Contact Details
Bin Sevan Advocates and Legal Consultants
Office 701, Prime Tower,
Business Bay,
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
- +971 4 435 7246
- +971 56 220 2239
- madeleine.mendy@binsevanadvocates.com
- https://binsevanadvocates.com/
Profile
Madeleine Mendy is not a typical lawyer. Born in France to a Mandjack family from
Guinea Bissau, she qualified and trained in England before practising Family Law for
several years. After moving to Dubai 13 years ago, she developed a niche practice advising
expats in complex, multi-jurisdictional divorces before the Dubai, Abu Dhabi and English
courts. She has built strong expertise in Sharia Law and regularly advises across the Gulf.
As Head of Family Law at Bin Sevan Advocates, she also supports HNW clients, expat-
owned companies and family businesses. Madeleine works with international schools on
child protection matters and assists the British Embassy with cases involving British citizens.
She lectures in Family Law at Middlesex University Dubai and believes that discipline, goals
and self-belief make people limitless.
Languages Spoken: English and French
Practice Areas: Adoption, Appeals, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Collaborative Law, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Surrogacy
