International law firm, DLA Piper announced last week that Islamic finance specialist, Oliver Agha, has been appointed as a partner in its Dubai office.
Mr Agha, who has worked on some of the most complex Islamic finance projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, joined DLA Piper on 5 February 2007.
An US qualified lawyer, Mr Agha was formerly head of projects at Clifford Chance's Saudi Arabian law firm affiliate, Al-Jadaan. Whilst there he established the projects team, taking it from two to ten lawyers, and advised on Islamic finance structures and major project finance deals.
According to DLA Piper:
"His arrival is significant given the substantial demand for experienced Islamic and project finance advisers in the Middle East and he will lead the development of DLA Piper's global profile in the area of Islamic finance."
The appointment follows a number of other recent hires to DLA Piper's Dubai office. Senior projects and public procurement partner, Brian Clark, relocated to Dubai from London in January 2007. Privatisation and infrastructure specialist, Bruce Mullins, joined last month to spearhead a new office in Oman, pending a recent licence application. January also marked the arrival of real estate specialist and head, Tom O'Grady.In November 2006, Al Harith Sinclair joined as a partner to head the financial regulatory practice.
Nigel Knowles, Joint CEO at DLA Piper, announced that:
"We are fully committed to developing a broad range of services across the Middle East, as we have done across Europe, Asia and the US and I am delighted Oliver has decided to join us in order to help achieve this."
DLA Piper currently has an office in Dubai with 25 lawyers and recently applied for a licence to operate in Oman. It also operates in Saudi Arabia with its affiliate, the Law Office of Abdulaziz Al- Fahad, and has an exclusive relationship with Cairo-based DLA Matouk Bassiouny.
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