High net worth family firm Vardags has signed a joint venture collaboration with Dubai firm Trench & Associates in order to break into the valuable United Arab Emirates (UAE) market.
The deal sees Vardags offer a full service for high net worth clients based in Dubai, including English matrimonial services, succession and estate planning, and consumer legal services.
Trench & Associates, led by Cynthia Trench, focuses on corporate and succession law while Vardags, led by the “diva of divorce” Ayesha Vardag (26 February 2014), has acted on some of the highest-profile divorce cases in the UK.
Vardag said in a statement that Dubai was “fast becoming the world economic hub. It’s the new New York.”
She added: “Given that our London office already has countless clients from across the Middle East, the pull of a Dubai office has been magnetic. These are exciting times in Dubai, and being a strong presence here is a fundamental part of Vardags’ strategy for the future.”