New Real Estate Partner for Norton Rose Middle East

Nick is a real estate lawyer, specialising in all aspects of real estate including development, investment, corporate occupation, hospitality and financing and has worked on some of the region's most high-profile real estate projects.

This step signals the strength of the firm's real estate practice and it's optimism for coming growth within this sector, with a client base including developers and sub-developers, investors (Islamic and conventional), funders, hotel, leisure and hospitality owners and operators, corporate end-users, public authorities and infrastructure bodies.

Nick Clayson commented, "Being part of the Norton Rose team over the past few years has been exciting and rewarding. It's great to be a part of a strengthening legal regime which continues to be supported by business, governments and fellow professionals in its evolution. I look forward to continue working in the resilient Middle Eastern market and growing our real estate business in the region."

Campbell Steedman, International Managing Partner for the Middle East commented, "We are delighted that Nick has been promoted to the partnership, with responsibility for our regional real estate practice. Given our strategy for growth in the Middle East it has been essential that we also strengthen our real estate capability and recognise the importance of this practice in a regional context . Nick's extensive experience in this area will certainly expand our capability, built up over the thirty years we have been active in the region, and help us achieve further growth."

Nick's promotion coincides with the international Norton Rose Group promoting 12 associates to the partnership. The new promotions take effect from 1 May 2009.

Norton Rose Group is a leading international leading practise with a long standing reputation for excellence in the Middle East and North Africa Region. We have had a presence in the Middle East since 1979, and have offices in Bahrain, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and an associated office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the law firm Abdulaziz Al-Assaf.

With over 70 lawyers in the Middle East we are one of the largest international legal practices in the region and this promotion is a signal of our continued growth in the Middle East.