Firm adds financial services partner in Dubai

Firm adds financial services partner in Dubai

DUBAI:– Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Nima Fath has joined as a partner in the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group, based in its Dubai office. Mr. Fath was previously at Jones Day leading its Financial Markets practice for the Middle East.

“I am very pleased to welcome Nima to the firm,” said Dubai managing partner Tom Wilson. “Nima is an experienced and well-connected finance lawyer whose skill-set and knowledge of the market will add considerably to our client offering.”

James J. Barresi, head of the global Financial Services Practice Group, commented: “Nima’s extensive experience in both conventional and Shari’ah compliant finance structures will strengthen our offering in the region as foreign investment and economic strategies across the GCC continue to accelerate.”

Mr. Fath has over 13 years’ experience acting for both lenders and borrowers on a range of complex cross-border banking transactions. He advises on conventional, Islamic and multi-sourced financings, across a range of loan products including project finance, syndicated loans, acquisition finance, real estate finance and marine and other asset financings, as well as debt restructurings and special situations. In addition to his core finance transactional expertise, Mr. Fath advises financial institutions, issuers, digital asset and other businesses on