Murray Laing

Partner at Walkers (UAE)

Speaker

Murray is an experienced commercial litigator at Walkers Global with over 10 years of experience practicing in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) following several years at a leading civil fraud litigation firm in London. Murray recently moved from Walkers' BVI office to Walkers Dubai where he continues his leadership role in the firm's Global Insolvency & Dispute Resolution (IDR) Group, providing expert offshore legal advice to the Middle East client base.

Murray's practice covers complex and high-value cases including fraud claims, shareholder disputes, insolvency matters and urgent interim relief. He has worked on some of the most significant cases to come out of the BVI in recent years, including the leading case on freezing injunctions, Convoy v Broad Idea.

Murray is ranked by leading global legal directories, Chambers and The Legal 500, as a Notable Practitioner and Next-Generation Partner. He is praised by clients as “an asset for any heavy commercial dispute” and “one of the very wisest and coolest heads” with a "keen strategic sense" and a "depth of expertise".