Dubai: International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Sibbald as a Legal Director in the firm’s Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes practice in Dubai. This is the sixth hire for the global ICE Disputes group in the past 18 months and follows the appointment of Courtney Rotheray in Dubai in September.

Greg has significant experience acting on contentious construction matters, representing international contractors, engineering consultants and government entities across the Middle East. Greg returns to CMS after a 3-year spell at Clyde & Co Dubai, having previously worked in the Construction team at CMS Scotland, where he advised clients on a wide variety of construction claims in the Sheriff Court, the Court of Session, arbitration and adjudication proceedings.

Patrick McPherson, Construction disputes partner at CMS Dubai, comments: “We are delighted to welcome Greg back to the firm. Greg is an outstanding construction lawyer and boasts considerable experience working on large scale commercial disputes across the Middle East. His experience will be of real value to our clients as we look to extend our capability across the region.”

Greg Sibbald comments: “I am delighted to be returning to CMS and working with colleagues old and new to build on the firm’s growth across the Middle East.”

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For further information, please contact:
Laura Swartz, Communications
E: laura.swartz@cms-cmno.com
T: +44 20 7367 2303

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CMS provides clients with specialist, business focused advice in law and tax matters. With our 4,500 legal professionals across the world, working in sector-based teams and expert in project management, our focus is on our clients and fulfilling their objectives.

CMS is a full-service top 10 global law firm, based on the number of lawyers (Am Law 2018 Global 100). With 70+ offices in 40+ countries across the world, revenues totalled €1.36bn in 2018. CMS acts for the majority of the DAX 30, a large number of the FT European 500 and a number of Fortune 500 companies.

CMS provides a wide range of expertise across 19 expert practice and sector areas including Banking and Finance, Commercial, Competition, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Energy, Funds, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences/ Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate & Construction, Tax and TMT.

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