Gowling WLG is pleased to announce that Simon Elliott has joined the firm as a Senior Associate in its corporate team in Dubai. Simon has followed Suhail Mirza who joined as a Partner in the corporate team in April.

Simon is the most recent hire in the Dubai office which continues to invest in securing high quality talent in its core areas of corporate, technology, IP and infrastructure. Simon's practice focuses on private M&A, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, projects and related commercial transactions, with particular recent experience in large-scale infrastructure & renewables projects. Simon is also experienced in the technology sector and has led on various tech transactions. Although part of the corporate team, Simon will work collaboratively with the firm's award winning tech team to provide clients with a complete service.

Tim Casben, Managing Partner of the Dubai office said: "Simon's arrival represents a further step in implementing the firm's strategy to provide expertise in our core practice areas of corporate, technology, IP and infrastructure".