Nervana Borham

Profile

A corporate lawyer and legal consultant with hands-on experience in the UAE since 2012, combining litigation before Dubai Courts and the DIFC Courts and arbitration before the Dubai International Arbitration Centre with in-house advisory roles at leading real-estate and banking institutions. She completed the Dubai Courts accredited Private Notary Public qualification programme in 2025.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Law, 2010
• Certificate of completion, "Qualification & Training of Private Notary Public" programme — Dubai Courts, 30 January – 20 February 2025
• Diploma in Public Leadership with Artificial Intelligence
• Accreditation in the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) rules
• Accreditation in the DIFC Courts procedural laws
• Professional legal practice training, May 2010 – October 2011

Career

1. 2025 – present

   Private Notary Public licensed by Dubai Courts

   Notarising contracts, powers of attorney, declarations and signature attestations for the centre's clients.

2. Corporate Head — law firm and legal consultancy, Dubai

   Managed the complete corporate legal cycle: incorporation, bylaws and all client and employee contracts, through crisis management and negotiations with creditors and debtors, to drafting settlement and conciliation agreements.

3. Legal Consultant — DAMAC Holding

   Managed cases and pleadings, led settlement negotiations, resolved mortgage disputes, liaised with government departments and external counsel, and kept senior management abreast of new legislation.

4. Legal Consultant — customs consultancy

   Advised international companies on customs matters, prepared legal memoranda and technical reports submitted to Dubai Courts, and handled employment and civil cases and debt-collection files.

5. Cooperation with Dubai Islamic Bank

   Worked with the bank's litigation department on precautionary attachments, sale of mortgaged assets, bounced cheques and repossession.

6. Legal advisory to major corporations

   Advice, contract drafting and negotiations for companies including Hilti, G4S, China Railway and several large Chinese companies operating in the UAE.

Areas of expertise

• Corporate and governance
• Contract drafting, review and negotiation
• Real estate and construction
• Commercial contracts and disputes
• Arbitration (DIAC)
• Litigation before Dubai Courts and DIFC Courts
• Settlements and conciliation
• Estates and personal status (since 2022)
• Customs advisory
• Banking
• Transaction security

Recognitions

• Dubai Courts recognition — Estates & Minors' Funds Department (26 December 2024): certificate of thanks and appreciation to the centre for its effort, effective cooperation and outstanding services to clients on estates and minors' funds files during 2024.
• Dubai Courts recognition — Human Resources Department (February 2025): certificate of thanks and appreciation for completing the "Qualification & Training of Private Notary Public" programme, 30 January – 20 February 2025.