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DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER
BURJ DAMAN OFFICE TOWER, LEVEL 10
PO BOX 111713, DUBAI
United Arab Emirates
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United Arab Emirates > Construction Tier 2
Squire Patton Boggs assists its clients with all aspects of construction and infrastructure development. Clients include general contractors, EPC contractors, governments, private developers and project sponsors. Managing partner Thomas Wilson heads the construction and arbitration practices. Ravinder Bhullar specialises in international commercial arbitration and litigation in relation to construction, energy, real estate and infrastructure projects. For project finance mandates, Shane Wilson is a key point of contact. Stephan Adell and Jonathan Taunton are also noted. Changes in the team include the departure of Scott Hutton.Practice head(s):
Thomas Wilson
Other key lawyers:
Ravinder Bhullar; Stephan Adell; Shane Wilson; Jonathan; Jonathan Taunton
Key clients
Veolia
Sumitomo Corporation
Sojitz Corporation
Siemens
Doosan
Standard Chartered Bank
KDB
KFW
SMTB
MUFG
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR)
The Department of Finance, Dubai
Maersk
UIDC
Mizuho Bank
Work highlights
- Advising the lenders (six banks) to a consortium bidding for the Al Wakra Independent Sewage Treatment Project in Qatar.
- Advising the UAE Federal Ministry of Infrastructure Development along with PWC Dubai on a review of the current PPP legislative and regulatory framework and engaging with stakeholders on how this framework might change.
- Advised the government of Dubai on the structuring, procurement and implementation of a major waste-to-energy project in Dubai, UAE.
United Arab Emirates > Dispute resolution: compliance and investigations Tier 2
Squire Patton Boggs defends a range of clients before domestic and international regulators, including local public prosecutors and the US Department of State and the Department of Defense. Rich Gibbon heads the practice and focuses on white-collar regulatory enforcement and criminal defence, internal investigations and financial crimes compliance.Practice head(s):
Rich Gibbon
United Arab Emirates > Employment Tier 2
Squire Patton Boggs has an experienced cross-border employment practice and advises a broad range of clients. Workplace harassment investigations are a key area of focus for the firm. Sarah Lawrence heads the firm’s Middle East employment practice and has been instrumental in the firm’s growth in the employment space. Associate Habib Saeed joined the practice in 2020 and specialises in employment law and data protection issues.Practice head(s):
Sarah Lawrence
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
AXA Insurance (Gulf) BDC
Bacardi Plc
The Boeing Company
Collins Aerospace Inc.
Day & Zimmermann
Etisalat
Export Trading Group
Michael Page/Page Group
Raytheon Technologies
Smiths Group
Turner Broadcasting/CNN
Warner Media
Wood Group
Work highlights
- Advised Raytheon Technologies on several multi-jurisdictional labour and employment projects arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Advising ETC Group on numerous data protection compliance matters, assessing its personal data processing operations in its capacity as an employer and cross-border transfers of personal data, ensuring its DIFC and Netherlands branches are compliant with the recently enforced DIFC Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, respectively.
- Advising a leading construction and engineering company on all employment law aspects enabling the client to service various key contracts across the UAE, Kuwait, Jordan and various other MENA jurisdictions.
United Arab Emirates > Infrastructure and projects (including project finance) Tier 4
Government advisory and regulatory work is a key area of focus for the UAE projects and infrastructure team at Squire Patton Boggs. In addition to his projects work, managing partner Thomas Wilson also heads the firm's construction and arbitration offerings. Shibeer Ahmed focuses on project finance particularly on financings in the real estate and oil and gas sectors. Shane Wilson is another individual to note and specialises in international projects and project finance.Practice head(s):
Thomas Wilson
Other key lawyers:
Shibeer Ahmed; Shane Wilson
Key clients
Veolia
DP World
International Finance Corporation
Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation
Sojitz Corporation
Siemens
Doosan
Standard Chartered Bank
KDB
KFW
SMTB
MUFG
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR)
The Department of Finance, Dubai
Maersk
UIDC
Mizuho Bank
Work highlights
- Advising the UAE Federal Ministry of Infrastructure Development. alongside PwC Dubai, on a review of the current PPP legislative and regulatory framework and engaging with stakeholders on how this framework might change.
- Advised the government of Dubai on the structuring, procurement and implementation of a major waste-to-energy project in Dubai, UAE.
- Advised DP World on the project financing of the Sokhna Port Basin 2 Project, Egypt.
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