Middle East - United Arab Emirates
Dentons
Dentons' team has a 'thorough understanding of the issues including commercial realities'. The group ramped up its offering with the arrival of Christopher Brennan from the firm's London office; his expertise ensures that the team is sought out by corporates for investigations in a variety of sectors, especially financial services. Other key areas of expertise include bribery and corruption issues, money laundering and asset tracing, and compliance with international sanctions advice. Shiraz Sethi handles a range of contentious and non-contentious employment-related mandates, specialising in workplace investigations and senior associate David Slim has been notably active in internal investigations, crisis management issues involving regulatory bodies, and compliance audits to mitigate sanctions and offences. Andrew Cheung left the firm.
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Testimonials
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‘Recently ramped up team with arrival of Chris Brennan. Winning instructions for UAE financial services investigations due to long UK experience and capability.’
‘Chris Brennan is extremely experienced, tenacious, and good at fighting your corner with the regulator where required. ’
‘They have an unparalleled amount of expertise and experience.’
‘Chris Brennan is the expert in his field and always makes himself available at short notice.’
‘The team is first class with a thorough understanding of the issues including commercial realities. ’
‘Chris Brennan has a wealth of experience both in industry and dealings with regulators and alike.’
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Christopher Brennan, Shiraz Sethi