Essam al-Tamimi, 55, was criticised over his handling of his divorce in court
A prominent lawyer who gave his wife a number of multi-million pound luxury homes has been criticised for trying to 'take them back' when they divorced.
Essam al-Tamimi, 55, gifted his wife Rouzin al-Charmaa, 35, the £7.8million Mayfair property next to the Saudi Arabian embassy, a smaller neighbouring property, and a £2 million Marylebone flat.
The Royal Court in Jersey heard the lawyer - who runs the largest legal firm in the Middle East - gifted his wife the properties 'as a reward for being a faithful wife'.
However, after their acrimonious divorce, Mr al-Tamimi then tried to regain control of the homes, the court heard.
As reported in The Times, the lawyer gave Ms al-Charmaa the companies that owned the properties after he threw her out of the family home when she discovered his alleged affair - while she was pregnant.
She claimed her husband also locked some £1million worth of jewellery belonging to her in a safe in the United Arab Emirates.
The lawyer - who runs the largest legal firm in the Middle East - gifted his wife the properties - then allegedly tried to take them back
The Royal Court in Jersey heard Mr al-Tamimi had tried to regain control of the homes
According to The Times, Mr al-Tamimi instructed a chief executive of his company to 'be sure that the two company which own the two flats in London I am the only beneficiary.'
William Bailhache, the bailiff of Jersey, ruled in favour of Ms Charmaa, adding Mr al-Tamimi 'was prepared to hide assets from his first wife . . . and one could surmise that he was willing to hide them or take them back from his second wife [Ms al-Charmaa] as well'.
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Share 44 sharesBorn in Sharjah, a United Arab Emirates city on the Persian Gulf, Mr Al Tamimi founded his practice Al Tamimi & Co in 1989 after graduating from Harvard University with a law degree.
It has gone on the become the largest law firm in the Middle East with 350 lawyers across nine countries.
It covers various aspects of corporate law including arbitration, mergers and acquisitions, and financial crime.
In 2015, he won the prestigious Lifetime Achievement award from the International Financial Law Review.
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