Awards & Accolades
Kiran is honoured to have been recognised by peers and industry press in multi-award categories as a law firm COO, general counsel and private practice lawyer including for strategic transformational leadership, innovation in compliance and legal operations and diversity and inclusion.
“In the five years she has been DMCC’s general counsel, Kiran Scarr has enjoyed a uniquely successful and remarked-upon chapter in her career. Alongside a number of professional highlights, she has received numerous awards from the industry press both for her as an individual and collectively as part of the DMCC legal team, on the back of her and her team’s innovative approach and courageous commitment to doing things differently…..her own move towards being a major strategic business mind at DMCC has been extremely impressive.”.
Legal 500 Middle East GC Powerlist 2019
Legal 500 Middle East Powerlist
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2018
DMCC Legal - Legal 500 Middle East Team Powerlist
“led by Kiran Scarr, described by sources within the team as ‘an innovator, strategist and business leader’ who is credited for having developed and led a world-class team of lawyers and regulators that drive business success through operational efficiency and pragmatic, commercial solutions to everyday problems.”
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2017
Kiran Scarr - Legal 500 Middle East GC Powerlist
“Scarr has had a major influence in several important developments to the legal department at the Centre, taking steps to embed lawyers within operational businesses and contributing enormously to transforming the view of legal as business enablers. ”
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2016
DMCC Legal - Legal 500 Middle East Team Powerlist
“small but world-class legal team led by general counsel Kiran Scarr. The eight member team is praised for its ability to identify strategic risks and opportunities, greatly contributing to DMCC’s rapid growth.”
Middle East Legal Awards
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2021
Kiran Scarr is awarded Diversity Champion – Private Practice
Support Legal is awarded for Innovation Through Technology – Private Practice
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2019
Kiran Scarr is awarded General Counsel of the Year
DMCC Legal & Dispute Centre is awarded In-house Community Team of the Year
DMCC Compliance is awarded Compliance Innovator of the Year
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2018
Kiran Scarr receives an "Honourable Mention" in the category of General Counsel of the Year
DMCC Legal receives an "Honourable Mention" in the category of Legal Department of the Year – Government Department
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2018
Kiran Scarr is awarded General Counsel of the Year
DMCC Legal receives an "Honourable Mention" in the category of In-house Legal Team of the Year
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2017
DMCC Legal receives an "Honourable Mention" in the category of In-house Legal Team of the Year
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2017
Kiran Scarr is finalist in IFLR Award for Women in Business Law 2017
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2016
Kiran Scarr receives an "Honourable Mention" in the category of General Counsel of the Year
