Raedas has opened an office in Dubai to service clients and coordinate matters throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia.  

Led by senior director Matthew Walker, Raedas Dubai meets a demand for specialised investigative support on contentious cross-border matters originating from or involving parties and issues in the region.  

“The UAE’s resilience and popularity as an economic centre is obvious. Whereas parties in the region traditionally sought advice on complex matters from practitioners in London, Paris, and New York, we are seeing an increase in the size and sophistication of matters litigated locally.” 

“Raedas’ Dubai office is a natural next step in the firm’s growth and wider aim to establish ourselves in all of the world’s dispute centres,” Matthew Walker said. 

Raedas partner Nicholas Bortman, who set up an investigations practice in Dubai for six years before co-founding the firm, said: “The Middle East has long been an area of expertise for Raedas as a firm and for me and my colleagues individually.” 

“Dubai continues to benefit from a combination of its own ingenuity and determination and political forces. We are excited to be on the ground permanently.” 

The firm’s expansion to the UAE complements the opening of a representative office in Washington, DC, in 2022.  

Raedas is the only specialist investigations firm focused solely on investigative litigation and arbitration support and asset recovery.  

We gather information and evidence for use in legal proceedings and develop and support dispute strategy. We bring experience and in-depth knowledge of investigative methodologies, rules of evidence, protective asset ownership structure and enforcement process. 

Our market leading approach has distinguished us from our peers in global litigation and arbitration support ratings. In 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 we were the only firm to be ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners’ guide for Litigation Support: Investigations. As of 2024 we are also ranked Band 1 for Asset Tracing & Recovery (Investigations). 

For further information 

Nicholas Bortman: nbortman@raedas.com / +44 (0) 7841 835 184 

Matthew Walker: mwalker@raedas.com / + 971 58 506 3787