Dr. Ali Khamis Al Alawi

Years of professional experience: Nearly 4 decades

Dr. Ali Khamis Al Alawi is the Founder and Senior Partner of Al Alawi & Co. He is a veteran in the legal industry in Oman with more than 38 years of experience.

Dr. Ali Khamis Al Alawi descends from a reputable family with strong roots in the Sultanate of Oman.

Dr. Ali Khamis was the first Omani to hold the position of Head of the Land Registry Office in the Sultanate of Oman.  He was appointed to this position in 1982 after completing his studies and continued his work for the government through 1986.  During his tenure at the Ministry, Dr. Ali Khamis steered and headed drafting a number of Omani laws (including the Land Registry Law, the Usufruct Law and the Tenancy Law)

Given his experience working for the government and holding the position of Land Registrar of the Sultanate of Oman, Dr. Ali Khamis continues to maintain strong relationships with governmental authorities, particularly those administrations that supervise real estate activities (including the Oman Tourism Development Company S.A.O.C. or OMRAN, Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Tourism, and Ministry of Commerce and Industry).

In 1997, Dr. Ali Khamis became the first Omani national to be registered with the Supreme Court of the Sultanate of Oman as a lawyer; and he was the first lawyer to plead before the State Security Court.  Dr. Ali Khamis is licensed and qualified to appear before all courts in the Sultanate of Oman and has a rich experience appearing before the local courts.

Dr. Ali Khamis is well versed in Omani laws generally and drafting legislation in particular.  He is also well acquainted with business law, having been an executive member of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry in the Sultanate of Oman.  He is also often called upon to either act as arbitrator or to represent a party in arbitration not in the least because of his experience as Chairman of the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Dr. Ali Khamis was also at the forefront for the protection of intellectual property rights in the Sultanate of Oman, being the founder of the The Omani Association for Intellectual Property and Gulf Consultants for the Protection of Intellectual Property LLC.

Dr. Ali Khamis is an active participant in conferences and seminars held in the Sultanate of Oman and abroad.

Dr. Ali Khamis was recently named as a “Recommended Lawyer” in the category of “Real Estate & Construction” by the Legal 500 EMEA Rankings (2021). In the year 2020, he was named as a “Recommended Lawyer” in the category of “Corporate, Commercial and M&A” by the Legal 500 EMEA Rankings (2020). He was also described as the “Leading Lawyer – Highly Regarded” by IFLR 1000 (2018, 2019 and 2020).

• Advocate (Primary, Appellate, and Supreme Courts in Oman)

• Honorary Doctorate in International Arbitration and Investment Contracts Diploma from American Council Law, Arbitration & Human Rights

• Post Graduate and High Diploma (Intellectual Property)

• Bachelor’s Degree (Sharia & Law) in Al Azhar University (Cairo, Egypt)

• Registered Member of the Lawyers Admission Committee, Ministry of
  Justice, the Sultanate of Oman (1997 till present)

• Founder & Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Omani Association for Intellectual Property in the Sultanate of Oman (2017 till present).

• Member of the Intellectual Property Pillar at the Council for Scientific Research in the Sultanate of Oman (2017 till present)

• Member of the International Bar Association (1997 till present)

• Member of the International Trademark Association (1992 till present)

• Former President and Honorary Member (Arbitrator) from the Arbitrator’s Panel of Commercial Arbitration Centers of the GCC (2012 – 2022)

• Counselor of International Justice for Judicial & Diplomatic Studies (2019) – Beirut, Lebanon.

• Member of Resolution of International Disputes Adviser of International Justice Foundation for Judicial Studies and Diplomacy United Nations (UNICITRAL) (2016)

• Associate Member of the International Union for the Protection of Intellectual Property INTA (2006)

• Former President and Member of the Board of Directors of Commercial Arbitration Centers of the GCC – Middle East (1996)

• Chairman of Arbitration and Conciliation Committee – Sultanate of Oman (1994)

• Former Board Member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Sultanate of Oman (1992-1998)

• Former President of the Reconciliation & Arbitration Committee of the Oman Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Sultanate of Oman (1992 – 1996)

• Member of Arbitration Centers – Cairo, Egypt and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1992)

• Member of the Board of the Arab Authority for Arbitration – Paris, France
  (1992).

• Founder of the Arab Society for Industrial Property and Gulf Consultants for
  the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (1989).