Dubai Roadshow
Serle Court members Rupert Reed KC, Zoe O’Sullivan KC, Michael Walsh KC, James Weale KC, Stephen Doherty, Gregor Hogan, Max Marenbon, Ryan Tang and Alfie Lewis will be in Dubai from 21 – 24 September 2026.
Serle Court members Rupert Reed KC, Zoe O’Sullivan KC, Michael Walsh KC, James Weale KC, Stephen Doherty, Gregor Hogan, Max Marenbon, Ryan Tang and Alfie Lewis will be in Dubai from 21 – 24 September 2026. They will give talks and provide in-house training to a number of chambers’ clients.
Our Practice Director, Dan Wheeler, and Senior Practice Manager, Colin Bunyan, will accompany our barristers.
If anyone would like to catch up while we are in Dubai, please reach out to Dan or Colin by email: DWheeler@serlecourt.co.uk and cbunyan@serlecourt.co.uk
To learn more about our practice in the Middle East, click here.
Related Barristers
Rupert Reed KC
Call: 1996
Silk: 2014
Zoe O’Sullivan KC
Call: 1993
Silk: 2015
Michael Walsh KC
Call: 2006
Silk: 2025
James Weale KC has a very busy commercial chancery practice with a focus on domestic and international commercial and trusts disputes.
He is recognised as a leading practitioner in those fields by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers High Net Worth, and Who’s Who Legal, where they describe him as a “brilliant lawyer” and a “Superstar”. He was Chambers & Partners’ Chancery Junior of the Year in 2023.
He regularly appears (both as sole and junior counsel) in the English High Court and has appeared several times in the Court of Appeal. He also has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions (including as sole counsel), including Bermuda, the DIFC, the BVI, Cayman, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Panama.
James Weale KC
Call: 2007
Silk: 2026
Stephen Doherty
Call: 2013
Gregor Hogan
Call: 2016
Max Marenbon is a commercial chancery barrister specialising in civil fraud, company and insolvency disputes. He is recognised by the Legal 500 directory as a ‘Leading Junior’ at the London Bar and a ‘Rising Star’ in the Middle East.
Max has appeared as sole counsel in significant cases, including a leading authority on the English courts’ jurisdiction to grant worldwide freezing orders against third parties. He has assisted with cases at all appellate levels. His Middle East practice is centred on the courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).
He is interested in how the law treats new ways of doing business, has experience of cryptocurrency-related litigation, and is growing a practice in artificial intelligence litigation. He has acted as sole advocate in AI-related cases in the UK and Middle East, including the leading ADGM authority on the use of AI-generated documents in litigation.
Appointed to the UK Attorney General’s Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown in 2024, Max previously qualified as a solicitor at a leading City firm and served as judicial assistant to Lord Wilson at the UK Supreme Court.
Max Marenbon
Call: 2020
Alfie Lewis
Call: 2021
Ryan Tang is developing a broad commercial chancery practice across Chambers’ core practice areas. Building on his prior experience in large-scale commercial litigation as an associate at a Magic Circle law firm, he has acted in the ongoing Mariana dam litigation since joining Chambers in October 2023. In addition to his commercial work, he is also developing a practice in intellectual property and charity law, and has been ranked as a Rising Star by Legal 500 in the latter category. Ryan is routinely instructed as sole counsel in High Court litigation in all of these areas. Alongside his English practice, he is developing an active practice in the Middle East
Ryan Tang
Call: 2022
