Greenberg Traurig has expanded its regional corporate practice with the addition of a new partner.
Pawel J. Szaja has joined the firm’s Dubai office, it was announced this week, working across Dubai, Riyadh, and London.
He was previously a partner at A&O Shearman, working across the firm’s Dubai and London offices. Prior to this, he worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and London.
Szaja is a specialist in corporate finance, focusing his practice on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions.
“Pawel has extensive experience serving clients in a wide range of industries important to the growth of the Middle East, including energy, real estate funds, and financial institutions,” said Khalid A. Al-Thebity, Greenberg Traurig’s Middle East regional chair and managing shareholder of the Saudi Arabia office. “Providing this level of legal expertise consistently across our platform of lawyers is an important part of fulfilling our strong commitment to exceptional client service in the region and beyond.”
Szaja’s joining the firm comes some months after the firm named partner Chadi Salloum as head of the UAE corporate practice. He joined the firm’s UAE and KSA offices from Clyde & Co in July.
Greenberg Traurig has also expanded its UAE and KSA white collar defence and investigations practice in recent months, with the addition of Benjamin D. Jones as a local partner in July, and Florence Jerome-Ball as a senior associate in August. Both lawyers were previously with Al Tamimi & Company in Dubai.
“Greenberg Traurig continues to strategically expand, adding highly skilled and experienced legal talent across practice areas that mirror client growth in the UAE, KSA, and globally,” said Steven Bainbridge and Sarah Mahood, co-managing shareholders of Greenberg Traurig’s UAE office, in a joint statement. “Our commitment to providing local counsel with an international reach sets us apart in the region, whose rapid growth is a significant factor in the global economy.”
