A highly experienced team of four project finance and construction lawyers has joined Greenberg Traurig’s Project & Infrastructure Finance Practice, based in the firm’s Dubai office, working collaboratively with the team in Riyadh. The group, which formerly practiced at Norton Rose Fulbright in Dubai, includes Shareholders Nicholas Kramer and Angela Croker and Of Counsels Anastasia Kastelskaya and Lindsay Crawford. Croker joins as head of the Project Finance Practice for the UAE. She advises regional and international financial institutions, corporations and governments on a broad range of banking matters. Her primary focus is the project financing of energy and infrastructure projects, and she has deep experience in structuring and negotiating complex financings for energy transition initiatives, PPPs and landmark infrastructure developments. Well-known for guiding both conventional and innovative projects through all stages of development, she plays a key role in advancing critical energy transition and public-private partnership agendas in the region. Kramer joins as head of Construction and Projects for the Middle East. He advises government entities, sponsors, lenders, developers, contractors and consultants on projects throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. His practice spans a wide range of sectors, including conventional and renewable power, water and wastewater, transportation, digital infrastructure, industrial, health care, education, and commercial and residential developments. Kramer supports clients through all phases of project development, from procurement structuring, legal due diligence, tendering, contract drafting and negotiation, through to strategic advice during construction and operation, and the resolution of related claims and disputes. He has considerable expertise in the FIDIC forms of...

  Greenberg Traurig Khalid Al-Thebity Law Firm has continued to grow its Public Policy and Regulatory capabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the broader region with the addition of leading Public Policy and Regulatory Shareholder Abdullah Alzamil in the firm’s Riyadh office. Alzamil is one of the most prominent names in the legislative, regulatory and public policy markets in the KSA, having spent over a decade at the forefront of regulatory transformation, complex infrastructure initiatives, and high-value transactions across the KSA and beyond. As the only Saudi attorney to be licensed in Saudi Arabia, New York, and England and Wales, he brings a global perspective grounded in Shariah, common law and civil law systems. Alzamil has played a pivotal role in the development of regulatory and public policy frameworks, and has been a key partner in enhancing the efficiency of the KSA’s legislative system and supporting institutional and regulatory reform efforts. His contributions have culminated in the formulation and development of substantive legislation and regulatory frameworks in support of the KSA’s Vision 2030. His experience also includes advising ministries and regulators on Public-Private Partnerships, corporate/M&A transactions, leading white-collar investigations, and litigating high-stakes commercial and infrastructure claims. Earlier in his career, Alzamil spent ten years at a KSA law firm, where he was most recently a...

Charles Russell Speechlys has added Francis Li and Wendy Fong as partners in the corporate team in Hong Kong, effective September 1, 2025. Accompanied by a selected team, the two new partners join from Squire Patton Boggs Hong Kong, where they established a distinguished practice in corporate finance, equity capital markets, cross-border transactions, and advisory work for a wide range of conglomerates in different jurisdictions. Li has served as partner since 2006, and Wendy since 2018, collectively contributing over four decades of combined experience to the firm. They collaborate as a team with expertise in corporate finance transactions, encompassing equity capital markets, private investments, private equity and venture capital projects, as well as various forms of public and private M&A across Hong Kong and the broader Asian region. Li possesses significant experience offering counsel on corporate matters to companies in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and other Asian countries, and previously served as a regional investment banker, where he primarily advised on equity capital market transactions. Fong provides counsel to a variety of different clients, ranging from multinational companies, investment banks and private equity...

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has added Mohammed Al Eshaikh as a partner in its corporate practice based in Riyadh. Al Eshaikh joins from AS&H Clifford Chance. His practice spans a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, comprising equity capital markets, restructuring, corporate governance and general corporate transactions. In particular, he advises on joint venture, corporate regulatory and M&A matters. His clients include government, public, private and family businesses across the Kingdom of Saudi...

Trilegal has added Nishith Mehta to lead its Risk and Compliance Practice, underscoring the firm’s commitment to delivering integrated legal and regulatory risk solutions in an increasingly complex governance landscape. Mehta brings over 25 years of compliance and regulatory leadership in banking and capital markets, with a proven track record of advising on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters across the Asia Pacific. His career spans broker-dealer operations, investment banking, credit and structured products, wealth management, non-banking finance, and fixed income and currency trading, giving him a uniquely holistic perspective across the financial services value chain. He has held senior roles with Lehman Brothers, Kotak Mahindra Goldman Sachs’ investment banking, and Edelweiss Capital, where he advised businesses on comprehensive regulatory risk management and governance frameworks. Mehta joins after more than 15 years at the Bank of America, where he was most recently Co-Head of Compliance for the entire Asia Pacific region, and the Chief Compliance Officer for India, overseeing compliance coverage across more than 12 jurisdictions, and leading global teams through regulatory inspections, high-stakes enforcement actions, remediation programmes, and risk transformation initiatives. In this capacity, he has worked closely with regulators, including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), helping institutions navigate evolving regulatory expectations, while safeguarding strategic business priorities. Widely regarded as a trusted advisor, Mehta combines global best practices with deep regional insight to build resilient compliance and risk frameworks that enable organisations to maintain regulatory confidence, manage complex risks, and pursue growth with...