Nabarro has recruited four new partners across its offices in Dubai, London and Manchester, including hires from Eversheds and Pinsent Masons.

In Dubai, where Nabarro launched last year, the firm has hired Baker Botts special counsel Ravinda Bhuller, a contentious construction disputes specialist.

Bhullar, who joins Nabarro as a partner, has spent over 10 years in Baker Botts' Dubai office. He joins three partners at Nabarro's Dubai base specialising in real estate, infrastructure, construction and energy.

In Manchester, the firm has recruited Howard Gill as the first corporate partner for its base in the city, which opened last year. Gill joins from Pinsents, where he was a partner for nine years. Nabarro senior partner Graham Stedman said the firm expects to make further corporate hires in the region going forward. 

The firm has also added to its real estate practice in Manchester with the hire of Peter Winnard from Eversheds, where he was a partner for over thirteen years. Nabarro launched in Manchester last May with the hire of a trio of real estate partners from Addleshaw Goddard.

Meanwhile, in London, the firm has taken on Pinsents partner Kevin Joyce, a project advisory lawyer and construction disputes specialist, who will join the firm's infrastructure, construction and energy practice.

The hires come amid an expansive period for Nabarro, which last year initiated talks with an as-yet unidentified Singaporean firm with a view to establishing an exclusive alliance in the city state. The firm also last year added French firm Lefevre Pelletier & Associes to its European alliance network after parting ways with former ally August & Debouzy.