17 July 2016

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is delighted to announce the expansion of its Corporate, Finance and Commercial team in the Middle East.

Benjamin McQueenie has joined the firm in Bahrain as an Associate to support the growing activity of the Corporate, Finance & Commercial team in the Middle East, headed by Partner Rupert Copeman-Hill.

Ben's broad corporate and commercial experience includes advising on corporate transactions, demergers and restructures, negotiating share and asset purchase agreements and drafting a variety of distribution, agency and commercial agreements.

Our Corporate, Finance and Commercial team has specialist knowledge across a wide variety of industries and sectors in the Middle East and Europe, including banking and finance, industrial and manufacturing, real estate and construction, telecommunications, aviation, energy and natural resources, retail and sport.

Our team has multi-jurisdictional capability and a large part of our work has an international context. Our expertise in the Middle East includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, capital markets, venture capital and private equity, funds advice, joint ventures and the full spectrum of commercial contracts (including procurement, agency and distribution agreements).

Patrick Gearon (Partner), Head of Middle East commented "We would like to welcome Ben to the team. His experience and credentials will be a great addition to our client services in the region."

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