Welcome to TL4 Middle East

A Unified Community for Legal, Financial & Advisory Professionals Across the Region

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Welcome to TL4 Middle East, a fresh and thoughtful evolution of the ThoughtLeaders4 legal network’s presence in the region. The goal is to unite experts on a single platform tailored to the region’s unique dynamics and needs.


It is a Community forged by regional realities: Driven by cross-disciplinary professionals, a collaborative spirit, and a growing hunger for cross-border insight, TL4 Middle East offers an inclusive, focused, and forward-looking space to gather, network and share knowledge.

 

Why TL4 Middle East? 

Because the region demands a different approach. Here collaboration crosses disciplines, clients expect integrated thinking, and professionals need a space that mirrors their interconnected work. TL4 Middle East is that space.

 

 

What You Can Expect

 

Flagship events in key regional hubs like Dubai, Riyadh, and Doha
Curated roundtables and networking sessions
Insightful content and thought leadership tailored to the region
A trusted network of peers, mentors, and collaborators

 

Coming Soon 

  • TL4 Middle East Launch Drinks - 9th November - Find out more
  • Regional insights in our TL4 Middle East in Focus newsletter 
  • Sector-specific roundtables and white papers

 

 

 

This is a community built for the Middle East, not just transplanted into it. It reflects the reality that while the region is rapidly evolving, it is not yet as segmented or specialist. TL4 Middle East is designed to meet professionals where they are: cross-practice, cross-border, and often wearing multiple hats.

Who should join?

Regional experts Regional experts
International experts International experts
Legal professionals Legal professionals
Financial professionals Financial professionals
Advisory specialists Advisory specialists
NextGen leaders NextGen leaders
Cross-border practitioners Cross-border practitioners

Upcoming Events

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Virtual
08 Sep 2025
Unlock the Future of Asset Recovery in the Middle East

ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE invites you to the pre-event webinar that sets the stage for the region’s premier asset recovery gathering 'FIRE Middle East 2025'. Be the first to explore the key themes, emerging trends, and critical jurisdictions shaping this year’s agenda.Join the advisory board and speakers from UAE, Saudi Arabia, UK, for their perspectives on key topic’s impacting the fraud and enforcement space in the Middle East region.

 


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4SightBreakfast Briefing • In-Person Event
18 Sep 2025
Structuring Wealth Across Borders

This breakfast briefing is kindly hosted by Hourani & Partners, and will discuss the evolving landscape of cross-border wealth structuring.


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4SightBreakfast Briefing • In-Person Event
08 Oct 2025
Lifecycle of NPLs – From Acquisition and Structuring to Enforcement and Recovery

Kindly hosted by ADG Legal, join us for our breakfast briefing on exploring the evolving landscape of non-performing loans across the Middle East.


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TL4 Evening • In-Person Event
09 Nov 2025
Women in FIRE Afternoon Tea

Connecting female practitioners and allies across the Fraud, Contentious Insolvency, Asset Recovery and International Enforcement spaces to showcase achievements, foster knowledge-sharing and create a dynamic, empowering allyship between women professionals and other advocates for gender diversity. 


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TL4 Evening • In-Person Event
09 Nov 2025
TL4 Middle East - Poolside Launch Cocktail Reception

Join us as we celebrate the launch of the TL4 Middle East Community. TL4 Middle East represents a fresh and thoughtful evolution of the ThoughtLeaders4 network’s presence in the region. Reconnect with old friends and make new connections during an evening of meaningful conversations and valuable networking. We look forward to welcoming you.


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• In-Person Event
10 Nov 2025
FIRE Middle East

TL4 FIRE is bringing back our Middle East summit which will bring together the rockstar practitioners from across the region. 

Experience something different at an unbeatable price in the industry.


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Event Videos ThoughtLeaders 4 Content
Asset Recovery: Onshore and Offshore Strategies

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Event Videos ThoughtLeaders 4 Content
FIRE Middle East Virtual - Give Me My Money

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Call for Articles: TL4 Middle East Magazine Issue 1

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Event Videos ThoughtLeaders 4 Content
FIRE Middle East 2023

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Articles
Harnessing AI for Asset Tracing A Practical Approach

Generative artificial intelligence is dramatically reshaping asset tracing around the globe - and the Middle East and North Africa is no exeption...


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Articles
A Gateway for Global Business Qatar’s Enhanced Enforcement Mechanisms for Cross-Border Judgement and Arbitral Award

In an increasingly interconnected global economy, the enforcement of foreign judgments and international arbitral awards has become a conerstone of international legal practice...


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UAE Bankruptcy on the Hunt for Directors

Bankruptcy regimes are essentially a legal framework that generally aims at either restructuring troubled corporate entities with view to allowing them to re-enter the market or ensuring their demise in an orderly manner...
 


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Recent Developments in Directors’ Liability in the UAE and England & Wales

On 1 May 2024, the UAE Federal Decree Law No. 51/2023 on Financial Reorganisation and Bankruptcy (‘the New Law’)1 came into force. The New Law repealed Federal Decree-Law No. 9/2016 on Bankruptcy (‘the Old Law’).


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Evolving Insolvency Regimes in the Middle East

The Gulf Cooperation Council ("GCC") region is currently experiencing both rapid development and also significant cultural change...
 


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Respecting Reciprocity Mutual Enforcement of UAE Judgements in England and Wales and English Judgements in the UAE

In the context of cross-border transactions and international business, the ability to enforce Court judgments overseas is of great importance. When a judgment debtor's assets are located abroad, the ability to enforce that court judgment in a foreign legal jurisdiction is key to making a recovery...


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A Guide to Cyprus Examinership Regime

Since 2013, new mechanisms for the protection of businesses facing financial difficulties by the appointment of an examiner have been introduced in Cyprus by the amendment of the Cyprus Company Law, Cap 113...


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Personal and Cross-Border Insolvency in India

India's insolvency regime, when compared to that of the UK or US, is still very much in its infancy...


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Developments in the UAE

The rising strength of the United Arab Emirates as a commercial powerhouse has continued as the Covid-19 pandemic recedes...


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Investments in Asia? How to Better Use Business Intelligence

Making investments or entering into an M&A deal can involve uncertainties and potential pitfalls. These can include financial and commercial issues, clashing business cultures, sudden changes in government regulation, poor strategic fit or simply bad timing, to name a few ...


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Our Middle East Corporate Partners:
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Paul Barford

Founder | Managing Director
+44 (0) 20 3398 8510
email Paul


Chris Leese

Founder | Chief Commercial Officer
+44 (0) 20 3398 8554
email Chris


Danushka De Alwis

Founder | Chief Operating Officer
+44 (0) 20 3580 5891
email Danushka