Dr Saif Mahmood
Dr Saif Mahmood is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and an International lawyer and strategy advisor with more than two decades of a rich and diverse experience in Indian and international laws.
Holding a doctorate in law with specialization in South Asian legal systems and a United Nations Certification in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), he frequently appears before various Indian Courts and international and domestic arbitral tribunals. He has handled cases, alongside barristers and lawyers, in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales and the Dubai courts. A Visiting Scholar in Law at the University of Oxford (2022) and a well-known author and public speaker, he has had the rare honour of being cited by the Supreme Court of India.
Saif has successfully handled a wide variety of legal issues, rendering cutting-edge legal advice to clients for the quickest possible resolution of their disputes. His expertise includes Corporate and Commercial disputes, International Commercial Contracts, Aviation, Infrastructure, Real Estate & Property, Media & Entertainment, Constitutional and Public Law, and litigation involving complex issues of interpretation of statutes and contracts – subjects on which he has handled a wide variety of cases, advised major clients and spoken at numerous conferences and seminars. He has also been consulted on important issues of family laws and high-profile succession and estate matters relating to Indians.
A niche area that he consults in is Technology Innovation, Investments and Business Development in the India-UK-UAE corridor. He has a deep understanding of not just law and business but also of the Indo-UK-UAE cultural landscape, that helps him assist clients across these countries and build ecosystems for those who are motivated to enter any of these markets. Having travelled extensively, he thinks of the world as a global village and advocates cross-border pollination in trade and building sustainable eco-systems for the tech and legal communities. He is Legal Counsel and Strategy Advisor to Zone Capital Advisors and Advisor to the well-known thinktank Tech India Advocates.