Nasser Ali Khasawneh

Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Nasser Ali Khasawneh is global head of TMT and chair of Eversheds Sutherland Middle East. He is based in the Dubai office.

Nasser has been practising since 1994, both as in-house counsel and in private practice. He has acted for leading regional and international companies in various sectors. Nasser is primarily focused on two areas: commercial/TMT and disputes. Nasser has represented some of the world’s largest information technology, media and consumer companies, advising them on various commercial, licensing, cloud computing, IP rights, labour law and other issues. As for his disputes work, Nasser has acted as counsel and as arbitrator in major arbitration cases in various sectors.

Nasser is active in the legal community, including in the International Bar Association (IBA), and served for several years (until the end of 2018) as co-chair of the IBA’s Arab Regional Forum. He has been a guest lecturer at over 100 conferences organised by the IBA, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Business Software Alliance, World Intellectual Property Organization and various other organisations in the Middle East and Europe. In May 2019, Nasser was elected to the ICC UAE Commission’s Steering Committee, one of the country’s most important arbitration platforms.