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14 June 2004
CLYDE & CO
BOOSTS ITS INDIAN SUBCONTINENT CAPABILITIES
Clyde & Co, the international law firm, has significantly boosted
its Indian subcontinent capabilities with the appointment of Abhi
Jalan as partner, based in its Middle East Regional Office (“MERO”),
in Dubai.
Abhi Jalan was previously the partner-in-charge of Jones Day’s
affiliate firm in Mumbai, India. He is qualified in England, India
and Canada (Ontario) and has represented and advised Fortune 500
clients, Indian government entities and Indian business
conglomerates. Abhi has extensive experience in cross-border
corporate, banking, projects, Indian capital markets, privatization
and public offerings.
Abhi Jalan joins forces with senior dispute resolution lawyer,
Kaashif Basit, who was called to the Bar in England in 1994 and who
recently relocated to MERO from Clyde & Co’s London office.
Alec Emmerson, the Clyde & Co MERO partner managing its Indian
subcontinent development said: “The relocation of Kaashif to Dubai
and appointment of Abhi is part of Clyde & Co’s project to expand
its Indian subcontinent practice. India’s continued economic
progress means that there is a wealth of business opportunities and
a demand for international legal services. Dubai is well located as
a base from which to provide such services by virtue of its
geographic proximity to the Indian subcontinent and its business
connectivity with much of the world. The presence of Abhi and
Kaashif, supported as appropriate by the large team of specialist
lawyers that we have here already, enables the firm to advise
foreign and local clients, having investment or business interests
in the Indian subcontinent, and provide to companies and
institutions from the Indian subcontinent, London and all major
arbitration centers, an international dispute resolution service.”
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NOTES TO EDITORS
1.
In Dubai,
Clyde & Co is recognised in independent research, as the leading
international law firm based in the Middle East. Clyde & Co first
established an office in Dubai in 1989 following a merger with the
firm of Jonathan Silver, which was established in Dubai in 1981 and
opened a second office in the prestigious Dubai Media City site in
2002. Clyde & Co offers legal services in the areas of corporate,
company/commercial, finance, Islamic finance, construction and civil
engineering, shipping, marine, international trade and transport,
insurance, reinsurance, litigation, arbitration and dispute
resolution, IT, e-commerce, media and intellectual property,
including anti-counterfeiting and the registration, protection and
management of trade marks.
2.
Clyde & Co is
a leading international law firm with particular strengths in trade,
shipping, insurance and reinsurance, transport, energy, corporate
and commercial law, finance, technology, international arbitration
and dispute resolution. The firm has over 400 lawyers and 450
support staff based throughout the world. It has offices in London,
Guildford, Cardiff, Paris, Nantes, Piraeus, Dubai, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Caracas, and associate offices in Belgrade and St Petersburg.
The firm has also entered into an exclusive Co-operation Agreement
with one of Iraq’s foremost law offices, Numan Shakir Numan of
Baghdad. The Middle East Regional office is one of the firm’s
largest international offices.
3.
For further information
please contact Vicki Morley, Marketing Manager, Dubai Tel: (00 971
4) 331 1102; email vicki.morley@clydeco.ae or Justine Rennie, Head
of Communications, London 020 7623 1244; email: justine.rennie@clyde.co.uk
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