Sarah Malik-
CEO and International Disputes Counsel, SOL International Ltd
sarahmalik@sol-intl.com
+971 58 574 2678
Tech Law
Dispute Resolution
Employment Law
Sports Law
Entertainment and Fashion Law
Barrister in England & Wales
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Sarah Malik is an award-winning lawyer who founded SOL International Ltd, a boutique legal consultancy registered at the ADGM, UAE in 2018. Sarah achieved ‘Litigator of the Year’ (2022) at the first GCC Women in Law Awards and received an honourable mention as ‘Law Firm Leader of the Year’ category at the same awards. Sarah and SOL are recognised by Legal 500 EMEA as ‘Leading Practitioner’ and ‘Firm to Watch’. Sarah was also recognised as one of ‘Asia’s 100 Women Power Leaders 2023’ by White Page International in May 2023.
Prior to founding SOL Sarah practiced as a Barrister at a leading set of Commercial Chambers in London for fifteen years, worked as employed Counsel at a prominent UK law firm for two years and headed a team of an international law firm in Dubai for three and a half years.
Sarah is appointed to various boards both in academia and in practice internationally in an advisory capacity.
Sarah has successfully completed the Fashion Law Certificate Program from the renowned Milano Fashion Institute in July 2023 obtaining 97% and Merit. The course covered fashion processes and business models (including France, Italy, Brazil, and China) fashion IP processes, fashion negotiation, design, fashion pipeline and counterfeiting, marketing and promotion agreements, and merchandising plan: how to plan and design a fashion collection.
In July 2023, she was appointed to the Fashion Law Arabia Council. She is a published author of various articles on issues affecting the fashion industry including sustainability, metaverse and franchising and HR issues. Sarah has spoken on panels on infringement issues in the virtual fashion world. She is instructed by a company who brings a unique and innovative concept to the market to authenticate luxury goods.
Sarah has advised a major Italian luxury fashion house in the UAE in respect of misuse of employee benefits and is retained as Counsel of one of the largest jewellery brands in Gold and Diamond Park UAE.
Sarah will join a panel on Sustainability and Fashion in Saudi Arabia.
She is assisting a European designer to showcase a collection in the Middle East and is in talks with a jewellery designer in Paris to bring the collection to the Middle East. She is frequently invited to speak at conferences within the UAE, GCC and internationally including for ICC, CIArb and IBA. Sarah also undertakes entertainment law and looks after the interests of artists including IP rights.
Sarah has been appointed as Vice President of Arabian Leaders Magazine which will showcase with a soft launch at an Arabian Fashion Gala in Dubai to be followed by an event in Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Paris and London.