Sarah Malik is an award-winning lawyer who founded SOL International Ltd, a boutique legal consultancy registered at the ADGM in 2018. Sarah received an honourable mention as ‘Law Firm Leader of the Year’ category at the same awards. In March 2022, SOL was named by Legal 500 EMEA as ‘A Firm to Watch in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and International Litigation’. In 2023 Sarah was listed as a ‘Leading Practitioner’ in The Arbitration Powerlist: Middle East Legal 500 EMEA.

In March 2023, Sarah was appointed to the Inaugural Advisory Committee for the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). In June 2024, Sarah was appointed as ICC UAE Delegate for the ICC Global Commission on Arbitration and ADR for a 3-year mandate between 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2027. She was nominated to serve at a global level for the UAE to examine issues concerning dispute resolution and arbitration.

Sarah is a member of the SIAC Users Council in the Middle East and is one of 20 appointed on the Lagos Panel of Arbitration Neutrals. Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and accepts appointments to sit as an Arbitrator.

Sarah undertakes international commercial arbitrations as Counsel (DIAC, ADCCAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC) and practises commercial litigation at the DIFC and ADGM Courts. She deals with a varied arbitration caseload from construction through to international commercial arbitrations and has enjoyed successful awards in multi-million value.

Sarah partners with numerous academies worldwide including AIAC, AIFC, ADJD and DIFC to provide best practice and training on arbitration. She is regularly invited to speak at conferences within the UAE, GCC and internationally for various organisations including the ICC, CIArb and at the IBA.

In addition to practice, Sarah is appointed as Adjunct Faculty on the LLM programme at Middlesex University, Dubai, in International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration and for the DIFC Academy in relation to DIFC and UAE Arbitration Law. She has sat as an arbitrator at the Vis Pre-Moot conducted in 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively.

Sarah has authored a text on a ‘A Guide to GCC Arbitration’.