

Cases
2,500+
In settlements & verdicts
$650M+
Years of experience
25
5-star ratings on Google
300+
Attorneys
23
Why Fareya Azfar & Araoui
Our practice model is built for owner-minded clients who are personally invested, and commercially decisive; wanting direct access to a partner-only, highly specialised senior judgment.
Owner-managed businesses, single-family offices (SFOs), and direct private equity investors choose us when the stakes are high and critically triggered matters demand absolute discretion and high conviction practical advice of a cross-disciplinary legal strategist and trusted counsel, not the heavily caveated legal opinions of a large legal machine.
Fareya Azfar & Araoui LLP
Some matters require more than legal advice. They require senior judgment, commercial clarity and a lawyer who can see the whole field.
Fareya Azfar & Araoui LLP is an international arbitration, litigation and private capital boutique founded in 2019 by two former Big Law practitioners. We act for owner-managed businesses, single-family offices, private investors and commercially exposed principals in high-stakes disputes, cross-border proceedings and complex investment matters.
Our model is deliberately senior and partner-led. Clients work directly with experienced counsel, not through layers of staffing. They come to us when the matter is sensitive, urgent or strategically important — and when they need clear, practical advice from a trusted legal strategist
Strategic representation in high-stakes international and domestic arbitration before the world’s premier arbitral and procedural frameworks of the ICC, LCIA, DIAC, and SIAC, as well as UNCITRAL ad hoc proceedings.

Our Dispute Resolution Capabilities
Practice Areas
Our Services
Cyber secuity and Data Breach
We have been handling cases of data security breaches in the UAE for over ten years, representing, advising, and leading investigations with affected parties to ring fence, allocate, and demarcate liabilities.
From F&B multinational entities to AI firms, we have experience advising on data security issues, and navigating post breach crises relating to cross-border transfers of data, governed by varying data protection and privacy laws.
Early Case Assessments
Disputes are ultimately a business problem, not merely a legal one. Clients must decide whether to pursue, defend, or settle a dispute often without clear visibility into cost, timeline, and realistic commercial outcome. At the heart of our strategy for legal and commercial victories winning complex is Early Case Assessment (“ECA”); a systematic approach to evaluating the strengths and weaknesses, risks, timeline, and cost of a matter. While our extensive experience means we scope work more precisely and anticipate possibilities more than non-specialists, our transdisplinary practice approach means we combine principles of the DuPont legal model with our proprietary SaaS technology to provide unparalleled assessments. The outcome places clients in a position to make a 'business choice' on whether to pursue, settle, or defend a matter.
Shipping Finance Joint Ventures
We structure alternative financing for vessel acquisition, ownership, and joint ventures where conventional ship mortgage lending does not fit - working with shipowners, operators, and private capital investors on multi-entity structures with built-in governance and exit mechanics.

What Our Clients Say
Since 2012 when Fareya won a difficult arbitration against a giant of a developer for us, this fireball of a lawyer has been our go to lawyer when faced with complex legal situations. She brings along a rare kind of dedication, proactiveness and an expertise borne out of a continuous learning process she subjects herself to during every case. We couldn't recommend her enough!
Al Kamda Investments
Fareya demonstrated excellence and cooperation. She provided assessment and advisory services that fully met our requirements and helped us overcome obstacles. All of our requests were completed within the agreed timeframe, with high quality and in compliance with business standards. Compared to other service providers we have worked with, we classify Fareya as "outstanding."
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Fareya is one of the most professional lawyers I have encountered in my career. she follows up with great enthusiasm and sheds light on all the key concepts, directs her client to look in forgotten angles.
Marine Capabilities (MARCAP)
The Legal Team

I talk to the client, a lot! We ask, verify, and ask more because that synergy and information exchange make us win every argument, every case, every time.
Fareya Azfar, Founding Partner


