Clyde & Co grows in the region

Clyde & Co, in association with Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily Law office, announced the appointment of Saud Alsaab, a former senior legal specialist to the Insurance Committees of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA). As part of the associated firm’s ongoing expansion of its Saudi Arabia operations, Saud joins the regional insurance and disputes practice and strengthens the on-the-ground expertise in Saudi Arabia in relation to contentious insurance and marine work.

Clyde & Co also expanded its regional corporate practice with the appointment of Barton Hoggard and Lee Keane.

Based in Clyde & Co’s Dubai office, Barton Hoggard has been in the Middle East since the beginning of 2008 and specialises in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, structuring advice and principal agreements for private placements and joint ventures. Hoggard has extensive transactional experience across a number of sectors including heavy industry, healthcare and logistics and acts for a number of listed companies from Europe and the US as well as SME’s and local family groups in connection with their investments throughout the MENA region.

Lee Keane rejoins Clyde & Co as a corporate partner in Clyde & Co’s Doha office, having spent the last year in-house at Al Tayer Group, a privately-held, diversified company headquartered in Dubai, with over 7,900 employees and operations in 12 countries. Keane has been based in the Middle East since 2008 and was formerly a senior associate in the firm’s Dubai office for 5 years. Keane’s practice covers domestic and cross-border transactional work, including advising on investment and  emerging market strategies, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, complex joint venture agreements and restructurings. He has significant experience in the retail, food and beverage and healthcare sectors as well as advising on complex franchise and distribution arrangements.