Addleshaws continues Gulf drive with new Qatar office
ADDLESHAW Goddard has set up a new office in Qatar – making it the law firm’s third office opening in the Gulf Cooperation Council region in the last nine months.
The Doha office, along with existing offices in Dubai and Muscat, will offer specialist expertise in construction, projects, corporate, finance, arbitration, renewable energy, private wealth management and litigation.
It will be led by Hussein Damirji, formerly a partner at US law firm Patton Boggs, who specialises in corporate, commercial and family office (high net worth) investments.
He will be joined by fellow partner, banking and finance expert Martin Brown who joins the firm from Denton’s Doha office. Hussein and Martin will be supported by a team of associates.
Paul Devitt, Addleshaw Goddard managing partner, said: “This latest investment is a very exciting development for our capability in the Gulf region. By developing broad and relevant service lines across the GCC, we are well placed to provide clients with specialist, local market expertise in their own country, on pan-regional assignments and also in relation to their UK investment portfolios.”
Opening an office in Qatar is the latest in a number of strategic investments made by Addleshaw Goddard.
The firm, which has an office in Leeds city centre, first opened an office in the GCC region in September 2012 with the launch of its Dubai office which is led by international construction and engineering expert Andrew Greaves. Its second office in the region opened in Oman in January, in association with Nasser al Habsi law firm and is led by banking, finance and project finance law expert Roger Byrne and corporate specialist Charles Schofield.
