Diana Abu Al Adel

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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Diana Abu Al Adel

Senior Associate

Biography

Diana Abu Al Adel is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property practice in Qatar.

Diana is a qualified lawyer in Jordan since 2007. She has previously acted as a Legal Counsel in Talal Abu Ghazaleh legal for several years, advising on various IP related matters including drafting and redrafting legal bilingual documents, meeting with clients and providing consultations on IP litigations.

Diana joined AlTamimi & Company in 2016 in Bahrain before moving to Qatar in 2017, bringing valuable regional legal experience to the team which she has gained from working in Jordan, Bahrain and now Qatar. Diana is also part of the AlTamimi IP team in Kuwait.

Diana is specialized mainly in Intellectual Property, in addition to extensive experience in IP litigations, and drafting and redrafting bilingual documents including commercial agreements. Diana regularly advises national and global clients on a variety of complex intellectual property matters including trademark registrations, IP fillings, protection of IP rights, IP disputes, trademark searches and IP due diligence, trademark licenses and company name registrations, and other IP related matters.

Recent Experience

Advising on various IP matters including Trademarks, Copyright, Industrial Designs, and Trade Secrets.
Advising on various Trademark matters including trademark protection and enforcement in Bahrain, Qatar and the Arab region in general for International and local clients.
Providing regional comparative advices and assisting clients in managing IP disputes in various jurisdictions.
Advising on Trademark priority claims based on the Paris Convention and prior use in light of the local laws and judicial precedents in Bahrain and Qatar.
Advising on IP litigation matters, including drafting legal statements, memos, legal notices and undertakings.
Advising on, filing and drafting statements for opposition matters.
Drafting a joint venture agreement between a foreign company and a local Qatari company for the exploitation of Intellectual Property assets created by the two companies, including copyrighted materials and trademarks.
Reviewing and redrafting a software copyright license agreement between a leading foreign entity and a local entity in Qatar.
Acting on behalf of a leader in the automotive industry in a trademark dispute in Qatar
Representing a well-known brand in a trademark infringement matter against a previous local distributor.
Drafting and redrafting employment agreements, and advising on health and safety matters.
Advising on various healthcare matters, including pharmaceutical products classification and medical devices importation.
Advising on environmental matters including waste management and recycling.
Advising on various telecommunication matters.
Advising on various telecommunication matters.
Advising on various customer protection related matters including product labeling, price increase, promotional campaigns and compensation.
Advising a leading university in Qatar on trademark protection and registration issues, and performing a complete review of universities existing IP policy.
Assisting a French multinational luxury fashion house in a copyright infringement in Qatar.
Advising a popular chain of restaurants in the GCC on a regional dispute related to unauthorized use and conflicting registrations by a local Qatari company, and auditing the clients trademark portfolio.
Delivering training to schools in Qatar, its staff, partners and students, in relation to Cybercrimes by Minors, as part of AlTamimi pro bono initiative; Children of Tomorrow.