Maples and Calder, which specialises in the practice of British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Jersey law, has announced it will be the first offshore law firm to open a fully staffed law office in Dubai.
The Dubai office will be in the Dubai International Finance Centre and will be headed up by full-time resident partner Tahir Jawed.
The office will provide a broad range of multi-jurisdictional offshore advice in the firm’s specialist areas; hedge and mutual funds, private equity transactions, structured and asset finance, corporate law and trusts for high net worth individuals.
‘We have been impressed by the increase in transactional flow from the region over the past two years, particularly to our London office. Our objectives remain the same; to deliver the highest quality advice within the most effective business model,’ said Senior partner Anthony Travers. ‘A fully-staffed legal presence in the region is therefore the logical step and in Tahir Jawed we have absolutely the right man for the job.’
Within the last year Maples and Calder has experienced dramatic growth.
The firm successfully opened offices in Jersey and the British Virgin Islands in September 2004, marking the first steps in its programme to establish in all the major offshore jurisdictions.
All early indications are that the expansion programme has been well received by clients.
The firm’s Hong Kong and London offices have doubled in size in the past 12 months and 11 additional lawyers will join the Cayman Islands office this year.
Over the past two years the law firm globally has doubled in size and comprises 125 lawyers.
The official opening of the Dubai office will be on 26 September.
Until then, clients should continue to approach their usual contact within the firm or Tahir Jawed: [email protected]
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