Squire Patton Boggs adds new corporate partner in Middle East

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Matthew Powell as a Partner in its UAE Corporate practice, having joined from Shearman & Sterling in the UAE.

Powell was previously a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Shearman & Sterling since 2015, prior to which he worked with Linklaters in both London and the UAE. He specialises in a wide range of cross-border transactions, including public and private M&A, joint ventures and equity capital markets issues, across MENA and sub-Saharan Africa. He has acted for global energy companies, corporates and multinationals, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, private equity firms and family offices.  His industry expertise is broad, though with a particular focus on the energy, oil and gas, industrial and technology sectors, where he also has significant in-house experience.

A solicitor qualified in England and Wales, Powell is a graduate of University of Oxford and Nottingham Law School. He is also a Member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. “I am delighted to be joining one of the most dynamic international law firms in the region,” commented Matthew Powell.  “There are significant synergies with my practice and enormous opportunities to collaborate with my new colleagues in the region and across the firm’s global platform.”