Karim Abdelsalam
Supervising Senior AssociateKarim has been a Senior Associate at Horizons & Co for almost a decade and over-sees the day-to-day management of the associates in the firm’s litigation function. He has broad-based litigation experience in the UAE, with a special interest in criminal matters.
His cases encompass white collar crimes such as fraud, forgery, breach of trust, bounced cheques and theft. Karim frequently achieves positive results in securing successful outcomes for his clients due to his extensive knowledge of UAE criminal proceedings. He seamlessly navigates them throughout the whole life cycle of a case, from assessing its merits and filing, to advising on strategy and representation before all levels of the courts, as well as ensuring the successful application for travel bans, the freezing of assets and debt recovery.
He carries out legal research, consults with clients on various legal matters, and attends expert meetings. Karim’s additional expertise is within the sectors of employment and civil and commercial disputes. He is an expert in family dispute matters, including child custody and divorce cases as well as complex inheritance matters.
Languages
- English
- Arabic
Education & Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Cairo, Egypt
Experience highlights
- Various companies on an array of contentious employment matters including unjustified termination, end of service and workplace accident claims.
- A major bank on a major fraud case resulting in the Defendant being found guilty and sentenced to not only a significant prison sentence but the recovering of the majority of the stolen funds through the enforcement and execution of the judgment and the sale of considerable assets.
- Multiple companies against employees committing cybercrimes and defamation actions against the company resulting in sentencing and deportation judgments.
- Various clients in financial crimes such as bounced cheques, car leasing, financial fraud and breach of trust.
- An investment group in relation to a significant breach of trust case, where a senior executive was accused of embezzling company funds. Ensured a favourable judgment for the client the recovery of the stolen assets.
- Individual clients in extradition claims, resulting in decisions of no extradition by both the court and the prosecution.
- Various clients in the context of family disputes concerning wealth, inheritance and the division of property.
- Employees of Arabtec Construction in a manslaughter claim resulting to a suspended sentencing time and payment of a fine.
- A UHNW individual in the context of a drug possession and trade criminal claim, resulting in the successful exoneration by a decision from the public prosecution before reaching the courts.
- A steel company on a complex case involving allegations of theft of industrial machinery, ensuring that the stolen property was recovered and the responsible parties were prosecuted.
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