Joanne Strain

Joanne is a Partner in KWM Dubai’s Dispute Resolution team.  Bringing with her deep experience of English Court litigation from London, for the last 10 years Joanne has been enthusiastically fighting her clients’ cases, before Courts and Arbitral Tribunals across the world, from her permanent home in the Middle East.   Joanne is immensely proud of her adopted home in the UAE, not least for its unprecedented transformation to a global business hub in a matter of decades, but also for its endless sun and beautiful sand!

The Legal 500 ranks Joanne as a “Next Generation Partner”, noting her “extensive work in arbitration” and that she is “a highly active commercial disputes practitioner, covering fraud, joint venture and loan agreement disputes”. Joanne is similarly ranked by Chambers & Partners Global Directory 2021, which notes that she “has very good judgement and is unquestionably someone you could bring into any case with confidence”.  Joanne is listed in the Construction Week Power 100 list, 2021.