Malavika Vijayan

Malavika Vijayan is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team in Al Tamimi & Company’s DIFC office, focusing on Commercial Litigation. She is admitted as a solicitor in the Senior Courts of England & Wales.

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.

Her recent experience includes 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; and advising and acting in relation to a wide range of employment disputes before the ADGM Courts.

She holds a Bachelors of Law (Politics, Philosophy and Law) from King’s College London (2020) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from The University of Law (2023). She was admitted as a Solicitor of England & Wales in 2023 and speaks English, Malayalam and Hindi.