As the first offshore lawyer to enter Dubai, Tahir Jawed explains what drew his firm to the Middle East and the benefits gained from the venture
October 11, 2006 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
As the first offshore lawyer to arrive in Dubai, the first to be licensed and the first to open an office, there was under-standably some confusion as to what I was doing here.
The initial assumption was that a foreign law firm had now classified Dubai as an offshore jurisdiction. It came as a surprise to some that we had no intention to practise local law.
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