Noor Al Rayes

The 2025 Healthcare Odyssey

Welcome to the first edition of Law Update for 2025. As we begin this exciting year, we are pleased to turn our attention to one of the most dynamic sectors in the UAE and the broader GCC region – healthcare. Over the past several years, the region has seen unprecedented growth in this sector, driven by legislative advancements, technological innovations, and the increasing focus on sustainability and AI. As such, healthcare is set to be one of the most important sectors in the coming decade.

In this issue, we explore key themes that are significantly shaping the future of healthcare in the UAE, such as recent changes in foreign ownership laws. These reforms present a major opportunity for foreign investors, opening up new avenues for international collaborations and improving the overall healthcare infrastructure. The changes in ownership laws are an important milestone, and we provide an analysis of what this means for the industry and the various players involved.

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Noor Al Rayes

Partner, Head of Litigation - Bahrain

Biography

Noor is a Partner the Head of Litigation practice at Al Tamimi & Company in Bahrain with over fourteen years’ experience in Bahrain and GCC countries. She has the right of attendance before Bahraini Courts up to the Cassation and Constitutional Courts which are the highest courts in Bahrain. She has advised and represented local and international clients including banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, oil & gas, construction companies and other commercial local companies in both litigation and arbitration disputes. She has consistently advised and represented government, semi-government as well as private clients in relation to ad hoc and institutional arbitration, international and domestic arbitration proceedings.

Noor’s experience includes acting and advising on general banking and commercial law arbitrations, compliance and regulatory matters, contractual disputes, maritime law, banking disputes, commercial agency matters, court procedures, emergency measures, injunctive reliefs. She regularly drafts and reviews litigation and arbitration documents and written pleadings, claim writs and other types of submissions, raising appeals and all litigation related services.

She is one of the most senior, well known and recognised practitioners in the Bahraini market with deep experience to lead complex cross-border cases and large-scale sophisticated litigations. Noor has also been recognized as a next-generation partner and was listed on the Private Practice Power list 2022 and 2023 for Arbitration in the Middle East by leading directory, Legal 500.

Recent Experience

Representing a GCC branch of an international entity in obtaining a precedent from the Court of Cassation that affirms an important legal principle by confirming that a contract -when demonstrated as simulated- may not establish any rights or obligations upon its parties.
Representing an international entity in establishing a ground breaking precedent from the Court of Cassation declaring that judgements issued by the Courts of Singapore may be enforced in Bahrain in the same manner Bahrani judgements are enforced in Singapore based on reciprocity doctrine.
Representing a client (the employer) in a claim filed by a subcontractor against both the Main Contractor and employer for compensation and were successful in obtaining final judgement up to the Cassation Court dismiss the claims against our client.
Representing a client in a dispute relating to construction works carried out by our client relating to a multimillion Dinar project which is governed by mediation and arbitration..
Representing an internationally recognised investment in establishing a ground breaking precedent from the Court of Cassation declaring that a Bahraini branch of foreign companies cannot be held liable for the actions of it Headquarters.
Leading international and regional banks in the enforcement of real estate and commercial pledges.
Representing financial institutions and corporate creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.
Representing vast number of construction companies in the drafting and filing cases before the Constitutional Court.
Representing a major international construction company in an environmental criminal case.
Representing a US dredging and marine engineering company in a criminal Maritime case before the Bahrain Coast Guard and the Public Prosecution.
Representing a high profile construction company in the enforcement of an arbitral award.
Acting on behalf of numerous local and international companies in criminal cases related to health and safety matters.