Sheila Shadmand is a U.S. lawyer resident in Dubai. She represents large multinational companies in investigative matters and complex commercial litigation and arbitration. She is Partner-in-Charge of the Middle East & Africa and leads the Firm's Global Disputes and International Investigations practices in the region.
Sheila leads investigations and counsels multinational companies on compliance with anti-corruption/bribery (FCPA), anti-money laundering, sanctions, and anti-boycott laws and defends companies facing enforcement by U.S. agencies, including the DOJ, SEC, and OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control). She has led and defended investigations in more than 35 countries throughout the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region. In addition, Sheila has served as counsel or arbitrator in numerous high-value ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, and DIAC arbitrations and as an advocate with full rights of audience in the DIFC Courts. She was lead counsel in International Electro-Mechanical v. Al Fattan, which set the often-cited pro-arbitration foundational precedent in the DIFC Courts.
Sheila is recognized as a leading disputes and investigations lawyer for several years running in Chambers, The Legal 500, Who's Who, the Global Arbitration Review (GAR), the Global Investigations Review (GIR), and The Best Lawyers in the UAE. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg, and a number of other news-related broadcasts and print media in connection with her work. Sheila is a member of the DIFC Courts Rules Committee, the DIFC Academy, and has served as a member of an advisory board of the Dubai Judicial Institute.
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- March 7, 2023
Panelist on Developments in U.S. Law at IBA Conference - March 6, 2023
Panelist on AML and Sanctions at RESOLVE Abu Dhabi 2023 - March 14, 2022
Panelist for MENA Arbitration - Institutions, Trends, and the Future at the Second Annual Tel Aviv Arbitration Week in Israel - March 10, 2022
Panelist for Investment Decisions and Crisis Readiness: Accounting for Past and Future ESG Problems - March 9, 2022
Panelist for International Arbitration Year in Review 2021 - Jones Day webinar - March 8, 2022
DIFC Academy of Law - Lecture on Disputing Jurisdiction - February 9, 2022
GAR Live: Abu Dhabi – panel presenter for "The UAE Federal Arbitration Act – Now We Are Three" - September 13, 2020
The Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department International Law DayConducting Arbitration and Court Hearings Virtually - November 30, 2018
35th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: What Every Company Should Know about Newfound Risk Factors Practices Act - February 7, 2018
3rd Annual GAR Live Abu Dhabi - November 29-December 2, 2016
33rd International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - November 29 - December 2, 2016
33rd International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - November 17, 2016
3rd Annual GAR Live Event - May 16, 2016
Academy & Finance - A New Trend: Fiscal Solidarity Between Client and the Bank/Advisors Who are Condemned to Pay the Evaded Taxes - April 20, 2016
The Mandatory Code of Conduct for Legal Practitioners in the DIFC Courts - April 15, 2016
PwC Global Economic Crime Survey 2016 - March 21-22, 2016
7th Annual Middle East Summit on Compliance Anti-Corruption & Financial Crime - March 14-18, 2016
PBI Training of Prosecutors in Kenya - November 8-11, 2015
SuperReturn Middle East 2015: Too Hot To Touch - Anti-Bribery & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Can You Still Get Things Done? - October 26, 2015
DIFC Academy of Law: Lecture on Disputing Jurisdiction - October 25, 2015
International Sanctions Regimes - Business Risks & Opportunities - September 16, 2015
ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty - How will the potential lifting of Iran's sanctions play out for Middle East investors, financiers and businesses? - April 27, 2015
AMEERG Meeting in Dubai – The Rise of the Whistleblower in the Middle East and Africa - April 14, 2015
Global Disputes Seminar - Saving Time and Costs: A Roundtable Discussion On The New ICC Rules and Alternative Arbitration Rules in The MENA Region - April 13, 2015
DIFC Academy of Law: Lecture on Disputing Jurisdiction - March 31, 2015
Sustainable Development: The UN Global Compact Principle 10 - Anti-Corruption, Annual Investment Meeting - March 18, 2015
The Rise of the Whistleblower in the Middle East & Africa, BEERG/AMEERG Conference - May 15, 2014
European Labor & Employment Conference 2014: Managing Today’s Employment Relationships Across Europe - May 6, 2014
The Continuing Expansion of Health Care Enforcement by U.S. and International Authorities: Key Developments and Implications for the Future - November 16, 2013
Advocacy Trainer, DIFC Courts Academy - October 16, 2013
Navigating Global Risk - February 2013
ACI's 4th Middle East Summit on Anti-Corruption - November 2012
International Arbitration and ADR China Conference, Middle East Disputes - October 2012
2012 Legal Congress: Law & Regulation in the Middle East, Complying with Economic Sanctions in the Middle East - Fall 2011
IBA Conference, Dubai, Presentation: Litigation in the Middle East and the Islamic World - April 2010
UIA Conference in Damascus, The Enforcement (or Challenge) of Arbitral Awards presented to the Syrian Bar Association and UIA Conference Delegates
"Knows how to navigate the law — and people — to get results."The Legal 500
- University of Virginia (J.D. 1998; Managing Board, Virginia Journal of International Law); Mary Washington College (B.A. 1995)
- Virginia, District of Columbia, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and District of Columbia Circuits, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global for UAE Corporate Investigations (2015-2022)
Member of the arbitration team recognized by the Global Arbitration Review in its 2020 GAR 30 ranking of leading international arbitration law firms
Recognized as:
one of the Super 50 Lawyers in MENA, Asian Legal Business (2022)
a leading lawyer in Disputes, The Legal 500 (2014-2022)
one of the world's leading investigations figures by Who's Who Legal and Global Investigations Review (2019-2023)
- Farsi, French
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