Ludmila Yamalova is the founder and Managing Partner of the Firm. Ludmila holds a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, U.S.A. She is licensed by the State Bar of California, since 2002. Ludmila is fluent in English, Russian and Ukrainian, having been born and raised in Ukraine.

Ludmila has over twenty (20) years of legal experience, six (6) of which were in the Silicon Valley, California. There, she worked at DLA Piper and as an Associate General Counsel (AGC) for Finisar Corp (FNSR). Since 2009, Ludmila has been actively practicing law and managing her own law firm in the U.A.E. Her main practice areas include family law; corporate advisory; company formation and management; financial restructuring and insolvency; intellectual property registration and enforcement; employment law advice; all forms of litigation and alternative dispute resolution; criminal and immigration cases.

Additionally, Ludmila is licensed by the Dubai Legal Affairs Department (Ruler’s Court), Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) Courts, registered as an arbitrator at the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), and is a certified mediator with the International Mediation Institute (IMI).