Dima Malhas

Admitted to Washington State Supreme Court &United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Dr. Dima N. Malhas Esq, represents clients in individual& corporate transactions, negotiations, International Business & international organizations, structuring outstanding investment projects, investment immigration, and private and public offerings. 

Dr. Malhas has advised firms in and outside the United States on policy and strategy development, legislative analysis, and expansion to national and international markets. Dr. Malhas successfully formed and negotiated multi-million dollar global partnerships between domestic entrepreneurs, foreign investment, and venture capitalists resulting in the creation of a nationally and internationally recognized corporate model acquiring capital contributions from foreign, national, and local markets.

Dr. Malhas has counseled clients on and took an active role in forming international trade and diplomatic delegations focusing on energy and clean technologies, entrepreneurship and investment, women entrepreneurship, art law, international sport events, ICT and healthcare.

Dr. Malhas has been an international consultant for the United Nations for nearly a decade. She has worked with UNPD, UNFPA, UNIFEM, and WHO, the League of Arab States, the World Bank, where she conducted legislative analysis and project document preparation and funding proposals, women entrepreneurship rights, organizational restructuring, and joint ventures for major international organizations. She has worked with the UN, U.S. and foreign organizations and law firms, and U.S. Department of State on projects in New York and Washington DC.

Dr. Malhas published papers and co-authored and edited publications. She has performed on-sight consultancies in MENA and GCC countries such as Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. She has counseled hundreds of foreign investors on investment in the United States, including business expansion, joint ventures, working with law firms in Maryland and Washington DC, San Francisco, and New York as a foreign associate.

Dr. Malhas’ education includes a Doctorate of Jurisprudence J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, California, a Masters of International Law LL.M. in International Legal Studies from American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC, with coursework in Paris, Geneva, & Brussels, and a Bachelor of Laws LL.B. from University of Jordan School of Law. Dr. Malhas was honored a Doctorate in Law from the Ministry of Higher Education in Jordan, and was awarded a certification for Legislative Drafting and Policy Making from the International Law Institute & Georgetown Law Center in Washington DC.  

Dr. Malhas speaks English and Arabic.