Chris Macbeth promoted to partner at Cleary Gottlieb

Cleary Gottlieb has announced the promotion of counsel Chris Macbeth to partner in its Abu Dhabi office. Macbeth joined the firm’s London office in 2006 and, building on his multijurisdictional practice, particularly in emerging markets, relocated to the Abu Dhabi office in 2012. He has more than a decade of focus on the MENA region and his broad commercial practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity and funds. He has extensive experience representing Middle East sovereign wealth funds in their investments across a wide range of sectors and geographies, and is part of the firm’s English law M&A practice. Macbeth’s promotion, as part of the firm’s annual partner elections, brings the firm’s total worldwide partners to 180 and counsel to 62.

“I am proud to introduce our new class of global partners and counsel,” said Cleary Gottlieb Managing Partner Michael Gerstenzang. “Our clients turn to us to help with their most complex transactions and challenging problems. We deliver results by assembling world-class teams of lawyers, who bring their market-leading experience, collaborative approach, and client focus to every matter. This group of talented individuals embodies our firm’s commitment to serving our clients’ needs across practice areas and around the world.”

“It is an honour to be promoted within the firm as a partner,” says Macbeth. “I look forward to continuing to work together with colleagues in Abu Dhabi and our other offices, and with our valued clients on their investments in the region and outbound investments into Europe, the US, Latin America and globally. I am excited to have the opportunity to play a part in the firm’s vision for growth in the Middle East and in its cross-border English law practice.”