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ARTICLE · 19 JUNE 2007

Green pastures

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The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Justice Building officially opened its doors on April 17, 2007, and with it opened up opportunities for new sources of work for senior and junior lawyers throughout the common law world.

United KingdomInternational Law
Edward Brown
Edward Brown
Jern-Fei Ng
Jern-Fei Ng

This article was originally published in The Brief magazine May 2007 - www.tmf.ae

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Justice Building officially opened its doors on April 17, 2007, and with it opened up opportunities for new sources of work for senior and junior lawyers throughout the common law world. This article looks at the opportunities for practitioners, and in particular junior lawyers, available for international practice in Middle East and Far East jurisdictions.

The main opportunities presented in the Middle East are the DIFC and the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). Now that the DIFC courts are officially open for business, what cases are the courts likely to find before them?

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