Halim Shehadeh

Halim heads the CWB leadership team, ensuring the firm’s performance is aligned with its overall strategy and remains on track to fulfill its vision of ‘transforming how IP services are delivered and consumed’. Halim focuses on client relationships, building the CWB brand, expanding the firm’s footprint into emerging markets, and attracting and developing talent. With the leadership team, Halim directs the integration of Cedar White Bradley, PETOŠEVIĆ and Hahn & Hahn into one organization with one culture that operates through unified systems, policies, and processes.

Halim was the founder and CEO at Cedar White Bradley, before it merged into CWB. Before establishing Cedar White Bradley in 2006, Halim was the General Manager of the UAE office of another regional IP firm where he led a large team responsible for the protection of many of the world’s most famous brands and focused on redefining existing processes with a focus on quality and efficiency.