Executive Team

H.E. Justice Omar Al Mheiri was appointed as a Senior Judicial Officer at the DIFC Courts in August 2005. H.E. Justice Omar Al Mheiri brings to the DIFC Courts an in-depth knowledge of the workings of the Dubai judicial system.

In 1994, H.E. Justice Omar Al Mheiri was appointed as a Prosecutor for Dubai Public Prosecution and served as Prosecutor until 1998. In 1998, he was appointed by the Ruler of Dubai to serve as a Judge in the Dubai Courts. During his tenure as a Judge, H.E. Justice Omar Al Mheiri dealt with a large number of major criminal, commercial and civil cases. As of November 2018, H.E. Judge Omar Juma Al Mheiri has been appointed Deputy Chief Justice of the DIFC Courts by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai.

Amna Al Owais is Deputy Director of the DIFC Courts, providing high-level operational support and the oversight of a comprehensive suite of ancillary public court services. She spearheads special projects across DIFC Courts’ operations, particularly in technology and innovation, harnessing digital transformation to enhance judicial services. These include major partnerships under the Courts of the Future initiative with the Dubai Future Foundation, such as the Court Tech Lab and the Courts of Space, as well as the Court of the Blockchain with the Dubai Digital Authority, and the creation of the specialised Digital Economy Court Division.

Alongside her executive duties, Amna is Chairwoman of both the DIFC Courts’ Users’ Committee and the In-House Counsel Committee, and a member of the Consulting Council at the University of Sharjah College of Law. She also sits on the Advisory Board of the International Bar Association’s Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee, and since 2019 has been a member of the College of Law Advisory Board at the University of Dubai.

Amna was selected in 2014 to join the Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Leadership Development (MBRCLD) in the Young Leaders category. Following its relaunch in 2018 under the Dubai Executive Office, she was chosen for the first batch of the MBRCLD Impactful Leaders Programme, graduating in December 2018. She also established the DIFC Courts’ Pro Bono Programme in 2009, the first initiative of its kind in the Middle East.

In 2019, Amna was invited to join the Dubai Future Councils, launched by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. That same year, she entered the inaugural cohort of the International Business Law LLM at Université Paris II, graduating summa cum laude in 2020. She also completed the Director Development Programme for Corporate Governance at the Hawkamah Institute in 2019.

Reem Al Shihhe joined the DIFC Courts in January 2011 as the Head of Human Resources and Business Excellence.

In 2014, Reem became the Chief Operating Officer, overseeing all the operational departments of the DIFC Courts. Following her success in 2015, Reem graduated from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Leadership Development – the Young Leaders category.

In 2016, Reem became the ICCE Representative for the DIFC Courts and Member of the Executive Committee following the DIFC Courts proudly becoming a member of the International Consortium for Court Excellence (ICCE). Since then the DIFC Courts and Reem have been working actively to assist judiciaries across the world to adopt the International Framework for Court Excellence.

Launched in 2019 by His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Al Nahayan, UAE Minister of Tolerance, Reem was also selected by the University Leadership Council and Université Paris II to be in the first cohort of the International Business Law (LLM) and graduated summa cum laude in 2020.