We are a global law firm, advising on all aspects of international commerce.   The firm was founded in 1883, to provide legal services to the maritime industry.  This is still an area of pre-eminence for the firm today, having been awarded the accolade of Lloyd's Lists Shipping Law Firm of the Year 2008 and the Middle East Law firm of the year award at the Seatrade Middle East and  Indian Subcontinent Awards 2008.

However, the firm has also grown and diversified from its roots into related areas of business and now boasts independently highly rated services in many of our areas of operation, all aligned to the area of international commerce, in particular Corporate, Projects and Finance work, Insurance and Re-insurance, and Trade and Energy.

This enables us to advise our clients from the inception of the business idea, through to advising on business strategy, financing and risk management,  to cover the whole life-cycle of any venture.

We act for clients from across a wide range of industries, including multinational industrial, transport and energy companies, insurers, brokers, banks,  commodity companies and trading houses. The HFW Middle Eastern regional office is staffed by a dedicated team of lawyers who have many years of experience of the GCC and Levant jurisdictions. Many of our staff members are bilingual Arabic speakers  and we take a practical and commercial approach to resolving issues that arise when setting up or doing business in the region so that the commercial objective of the clients is maintained.

We operate throughout the Arabian peninsular (and Iran), the Levant and the Indian sub-continent covering commercial, corporate, projects, distribution, dispute resolution, property and regulatory  issues for our clients.

We have offices in London, Paris, Rouen, Brussels, Piraeus, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Melbourne.

Please visit our website www.hfw.com for more information.