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Ludmila Yamalova
Residency & immigration

Ludmila Yamalova

Founder & Managing Partner, LYLAW

Ludmila Yamalova is the Founder and Managing Partner of LYLAW (HPL Yamalova & Plewka FZCO), which she founded in Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai, in 2009. She has 25 years of legal experience, has been licensed by the State Bar of California since 2002, and has been a registered Legal Consultant with the Dubai Legal Affairs Department since 2009. She is admitted before the DIFC Courts, is an ADR Center-accredited mediator and a DIAC-accredited arbitrator, and is a certified DIFC Wills draftsman.

Her practice covers UAE immigration and Golden Visa applications for individuals and companies, real estate and tenancy (sales, off-plan purchases and landlord and tenant disputes), family law, wills and estate planning, and corporate, commercial and employment matters.

Since 2009 she has hosted the weekly Legal Eagle segment on Dubai Eye 103.8 radio, and she hosts the Lawgical podcast. She contributes to Gulf News Property and has spoken at the MBRF Knowledge Summit.

At UAE Experts HUB, Ludmila covers family sponsorship, dependent residency and tenancy rights, and fact-checks residency and Golden Visa guides.

Education & training

J.D.
The University of Texas School of Law, 1999 to 2002

Experience

Founder & Managing Partner, LYLAW (HPL Yamalova & Plewka FZCO)
Dubai, UAE | 2009 to present

  • UAE immigration and Golden Visa applications for individuals and companies
  • Real estate and tenancy: sales, off-plan, landlord and tenant disputes
  • Family law, wills and estate planning (certified DIFC Wills draftsman)
  • Corporate, commercial and employment matters

Credentials

  • Licensed by the State Bar of California since 2002
  • Registered Legal Consultant, Dubai Legal Affairs Department, since 2009
  • Admitted practitioner before the DIFC Courts
  • ADR Center-accredited mediator; DIAC-accredited arbitrator

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