Al Mannaee joins Reed Smith

Reed Smith announced the arrival of corporate partner Maher Al Mannaee. Al Mannaee, an Emirati National, acted previously as general counsel and as a specialist transactional lawyer with a broad range of experience in public and private cross-border mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and financings, due diligence and special projects, at major institutes in the United Arab Emirates. He will be based out of the firm’s Abu Dhabi office and joins to expand its corporate and transactional capability in the Gulf and greater Middle East.

Prior to his recent role, Al Mannaee worked at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi as legal counsel and at Standard Chartered Bank in both Singapore and Dubai. He has a broad range of experience in public and private cross-border mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and financings, due diligence and special projects, as well as general company and commercial law. 

The firm’s corporate practice has been a particular area of expansion for the firm and Maher’s appointment follows the recent addition of three new corporate partners this month: Isabelle MacElhone (based in Paris) and Vladimir Schuster and Arman Tastanbekov (who joined to officially launch the office in Kazakhstan).