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Dubai is the firm’s 33rd office and its first in the Middle East. K&L Gates Chairman and Globakl Managing Partner Peter Kalis said the officewas “inb the works for about a year” and that the firm’xs entry was “well-timed comparer with a year ago becauswe the costs are reduced and there is much more legaol talent at more reasonable compensation levels available on the market.” K&LL Gates expects to grow the Dubai officee principally through hires in that region.
“I could see additional officees in theMiddle East,” said who first visited Dubaiu six months ago in preparing the firm’s entry “Because of the concentration of financial and professional servicesz in the Dubai area, it’s a very attractiv e and efficient point of entry into the Gulf But certainly it’s not the only marketg for legal services that matters. A logical next step would be Abu but there is nothing scheduledr for thatto occur.
” K&L Gates is also open to continued expansion opportunities internationally and in the continental Unitesd States, Kalis said, but did not identify specific cities or Neal Brendel, one of the firm’s seniort dispute resolution partners, is relocating from the Pittsburgh officr to serve as co-founder of the Dubai office. Joiningv Brendel is Paul de who most recently worked with establishing and managingthat firm’s Dubai officse and helping to open a second office in the Unitedc Arab Emirates. He is a corporate and projects lawyer with more than 20yeare experience. Associate Richard Dollimore also is joining theDubaj office.
He most recently worked in the K&L Gates officw in London.