HFW boosts global construction practice with ME partner hire

HFW has boosted its construction practice with the hire of Slava Kiryushin in Dubai.

Kiryushin advises international oil & gas companies and large contractors on major energy and infrastructure projects and complex technical agreements, with particular expertise on high-value arbitrations across a range of sectors.

He joins HFW from DWF, where he was global co-head of infrastructure, construction and energy. Kiryushin is an English-qualified solicitor-advocate and has been based in the UAE for more than a decade, advising clients on energy, construction, and infrastructure disputes throughout the region. His clients include national and international oil & gas companies, refining and petrochemical companies, EPC contractors, and oil & gas service companies.

Kiryushin is ranked by legal directory Who’s Who as a Global Leader for power and electricity and oil & gas, describing him as having “a wealth of experience” and being a stand-out lawyer for “his dispute resolution practice in the oil and gas processing, refining and petrochemical infrastructure in the Middle East”. Kiryushin is MENA regional director of the Association of International Energy Negotiators.

He is also ranked as one of the UAE’s leading lawyers for both construction and oil & gas in The Legal 500, where anonymous client testimonials praised Kiryushin for having “excellent industry knowledge” and being “very experienced in the Middle East”, with another saying: “Slava is probably the best person that we have worked with in the recent past – he understands what we need as a business. Commercially savvy and technically great, his strategic advice is always welcome by our board of directors.”