Comparative Perspectives on Women’s Legal Rights: Cross-Border Insights and Legal Evolutions
Presenters
Primary Speakers
Shiao Ning Lam
Singapore
Other Speakers
Everlene Lee
Taguig
Areej Hamadah
Kuwait

Diana Hamade
Dubai
Diana Hamade is the Founder and Managing Partner of Diana Hamade Attorneys at Law, a boutique law firm based in Dubai, UAE, specializing in cross-border dispute resolution, private client work, family and matrimonial law, succession planning, and employment matters. She is a UAE-licensed lawyer with rights of audience before all UAE courts, including Dubai Courts and DIFC Courts, and is registered with the Ministry of Justice, the Dubai Legal Affairs Department, the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, and DIFC Courts.
Diana is ranked Band 1 by Chambers & Partners as a top High Net Worth and family law practitioner in the UAE in 2022, 1013, 2024 & 2025 and by Spears as the UAE Top HNW matrimonial & succession planning lawyer.
She has also received multiple awards, including Most Influential Female Lawyer in the UAE and Best Legal Writer, and her firm has been honored as Law Firm of the Year by LexisNexis.
She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), Vice Chair of the International Bar Association’s Arab Regional Forum 2018 until 2022, a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), & IPBA among other professional associations.