Charles Russell Speechlys has hired a new head of construction for the Middle East from Trowers & Hamlins.
Paula Boast became a partner at Trowers & Hamlins’ Bahrain office after leaving legacy Charles Russell in 2006.
She started working in Charles Russell Speechlys’ Doha division last weekend, with her appointment intended to build the firm’s capability across the Middle East region due to a growing number of development projects in the area. Boast is set to work alongside Simon Green, who heads the Doha office as well as the Middle East real estate and construction practice.
Boast will advise on construction, projects and engineering law, having already worked on transactions involving the Bahrain’s National Assembly, Bahrain Airport and the King Abdullah Medical City.
Earlier this year, Trowers & Hamlins lost United Arab Emirates head Abdullah Mutawai and head of international disputes Lucas Pitts to Baker Botts (30 March 2015).
At the start of 2012, it also ended its exclusive alliance in Riyadh after its last associate joined the firm’s local ally Feras Alshawaf (23 February 2012).