Squire Boosts Dubai Disputes Practice With Dechert Double-Hire
The hires follow recent expansions for the practice in Singapore and New York.
June 16, 2020 at 07:46 AM
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Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of two lawyers in Dubai to strengthen its international dispute resolution practice.
Dechert partner Ravinder Bhullar joins the firm's Dubai office alongside senior associate Alex Freeman.
According to Bhullar's LinkedIn profile, he specializes in international arbitration concerning disputes in the construction, infrastructure, and energy sectors, especially in the Middle East and Gulf regions.
His experience extends to several arbitration seats, including the International Court of Arbitration, conducted under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), as well as ad hoc arbitrations under UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) rules, it said.
"As with our recent additions in Singapore and New York, we have attracted exceptional and experienced practitioners to enhance an already leading team in the Middle East," said Stephen P Anway, global co-leader of the firm's IDR practice.
The Dubai expansion follows the recent additions of new partners Miriam Harwood, Ali Gursel, John Branson, and Zeynep Gunday in New York, Peter Stewart in London, Galileo Pozzoli in Milan, and Barry Stimpson and Cameron Ford in Singapore, to the firm's 140-strong global disputes team.
Thomas Wilson, Abu Dhabi managing partner and Middle East construction and arbitration head, said: "[T]he pressures of the current crisis [underline] the need to bring deep and highly skilled dispute resolution teams to the construction and engineering industry, and we do that better than most."
Earlier this year, Winston & Strawn closed its Dubai base, after Squire raided the office for seven lawyers.
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