This follows the firm's expansion into the US and China last year with office openings in New York, Los Angeles and Shanghai.
The establishment of the Doha office responds directly to the requirements of Clyde & Co's clients who have identified Qatar as a major growth area for their businesses. Building on the success of Clyde & Co's Dubai and Abu Dhabi operations, the office in Doha will soon be developed to offer a full range of services in Qatar, complementing and expanding upon the firm's current offering in the region.
David Salt, a former partner at Clyde & Co, London and more recently, a corporate consultant at Simmons & Simmons, Qatar, will head up the office as partner. Further recruitment for the new office will follow in due course.
David is a well-respected corporate and commercial practitioner who advises on corporate and banking matters for the Government of Qatar, Qatari public and private companies and non-Qatari companies, banks and insurance companies. David recently advised on the sale of Mannai Corporation QSC on the first Qatari debt for equity swap and Libano Suisse on the first insurance portfolio transfer in Qatar, and has advised many clients on establishment in the Qatar Financial Centre.
David said of his move, "I am delighted to be rejoining Clyde & Co. The firm have a superb reputation with their clients and a longstanding commitment to the Middle East."
Jonathan Silver, who leads the firm's operations in the region, added, "This is a natural extension of Clyde & Co's Middle East operations and a major step forward in the development of the firm in the region. We are fortunate to be in a position to welcome back to the firm a lawyer of David's calibre with the amount of specialist expertise and experience in Qatar"
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Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorTuesday, March 13 - 2007 at 08:19 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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1. David Salt - David was a partner with Clyde & Co from 1990 until 2002, when he moved to Qatar. Now that Clyde & Co have obtained a license to operate in Qatar, David has rejoined the partnership in 2007 to head Clyde's newly opened Qatari office. David advises on corporate, commercial and banking matters for public and private companies in Qatar, non-Qatari companies, banks and insurance companies.
2. Clyde & Co in the Middle East - The firm in the Middle East was established in 1989. We have offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha and provide advice to a wide range of clients from countries all around the world on their operations throughout the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
Within the Middle East offices we have 75+ lawyers and paralegals, including 13 partners. Our lawyers have specialist skills and expertise in our core areas of corporate and commercial, capital markets, banking and finance, Islamic finance, dispute resolution, insurance and reinsurance, shipping and transport, aviation, international trade, energy, construction and property, intellectual property including trademarks, information technology, media and telecoms, and employment.
Based on a successful formula of providing local expertise and experience, delivered to the high standards of an international law firm, Clyde & Co has, now, the largest presence of any of the international law firms in the United Arab Emirates.
Clyde & Co won Client Choice Award 2006 - UAE by International Law Office (ILO).
3. Clyde & Co is a leading international law firm with particular strengths in aviation and aerospace, cross-border trade and investment, intellectual property including trademarks, international arbitration, trade disputes, shipping and marine matters, insurance and reinsurance, transport, energy, corporate and commercial law, finance and technology.
The firm has offices in Abu Dhabi, Caracas, Doha, Dubai, Guildford, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Nantes, New York, Paris, Piraeus, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Singapore and associate offices in Belgrade and St Petersburg. The firm also has an exclusive co-operation agreement with a major law office in Iraq.
4. For further information please contact Lisa Mercer, head of communications, London - Tel: +44 (0)20 7648 1981
2. Clyde & Co in the Middle East - The firm in the Middle East was established in 1989. We have offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha and provide advice to a wide range of clients from countries all around the world on their operations throughout the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
Within the Middle East offices we have 75+ lawyers and paralegals, including 13 partners. Our lawyers have specialist skills and expertise in our core areas of corporate and commercial, capital markets, banking and finance, Islamic finance, dispute resolution, insurance and reinsurance, shipping and transport, aviation, international trade, energy, construction and property, intellectual property including trademarks, information technology, media and telecoms, and employment.
Based on a successful formula of providing local expertise and experience, delivered to the high standards of an international law firm, Clyde & Co has, now, the largest presence of any of the international law firms in the United Arab Emirates.
Clyde & Co won Client Choice Award 2006 - UAE by International Law Office (ILO).
3. Clyde & Co is a leading international law firm with particular strengths in aviation and aerospace, cross-border trade and investment, intellectual property including trademarks, international arbitration, trade disputes, shipping and marine matters, insurance and reinsurance, transport, energy, corporate and commercial law, finance and technology.
The firm has offices in Abu Dhabi, Caracas, Doha, Dubai, Guildford, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Nantes, New York, Paris, Piraeus, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Singapore and associate offices in Belgrade and St Petersburg. The firm also has an exclusive co-operation agreement with a major law office in Iraq.
4. For further information please contact Lisa Mercer, head of communications, London - Tel: +44 (0)20 7648 1981
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