New hires in Saudi Arabia to boost practice in Middle East: Dentons

Riyadh – Mubasher: The world’s law firm Dentons has hired the Saudi experienced corporate practitioner Imtyaz Sattar as Counsel.

Dentons has also hired Salman Aloraifi, the highly regarded Saudi litigator, as Associate, according to a press release on Sunday.

In a way to expand its practice in Saudi Arabia, Dentons noted that Imtyaz Sattar and Salman Aloraifi will be based in the firm's Jeddah office, while the two hires will join Dentons from K&A in association with Allen & Overy.

With more than ten years of experience, Imtyaz offers advising on commercial and corporate, capital markets, government regulatory and joint venture matters for major international and local companies that focus mainly on the oil and gas sector.

Furthermore, Imtyaz is qualified in Ontario, Canada, while it had worked in Toronto for a couple of years before moving to Riyadh.

Salman Aloraifi a Georgetown University alumus, is a top-ranked litigator that had represented local and foreign corporates in some of the most high-profile litigation as well as arbitration matters in the kingdom in recent years.

In addition, Salman is fluent in both Arabic and English and has worked both in-house and in private practice.

Dentons' managing partner for the Middle East, Paul Jarvis, commented: "Working alongside our recent hire, corporate partner Irfan Butt, their combined knowledge of the legal and business environments in both Riyadh and Jeddah is unrivalled and will assist greatly with the growth of our Saudi practice."

Head of the KSA practice, Mahmoud Abdel-Baky, said: "The hire of Imtyaz and Salman is a real statement of intent for our Jeddah office and sets us on course for our target of being the leading international law firm in the Western province.”