TARIQ KHAN

Tariq Khan is a distinguished international arbitration advocate and Partner leading the International Arbitration practice at M&CO Legal, UAE. He is recognised as a strategic counsel in precedent-sensitive, high-stakes cross-border disputes involving sovereign-linked entities, global corporations, and ultra-high-net-worth clients across the Middle East, Asia, and international commercial markets.

His practice is centred on complex, bet-the-company disputes before specialised courts and arbitral tribunals, with particular prominence in proceedings connected to the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts and Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts. He is regularly instructed in matters involving enforcement of major arbitral awards, recognition of foreign judgments, and deployment of urgent equitable remedies, including worldwide freezing orders, anti-suit relief, and emergency injunctive protection in multi-jurisdictional commercial conflicts.

Tariq is a trusted lead advocate in arbitrations conducted under the rules of premier international institutions, including ICC, DIAC, LCIA, and SIAC. His experience spans strategically significant disputes arising from large-scale infrastructure and construction programmes, energy transition and oil & gas ventures, financial services regulation, hospitality and luxury asset operations, consortium and joint venture governance, and complex corporate and investment structures.

A notable feature of his practice is his contribution to the development of arbitration jurisprudence in the UAE, particularly in relation to the governing law of arbitration agreements, the doctrine of separability, and the supportive jurisdiction of financial free zone courts in reinforcing arbitration as the primary mechanism of commercial dispute resolution.

In addition to his role as counsel, he serves as an international arbitrator on multiple institutional panels and has delivered awards in sophisticated commercial, construction, and financial disputes with values exceeding USD 10 million. His adjudicatory and advisory work is complemented by a significant academic and professional footprint, having authored more than 70 publications in leading international legal platforms including Kluwer Arbitration Blog and LexisNexis Middle East, where he writes on emerging trends in global arbitration, enforcement regimes, and comparative dispute resolution law.

His reputation is built on a combination of elite-level advocacy, strategic commercial insight, and deep doctrinal understanding of international arbitration architecture, positioning him among the region’s leading specialists in high-value dispute resolution.