Malavika Vijayan

Biography

Malavika is admitted as a solicitor in the Senior Courts of England & Wales and is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team in Al Tamimi’s DIFC office.  Since joining Al Tamimi & Company, Malavika has been involved in advising and representing clients in relation to a broad range of complex and high-profile commercial disputes,. She particularly focuses on general commercial litigation before the DIFC and ADGM Courts as well as commercial arbitrations before key arbitral institutions in the region.

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Recent Experience

• Acting for a multi-national family holding company in securing a worldwide freezing order before the DIFC Courts, in support of LCIA arbitration proceedings.
• Acting for an Indian Bank in successfully defending a claim for breaches of regulatory duties and damages in the DIFC Courts.
• Advising property developers in the DIFC in respect of numerous disputes with commercial tenants
• Advising and acting on enforcement applications relating to the enforcement of onshore UAE Court, DIFC Courts, ADGM Courts and foreign judgments and arbitral awards.
• Representing a venture capital fund and other shareholders in landmark proceedings before the ADGM Court of Appeal concerning the application of English law in the ADGM.
• Advising and acting in relation to a wide range of employment disputes before the ADGM Courts.