UPPERCASE LEGAL has entered into a strategic alliance and channel partnership with Selim & Bose Consultancy. Managing Partner of UPPERCASE LEGAL, Alexandr Kukuev, and Managing Director of Selim & Bose, Mahmoud Selim, will lead the Risk Advisory Management practice group.
Mahmoud works in consultancy with select international private clients with a focus on special situations, safe zones, claim monetisation, claim dilution, citizenship by exception, residency by investment, risk advisory, asset protection, asset conversion, succession planning, compliance, project management, structures, governance, business advisory, art consultancy, strategy, relocations, and petitioning for our clients’ interests.
Mahmoud is a Chevening Scholar and thought leader on the topics of political economy, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), economic development, Art consultancy and Islamic Jurisprudence.
Mahmoud is a “Sharif” of the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. Mahmoud is a 40th direct male descendent of prophet Muhammad {PBUH} by the Prophet’s grandson Al Hussein bin Ali bin Abi Talib bin Abd Al Muttalib bin Hashim. Through paternal bloodlines Mahmoud shares common lineage and ancestry with the ruling families of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Morocco as well as the abolished monarchies of the Kingdom of Hejaz, Arab Kingdom of Syria, the Kingdom of Iraq and the Kingdom of Libya. Through maternal bloodlines, Mahmoud’s lineage is from the Abu Steit branch of the Banu Juhaynah tribe (a nomadic Arab tribe and leading member of and largest clan in the Banu Quda’a confederation of Arab tribes). The Banu Juhaynah clan is still prevalent in the Arabian Peninsula mostly in the region of Madinah and the cities of Yanbu, Umluj, Alshabaha, Tabuk, and Jeddah. It is also present in The Arab Republic of Egypt and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Mahmoud was called to the Egyptian Bar in 2002. Early in his career, Mahmoud joined the Egyptian judiciary, where he was a senior prosecutor and an investigations magistrate focusing on Human Rights, national security, financial crime, sentencing, transnational organised crime, and international judicial cooperation. During his time with the judiciary, Mahmoud was the deputy attorney general and a member of the technical bureau of the attorney general as well as the international judicial cooperation division.
Mahmoud relocated to the UAE in 2010 and has been a resident in Dubai ever since.
Before founding Selim & Bose, Mahmoud was the Regional Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa at Kobre & Kim.
Prior to joining Kobre & Kim, Mahmoud was a partner and regional head of compliance and investigations at Matouk Bassiouny.
Earlier, Mahmoud was a Legal Director at the Risk Advisory Services team at Pinsent Masons.
Mahmoud is a Chevening Scholar and thought leader on the topics of political economy, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), economic development, Art consultancy and Islamic Jurisprudence.
Mahmoud is a “Sharif” of the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. Mahmoud is a 40th direct male descendent of prophet Muhammad {PBUH} by the Prophet’s grandson Al Hussein bin Ali bin Abi Talib bin Abd Al Muttalib bin Hashim. Through paternal bloodlines Mahmoud shares common lineage and ancestry with the ruling families of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Morocco as well as the abolished monarchies of the Kingdom of Hejaz, Arab Kingdom of Syria, the Kingdom of Iraq and the Kingdom of Libya. Through maternal bloodlines, Mahmoud’s lineage is from the Abu Steit branch of the Banu Juhaynah tribe (a nomadic Arab tribe and leading member of and largest clan in the Banu Quda’a confederation of Arab tribes). The Banu Juhaynah clan is still prevalent in the Arabian Peninsula mostly in the region of Madinah and the cities of Yanbu, Umluj, Alshabaha, Tabuk, and Jeddah. It is also present in The Arab Republic of Egypt and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Mahmoud was called to the Egyptian Bar in 2002. Early in his career, Mahmoud joined the Egyptian judiciary, where he was a senior prosecutor and an investigations magistrate focusing on Human Rights, national security, financial crime, sentencing, transnational organised crime, and international judicial cooperation. During his time with the judiciary, Mahmoud was the deputy attorney general and a member of the technical bureau of the attorney general as well as the international judicial cooperation division.
Mahmoud relocated to the UAE in 2010 and has been a resident in Dubai ever since.
Before founding Selim & Bose, Mahmoud was the Regional Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa at Kobre & Kim.
Prior to joining Kobre & Kim, Mahmoud was a partner and regional head of compliance and investigations at Matouk Bassiouny.
Earlier, Mahmoud was a Legal Director at the Risk Advisory Services team at Pinsent Masons.
"We are pleased to welcome Mahmoud to our team. His extensive experience working with international private clients and his deep understanding of complex legal and business issues will significantly strengthen our firm. The development of the criminal law practice is a natural step for us, given the growing demand for qualified business protection and the management of criminal law risks. We are confident that Mahmoud's unique expertise, combined with our existing practices, will enable us to solve tasks of any complexity and provide our clients with comprehensive solutions at the highest level," noted managing partner Alexandr Kukuev