Dubai, UAE: PwC Legal Middle East, a member of the world’s leading professional services firm, won two awards from the distinguished Middle East Legal Awards 2021 - Innovation through Technology Team of the Year and Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year. PwC Legal Middle East were also finalists for International Law Firm of the Year.
The awards are a recognition of the growth of PwC Legal in the Middle East, being one of the fastest growing law firms in the Middle East.
The Middle East Legal Awards 2021 is organised by law.com International; a leading legal authority covering news and delivers quality local coverage with global insights & trends on the entire legal industry. The Middle East Legal Awards celebrates outstanding achievement within the profession. Award submissions are judged according to legal expertise and innovation, project management skills, team working and client satisfaction over a 12-month period. Firms, in-house teams and individuals competed for these awards, which were presented in the Ritz-Carlton JBR, Dubai, UAE on 10 June 2021.
Darren Harris, PwC Legal Middle East’s Legal Leader noted: “These awards are a great reflection of the hard work put in by the whole team. I am proud that the team is being recognised for offering a truly differentiated legal offering in the Middle East. We are the only Big 4 firm in the Middle East with an established legal offering and the region’s only One Stop Shop. Our use of technology to deliver better outcomes to our clients and our pioneering work in the FinTech space are great examples of how we offer something different to traditional law firms in the market.”
PwC Legal Middle East is one of the few law firms in the region that has a dedicated FinTech practice. Paul Kayrouz, Head of Fintech, Blockchain & Emerging Technologies at PwC Legal Middle East, noted: “Winning the Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year is a great testament to PwC Legal's groundbreaking work in the financial services and fintech space. The PwC Legal team works closely with some of the largest central banks, financial institutions, tech companies and startups in the Middle East on cutting-edge legal matters, in shaping new regulatory frameworks and creating innovative outcomes for our clients.”
PwC Legal has been established in the Middle East for over 10 years with 55 lawyers and legal professionals based in and working across the region. The multiple award-winning Middle East legal team is conversant with regional laws, cultures, languages and practices and provides standards of delivery of a premium international law firm whilst being integrated with a Big 4 firm. PwC Legal Middle East are previous winners of the International Law Firm of the Year and UAE Law Firm of the Year at the Oath Middle East Legal Awards in 2019.
With PwC Legal, technical excellence sits at the core of client delivery, with the global breadth of the business and market insight differentiating the team from traditional law firms to offer an integrated service to clients.
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