K&L Gates adds Dubai finance partner

Boyd advises on a variety of structured credit and debt capital markets products, as well as bank lending, regulatory, derivatives, and Islamic finance matters. Her clients include major U.S. and international banks and investment funds, fund managers and trustees, manufacturers, and stock exchanges.

Neal Brendel, one of the founding partners of K&L Gates' Dubai office, commented, "We are delighted to have a finance and regulatory partner of Natalie's caliber join our Dubai team as we continue to expand the legal services we offer our sophisticated regional and international clients."

"I am pleased to have been welcomed into the partnership at K&L Gates and look forward to collaborating with my colleagues across the firm's network to expand the financial services practice in the Middle East," said Boyd. "I am confident that the dynamic and collaborative culture of the firm will offer an excellent platform for providing high quality and seamless advice to existing and new clients."

Boyd's arrival continues a string of additions in 2012 to K&L Gates' finance practice, which earlier welcomed Doha partner Amjad Hussain as well as new partners in Milan, Frankfurt, and Hong Kong.

K&L Gates includes lawyers practicing out of more than 40 fully integrated offices located in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East, and represents numerous GLOBAL 500, FORTUNE 100, and FTSE 100 corporations, in addition to growth and middle market companies, entrepreneurs, capital market participants and public sector entities.

K&L Gates has offices in: Anchorage, Austin, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Doha, Dubai, Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Moscow, Newark, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, San Diego, San Francisco, São Paulo, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Spokane, Taipei, Tokyo, Warsaw, and Washington, D.C.