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Ogier's Dubai office provides clients in the UAE with on-the-ground corporate, fiduciary, consulting and legal services. We advise clients and their advisors in the Middle East on British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law across our network of offices, which also includes Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.


Our transactional services cover banking and finance, including Islamic and fund finance, corporate and investment funds, alongside contentious and non-contentious private wealth and dispute resolution services across the spectrum of commercial, fund, insolvency and banking disputes.


Key contacts: David Welford, Simon Goldring, Tina Asgarian, Dominic Athwal, Ridhiima Kapoor


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Offshore - United Arab Emirates

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What the Team is Known For

Ogier is a leading Channel Islands law firm which opened a new office in Dubai in November 2023. Its compact team in the Middle East has a strong focus on dispute resolution and restructuring proceedings, with particular experience representing clients in arbitration and before the courts of the British Virgin Islands. It is able to take on an array of matters, spanning white-collar fraud claims, contentious insolvency, partnership and shareholder disputes as well as cases arising from professional negligence accusations. The firm also offers transactional and investment counsel, leveraging its well-established teams in other global financial centres.

Strengths

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They are incredibly well equipped to handle complex matters. To date we have only had positive experiences with them and I am sure they will grow quickly in Dubai.

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Ogier are incredibly well versed in offshore investment structures and wealth management strategies.

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Global

Ogier have an excellent team in Dubai, with easy access to resources based in other offices of their firm which allows them to work in different time zones on the same matter. 

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They are extremely responsive at any given time and the quality of their work is extraordinary.

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Notable Practitioners

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David Welford
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David Welford
3
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David Welford spearheads Ogier's presence in Dubai, having transferred from the Jersey office towards the end of 2023. He is an experienced disputes partner who regularly advises lenders, accountancy firms and major commercial entities on shareholder and liquidation-related cases.

David is an exceptional lawyer and litigator. He is easily accessible and has an eye for the strategy of the proceedings.

His commercial awareness and client management is second to none.

He's fantastic. He's one of those guys who have carved out a very impressive practice in high-value complex litigation and he really understands where counsel is coming from.

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