Afridi & Angell Legal Consultants
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Stuart Walker
- Phone+971 4 330 3900
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Capital Markets, Corporate and Commercial, Corporate Governance, Compliance, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Employment, Funds Industrial and Manufacturing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Client, Private Equity, Regulatory Compliance, Restructuring, Telecommunications, Media and Technology, Venture Capital
Position
Partner
Career
Stuart’s primary practice includes financial services regulation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and employment matters. He leads the field in advising parties during Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) investigations and, where necessary, negotiating settlements on their behalf. Stuart was instructed by the first authorised firm to be fined by the DFSA and has since gone on to advise in connection with a significant number of DFSA investigations.
Stuart is a regular contributor to Euromoney’s Global Banking & Financial Policy Review. He is the co-author of the UAE chapter, Financial Services Regulation in the Middle East, Oxford University Press (2008). He has contributed articles to various publications including the International Financial Law Reviews and Lawyer Monthly.
Stuart joined Afridi & Angell in 2003 and became a partner in 2008. Prior to joining the firm Stuart was a solicitor in the banking department of Lovells in London. He lived and worked in London, Hong Kong, New York and Dubai. Prior to qualifying as a lawyer, he wrote for and edited various trade journals and other publications.
Languages
English