Christopher Dixon
Christopher is a consultant and co-founder of the legacy Dubai firm Key & Dixon which is now Taylor Wessing (Middle East) LLP.
He is a member of the Corporate & Commercial group, and has specialised expertise in advising on the establishment and operation of joint ventures and new businesses, and on mergers, acquisitions and restructuring of companies. Since the mid-1970s he has developed relationships with and focused on advising prominent Gulf merchant families on succession planning and corporate restructuring.
Career
| Since 2015 | Consultant, Taylor Wessing |
| 2013 | Senior Partner, Taylor Wessing |
| 2007 - 2013 | Managing Partner, Taylor Wessing |
| 1996 - 2007 | Partner and Managing Partner, Key & Dixon |
| 1986 - 1996 | Partner and Managing Partner, Fox & Gibbons |
| 1982 - 1986 | Managing Partner, Fox & Gibbons |
Education
| 1970 | Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales |
| 1967 | Masters, University of Cambridge |
| 1969 | LLM, University of Cambridge |
| 1972 | Certificate, Common Market Law, University of Sorbonne, Paris |
Memberships & Associations
| Governor of Dubai College |
Additional languages
| English |
| Spanish |
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