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Malaysian law firm first from South East Asia to operate in DIFC
Malaysia's premier law firm Zaid Ibrahim & Co has become the first South East Asian law firm to receive a license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to provide legal services to local, regional and international clients in and from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
- Staff Report
- Published: 17:29 September 22, 2008
Dubai: Malaysian law firm Zaid Ibrahim & Co has become the first South East Asian law firm to receive a license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to provide legal services to local, regional and international clients in and from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
The firm's operations in Dubai is headed by Senior Associate Farid Hussain and supported by the firm's team of corporate lawyers from the corporate, projects and Islamic banking practices.
The Dubai office will be the firm's sixth office outside Malaysia and will serve existing and potential clients from or with interests in the Middle East.
Zaid Ibrahim & Co is Malaysia's largest law firm with more than 160 lawyers in an extensive network of regional offices in the ASEAN region, including Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and now Dubai.
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