Allen & Overy LLP today announced the continued investment in its Middle East practice with the appointment of Samer Eido as a partner in its Qatar office, bolstering its finance and Qatari law capability.
Eido joins from Simmons & Simmons where he headed up their financial markets practice in the Middle East.
Managing partner of Allen & Overy’s Qatar office, Robert Porter, said: “Qatar is an important economy as the largest LNG producer in the world with increasing private and international investment in non-energy sectors and an expected increase in infrastructure projects investment ahead of the 2022 World Cup. Samer is one of the most highly respected lawyers in Qatar and his appointment further strengthens our well established Middle East practice.”
The addition of Samer will mean the firm’s Qatar office has a significantly enhanced ability to advise on both the international and local aspects of high-end corporate, finance, capital markets, funds and real estate work. Samer has a broad-ranging banking practice incorporating both conventional and Islamic finance with a focus on corporate lending, trade finance, real estate and real estate finance, debt restructuring and refinancing. Samer also regularly advises arrangers, underwriters and issuers in connection with debt capital market transactions.
The firm has offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and an associated office in Riyadh. It was one of the first international firms to be established in the Middle East, opening in Dubai in 1978.
