Adam Tighe
Senior Associate,
Dubai, UAE
T. +971 4 528 5555
E. adam.tighe@bsabh.com
Adam has a strong focus on insurance litigation, where he has advised and represented international insurers/reinsurers, brokers, loss adjusters, and large self-insured corporates in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates
Adam has worked exclusively in private practice since 2011, with a strong focus on insurance litigation, where he has advised and represented international insurers/reinsurers, brokers, loss adjusters, and large self-insured corporates in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. His areas of speciality include professional negligence, medical negligence, and property damage claims (including significant natural disaster events).
He is a technically focused lawyer who advises his clients across a broad range of matters (including, inter alia: policy interpretation/coverage, compliance matters, claim prospects).
Adam also has considerable experience within the UAE in the corporate and commercial practice areas, where he has established companies, advised multi-national companies on restructuring and compliance matters, and drafted complex multi-jurisdictional agreements.
Adam holds an LLB (Hons) from the Queensland University of Technology (Australia) and a GradDip in Law from the Australian National University. He is registered with the Queensland Law Society (Australia), the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts, and the Dubai Legal Affairs Department.
Areas of expertise
services
- Cyber security & data protection
- Litigation
industry
- Life Sciences & Healthcare
- Insurance
- Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)
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