Addleshaw Goddard, a leading international law firm, has announced a new leadership role for Bevan Farmer who has been appointed the new head of its Qatar operations, combining that additional responsibility with his existing role as Co-Head of the Middle East construction and engineering team. 

 

An industry veteran, Farmer specialises in construction and engineering disputes and has worked in the GCC and Mena regions for more than a decade.

 

He succeeds Ahmad Anani who recently announced his decision to retire from the Addleshaw Goddard partnership.

 

In Qatar, Addleshaw Goddard has a team of lawyers able to advise on the country's laws, the QFC and England. Since the office opened in 2012, it has developed strong relationships with the region’s key government agencies, corporate entities, financial institutions, regulatory bodies and private individuals. 

 

Alongside traditional strengths in corporate, banking and finance including Islamic Finance, Commercial Litigation and Construction, the practice also offers market leading expertise in infrastructure, projects and energy, employment and real estate. The firm has 70+ lawyers and fee earners operating across the Mena region.

 

Welcoming Farmer into the fold, Head of Middle East and Asia Andrew Johnson said: "He is incredibly well respected in his specialist field, excellent at building strong relationships with clients and enthusiastic about growing AGs brand in the region."

 

"So as we approach our 10th anniversary, he is absolutely the ideal person to lead, encourage and ensure that we continue to expand our business in this key market and support the ambitions of clients in both the public and private sectors," he added.

 

Farmer had joined Addleshaw Goddard in 2014, becoming a partner in 2016 and co-head of the Middle East construction and engineering practice in 2020. 

 

He has particular expertise across a broad range of industry sectors, including transport, infrastructure, utilities, industrials and energy.

 

On his new role, Farmer said: "We have a fantastic group of lawyers across the Middle East whose approach is dynamic, entrepreneurial and innovative and we are very well placed to provide clients with specialist, local market expertise, on any regional assignments, and also in relation to their international investment portfolios during this time of immense growth and change."

 

"The imagination and impact we bring to our client assignments combined with our ambition and the ongoing investment we have planned for our business in Qatar wilI continue to distinguish Addleshaw Goddard and I am exciting to be leading the firm in this market through the next important stages of its growth," he added.-TradeArabia News Service