International recognition for 2TG’s work in the Gulf Region

We are delighted that James Partridge is ranked for the first time in the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2025. He joins Charles Dougherty KC and our Juniors, Timothy Killen and Lucas Fear Segal (both Band 1 ranked) who are all recommended barristers for their experience in the Gulf Region. The set as a whole is also ranked for its excellent work and reputation in the Middle East.

We have achieved new and improved rankings in the recently launched Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Guide and also in Chambers Global 2025 for our work in the Gulf Region. 2TG is named as a recommended set in both directories in the Middle East on account of the thriving practice. We are described as “a fantastic set…with some of the best Juniors on hand” (Legal 500 EMEA 2025) and are seen to possess a deep bench of accomplished senior and junior counsel who are able to assist solicitors and end-user clients with litigation as well as arbitration.” (Chambers Global 2025).

Tim Killen was awarded “Commercial Junior of the Year” at the inaugural Legal 500 EMEA Awards 2024 for his work in the Gulf Region, while Lucas Fear Segal was shortlisted for the same award in 2025.

2TG’s continues to host an annual Dubai conference on current issues in Commercial Litigation “The View from London and Dubai”, which will take place in September 2025.

We have enjoyed a period of impressive growth for the whole set in the GCC and we appeared in two ‘firsts’ in the DIFC and ADGM Courts in the course of last year.

  • Charles Dougherty KCTimothy Killen and Lucas Fear Segal all appeared in the first COVID-19 business interruption insurance case decided by DIFC Court in Lals Holding Ltd and Ors v (1) Emirates Insurance Company (2) SIACI Insurance Brokers LLC.

  • Charles Dougherty KC and Lucas Fear-Segal acted successfully in the first substntative appeal ever to be heard by the Abu Dhabi Global Markets Court of Appeal in (1) Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Ltd (2) XL Insurance (3) Swiss Re and Ors v Global Private Investments Ltd.

The set generally continues to benefit from heightened activity in the UAE market. Typically, cases relate to major commercial and contract disputes between local and international companies where sums at stake are high and matters are complex and often of a highly sensitive nature.

Our clerking team will be visiting the region in in May 2025 and will also be back for the 2TG Conference in September 2025.

Work with an international dimension forms a significant part of many of our barristers’ work at 2TG. We appear in international courts and arbitral tribunals all over the world, frequently acting on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. We are particularly well-known for managing cross border litigation on matters of jurisdiction and applicable law and appear regularly in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.

For more information on our international and cross-jurisdictional work please click here.

For further information, please contact:

Charles Dougherty KC

Call 1997 | Silk 2013

Lee Tyler

Senior Clerk

Billy Hammonds

Joint Deputy Senior Clerk

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