Mr Walker's primary practice includes financial services regulation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and employment matters. He leads the field in advising parties during Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) investigations and, where necessary, negotiating settlements on their behalf. Mr Walker was instructed by the first authorised firm to be fined by the DFSA and has since gone on to advise in connection with a significant number of DFSA investigations.

Mr Walker is a regular contributor to Euromoney's Global Banking & Financial Policy Review. He is the co-author of the UAE chapter, Financial Services Regulation in the Middle East, Oxford University Press (2008). He has contributed articles to various publications including the International Financial Law Reviews and Lawyer Monthly.

Mr Walker joined Afridi & Angell in 2003 and became a partner in 2008. Prior to joining the firm Stuart was a solicitor in the banking department of Lovells in London. He lived and worked in London, Hong Kong, New York and Dubai. Prior to qualifying as a lawyer, he wrote for and edited various trade journals and other publications

Bar Admissions
Law Society of England and Wales, U.K.

Education
- Legal Practice Course, College of Law, London, 1999
- Common Professional Examination, University of Hong Kong, 1997
- BA (Hons.), Sociology and Economics, University of York, England, 1993

Professional Associations

• International Bar Association
  
• Financial Services Lawyers Association

Seminars/ Presentation
- Panelist, What do practitioners think of DIFC wills?, Optimal Successions in Dubai 7 the UAE, Dubai, 23-25 November 2015
- Member of Emerging Courts Session, 4th GCC Regulators' Summit, Doha, 22-23 February, 2010
- Do compliance programmes mitigate against fines or damages claims? A practitioner's view. Conference: Dispute Resolution in the Middle East, Dubai, October 2009



Professional Activities and Experience
Prior to joining Afridi & Angell in 2003, Mr. Walker was a solicitor in the banking department of Lovells in London.

• DFSA Decision Notices not Findings of Fact in the DIFC Courts

  By Stuart Walker |October 2023

• Tax Residency in the UAE: who qualifies as a UAE Tax Resident?

  By Stuart Walker, Alex Vromans |December 2022

• The Economic Substance Test: directed and managed in the UAE

  By Stuart Walker, Afridi & Angell |September 2022

Additional Articles- Co-author of the UAE chapter of The Banking Regulation Review, 7th edition 2016, Law Business Research
- Co-author of the UAE chapter of The Private Wealth & Private Client Review , 4th edition 2015, Law Business Research
- Co-author of the UAE chapter of The Banking Regulation Review, 6th edition 2015, Law Business Research
- Do I need a DIFC Will?, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 13 May 2015
- DFSA imposes record fine on Deutsche Bank, Afridi & Angell inBrief, 27 April 2015
- Co-author of the UAE chapter Hedge Funds Jurisdictional Comparisons, 1st & 2nd editions, The European Lawyer Reference
- Co-author of Asset Management, The European Lawyer Reference, 1st edition, 2012
- Co-author of Asset Management: United Arab Emirates and the Dubai Financial Centre, 2010 & 2011
- Employment Law: Client Strategies in the Middle East and Africa, Inside the Minds (Thomson Reuters), February 2010