francophone Alexandria School of Law. He is also a fellow of the Chartered institute of arbitration FCiarb and a Certified Anti Money Laundering AML & Combating Terrorist Financing CTR Specialist ( Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists - ACAMS ).  

He is fluent in Arabic, French, English, and Italian. 

 

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