Abdulla Farouk Luqman

Abdulla Farouk Luqman is the Managing Founder of Luqman Legal Advocates and Legal Consultants. He is an internationally recognized advocate/arbitrator holding three degrees from the UK and a former legal consultant at Al Tamimi and Richards Butler. He advises the largest multinationals on the globe, and focuses on international arbitration, commercial, Islamic finance, litigation and oil & gas. He regularly participates in complex international commercial arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, GAFTA and LCIA Rules. Abdulla is Yemen’s exclusive member of the Employment Law Alliance (the largest network of international employment law attorneys in the world), a member of the International Bar Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Yemen Bar Association, UAE Jurists Association, Royal School of Science and the Guide Dog Adventure Group.

His main clients include Angelique International, APR Energy, BP, Clorox, DLA Piper, European Union Delegation, Etihad Airways, Freshfields, GE, International Finance Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Occidental Petroleum, P&I Clubs, Schlumberger, Simmons & Simmons, Tetra Group, United States Embassy, Weatherford and White & Case. He also represented a number of Yemeni ministries and public authorities.

Abdulla Luqman is regularly invited to speak in international events and conferences such as the Employment Law Alliance, Qatar Law Forum and the International Bar Association.

“Abdulla Luqman approaches his work with the level of meticulousness and high quality that’s expected by top international clients and praise him as an influential player in the market who is setting immensely high standards of service” (Chambers and Partners).