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Middle East 2019

Jafar Khan

Head of legal for the Middle East and South Asia | Mott MacDonald

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Jafar Khan

Head of legal for the Middle East and South Asia | Mott MacDonald

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Jafar Khan joined Mott MacDonald in mid-2015 after a successful private practice career based in Melbourne, London and Dubai, an experience that he believes ‘shaped me into the lawyer I am today’. Khan has been extremely successful in his leadership of the Mott MacDonald legal function for the Middle East and South Asia, and mentions creating ‘a highly effective legal team which is fully integrated within the business and assists with all range of matters from corporate governance to advising on the risk of key projects’ as among his main career achievements. ‘Each person has a particular area of specialisation’, Khan explains, ‘but also has a general skill set to help manage the workload. Together, we have been resolving disputes that lay dormant for several years, introduced corporate governance in all entities within the region, and ensured that commercial rigour is applied in all contracts that are signed. It has given the group managing director confidence that risk is being properly considered in the region before contracts are signed’. Recently, Khan and his team have achieved notable successes for Mott MacDonald in the areas of litigation, arbitration and settlements.

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