Dewey set for double Middle East office launch
Dewey & LeBoeuf is set to boost its Middle East presence with the launch of two new offices in Abu Dhabi and Doha. The licences for the two new offices are currently pending, but the firm expects both operations to be up and running by early 2009.London-based project finance partner Stephen Jurgenson is to relocate to the Middle East to head the Abu Dhabi office, supported by Dubai-based project finance partner John Podgore, who will split his time between Abu Dhabi and Doha.
October 21, 2008 at 07:16 AM
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Dewey & LeBoeuf is set to boost its Middle East presence with the launch of two new offices in Abu Dhabi and Doha.
The licences for the two new offices are currently pending, but the firm expects both operations to be up and running by early 2009.
London-based project finance partner Stephen Jurgenson is to relocate to the Middle East to head the Abu Dhabi office, supported by Dubai-based project finance partner John Podgore, who will split his time between Abu Dhabi and Doha.
The Doha base will be led by litigation partner Kenneth Freeling, who will relocate from Washington DC.
Dewey has also named New York-based corporate partner Berge Setrakian as chairman of its Middle East practice group.
Dewey currently has Middle East offices in Dubai and Riyadh. The Dubai base was set up in January this year with the double hire of US rival Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's local office head Gavin Watson and banking partner Chris Sioufi.
Dewey's work in the Middle East focuses on project finance, construction, infrastructure, real estate, corporate, finance, Islamic finance, investment funds and private equity work – tying in with the firm's global focus on gas, utilities and power.
Firm chairman Steven Davis said that the two emirates, along with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, are among the world's most important bases for inward and outward investment, adding: "We already act for some of the most exciting clients in the region and view this investment as part of [an] ongoing commitment to represent global clients."
Further relocations are set to follow into the offices once they are set up.
The news follows the firm's announcement yesterday (20 October) that it is to close its office in Charlotte, North Carolina, due to the economic conditions and consolidations in the banking sector. The eight-lawyer office will close on 31 December. The firm earlier this year closed other US offices in Jacksonville, Hartford and Austin.
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