Winning an award is only half the job. Since 1999, Horizons & Co has built its practice around what happens next: turning a favourable decision into recovered value. The Emirati-founded firm, based in Dubai with an office in Abu Dhabi, has more than 75 practitioners and support staff acting before the onshore UAE courts, the DIFC and ADGM Courts, and arbitral tribunals in the region and abroad.

Founder and Managing Partner Ali Al Zarooni, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, leads the arbitration practice with Paul Blakeway, Head of Arbitration and Offshore Litigation. They act in DIAC, ICC, LCIA and SCCA proceedings, as well as ad hoc arbitrations, seated onshore, offshore and internationally. A dedicated Execution team then carries the matter through enforcement and asset recovery, so clients deal with one team from pre-action strategy to funds received.

That continuity is the subject of the firm’s Dubai Arbitration Week session, “Paper Victory, Empty Pockets”, at the Capital Club, DIFC. The discussion draws on the firm’s work for government entities, banks, master developers, family businesses and private clients, across construction, real estate, finance and commercial disputes, in both Arabic and English.

HKA is a leading global consultancy in dispute resolution, expert witness services, litigation support, and risk mitigation.

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Global Advocacy and Legal Counsel advises on matters shaped by complexity, sensitivity, and consequence. Established in Dubai in 2002 by four founding Emirati partners, the firm has grown into a substantial regional operation with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Muscat and Amman, advising on local and cross-border matters. With lawyers qualified across multiple jurisdictions, we bring clear judgement to fast-moving situations, helping clients protect what matters and move forward with confidence.

We support domestic and international institutions, investors, corporations, governmental entities, and high-profile private clients where legal issues sit alongside wider commercial, regulatory, and reputational considerations. Across the region, our work involves disputes, arbitration, restructuring, corporate and commercial, employment, regulatory, and criminal matters, always handled with senior attention, commercial awareness, and disciplined discretion.

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