DLA Piper boosts capabilities in Qatar with key partner appointment

June 2013

DLA Piper has announced the move of MEL SIMS, a partner from the corporate practice group in London to its Doha office in Qatar.

Sims is a long-standing partner at DLA Piper, having joined the firm in 1989. He is principally a private equity partner specialising in the financial services sector and regularly acts for private equity and banking institutions as well as management teams in the context of leveraged buy outs. He also has extensive experience in advising on joint venture enterprises and in acting for major corporates on cross border, multi-jurisdictional M & A transactions.

“This is a key move and one that further enhances our position in the Middle East region as Mel Sims brings with him unrivalled experience of complex, high value corporate transactions,” commented Abdul Aziz Al-Yaqout, Regional Managing Partner for DLA Piper Middle East.

Mel Sims, corporate partner at DLA Piper Middle East, added: “I’m delighted to be relocating to Qatar and the Middle East more generally, one of the most developing and fast-changing business landscapes in the world…”