Taylor Wessing launches Dubai office in merger with Key & Dixon
Taylor Wessing today reveals plans to open an office in Dubai by merging with its associated Dubai law firm of the last five years, Key & Dixon.
Taylor Wessing (Middle East) LLP will officially launch by the end of the year and will be led by named partner Christopher Dixon, who specialises in corporate, banking and arbitration. Current Key & Dixon partners, Osama Hassan, Jerry Parks and Pier Terblanche, together with their full team of associates and other personnel, will be working alongside Christopher, providing wide-ranging expertise in corporate, commercial, financial services, IT and media, litigation and arbitration, real estate, intellectual property, private client and employment. Consultants, Jeremy Key and Peter Shaw will continue to work with the Dubai office.
Michael Frawley, Wolfgang Rehmann and Arnaud de Senilhes, Managing Partners of Taylor Wessing in the UK, Germany and France respectively, comment:
"During the course of our association with Key & Dixon, we have enjoyed a busy client referral network to and from the Middle East. The business environment in the Gulf region is dynamic, vibrant and strong and continues to evolve apace. Our launch in Dubai provides a natural extension to our stated aim of providing clients who work with and from Europe, access to our legal services in jurisdictions where they are increasingly active."
Hamid Yunis and Andreas Meissner, Partners in the London and Hamburg offices of Taylor Wessing who participated in the negotiations and will be managing the firm's development of its Middle Eastern practice, comment:
"The combination of our existing relationship with Key & Dixon and indeed their deeply rooted practice and understanding of the region and our international offering in key practice areas, is a powerful combination and one that we feels offers something different to the market. Our merger is a sign of our confidence in the Middle East, a region which we consider to be a key driver in the development of our firm and our stated aims and objectives."
Christopher Dixon of Key & Dixon comments:
"We are delighted to be merging with Taylor Wessing, with whom we have enjoyed an excellent relationship for the last five years. There are many synergies between our firms and a merger presents a number of opportunities to forge cross-firm teams and to grow. Our new structure as Taylor Wessing Middle East will undoubtedly help us maximise the many opportunities that this dynamic region offers".
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For more information please contact Claire Treacy at Taylor Wessing:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7300 4925
Email: c.treacy@taylorwessing.com
Taylor Wessing LLP is a leading law firm providing legal support for commercial organisations doing business in Europe. Based in Belgium, France, Germany and the UK, Taylor Wessing provides the full range of legal services to major corporations and growing enterprises. Taylor Wessing boasts a strong reputation in the corporate, finance and real estate sectors alongside in-depth experience across the full range of legal services including intellectual property and technology, tax, litigation & dispute resolution, employment & pensions and private client.
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