Dentons appoints Christopher Neal and Selman Ansari as Corporate partners in Dubai

Dubai-Dentons, the world's largest global law firm, has appointed Christopher Neal and Selman Ansari as partners in the Dubai office.

Christopher has more than 17 years' experience advising on private M&A, joint ventures, corporate structuring and reorganisations and general corporate advisory matters, often on a multi-jurisdictional basis across the GCC, Europe and UK. His practice covers a broad sector footprint including energy, infrastructure, real estate, technology, healthcare and hospitality.

Selman has more than 20 years' experience in competition/antitrust, data protection and public policy law. As a barrister admitted in England and Wales, Selman has been based in Riyadh since 2018 where he established a reputation as a leading specialist regulatory, antitrust and data protection practitioner.

In the competition/antitrust field, Selman covers the full spectrum of competition law including merger control filings and clearances, behavioural antitrust advice and compliance, investigations and defence, and complex merger-control strategy for multi-jurisdictional transactions. In the data protection field, he has advised some of the largest corporates and major infrastructure providers in the region on data protection, data transfer and cybersecurity issues. Selman's appointment will allow Dentons to offer a differentiated regional regulatory capability focused particularly on the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) and energy sectors.

Paul Jarvis, CEO of Dentons UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region, said: "I am pleased to welcome Christopher and Selman to our Dubai team as we continue to bolster our service for corporate clients in line with growing demand for top tier legal support across the Middle East. Both Christopher and Selman bring strong client relationships and deep sector experience that enhance our bench strength in the region."

Nick Simpson, partner and Head of Corporate in the Middle East, said: "Christopher and Selman's appointments align with our strategic priority to strengthen our execution capacity for corporate transactional and regulatory work. Christopher's sector experience and Selman's expertise in corporate regulatory matters combine to provide us with a genuine advantage in offering a comprehensive service to our corporate clients in the Middle East."

Christopher Neal said: "I am delighted to join a firm with such a broad and integrated regional and global offering and look forward to growing my practice at Dentons."

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