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Ms Sabrina Devenish England & Wales, Germany

German / England&Wales qualified lawyer practicing in the Middle East
Job title: Senior Associate
Country: United Arab Emirates

Membership type: Fellow membership
Primary branch: UAE
Secondary branches: Saudi Arabia
Disciplines: Other dispute resolution, Arbitration, Mediation

Contact details

Company details

Fox Williams Llp
10 Finsbury Square
EC2A 1AF

Personal bio

Sabrina is a dispute resolution specialist with over 10 years of cross-border litigation and arbitration experience. In recent years, she has represented both private and sovereign clients in some of the most significant and high-profile international disputes, as ranked by The Lawyer.

Sabrina has acted as counsel and advisor in dozens of arbitrations before major arbitral institutions (including the LCIA, DIAC and ICC), and in ad-hoc arbitrations under UAE law, DIFC law and the UNCITRAL Rules in the leading global arbitration hubs (including London, Paris and Dubai). Sabrina is also an experienced litigator, having handled proceedings before the English, DIFC and ADGM courts.

In recent years, Sabrina has spent her time between Dubai and Riyadh, advising local and international clients and representing them in court and arbitration proceedings.

Sabrina is dual-qualified in England & Wales and in Germany (Rechtsanwalt), allowing her to work across both civil and common law matters. She is also a qualified Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings) in England & Wales and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She holds the CIArb Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration and an MBA from a leading German business school.

Sabrina is a member of the LexisNexis Dispute Resolution Expert Panel. For three consecutive years, she has been listed as a “rising star” in commercial arbitration by Expert Guides.