DLA Piper recently promoted Amer A Al Amr to its Partnership effective Nov. 1. Based in the firm's Riyadh office, Amer is an experienced litigator. He has over 15 years of experience handling a broad range of litigation and arbitration matters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including IP and employment litigation, insurance and re-insurance matters and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards, including under the new Saudi Arbitration Law. Amer has represented local and international clients in a variety of courts throughout the Kingdom, across a broad range of sectors, including real estate, construction, banking and finance, retail, healthcare and life sciences. Dr Eyad Reda, country managing partner, Saudi Arabia commented: "I am delighted to welcome Amer to the partnership. The quality of our people is crucial to our ambition to be the leading global business law firm, advising leading mature and emerging companies wherever they do business. Saudi Arabia offers enormous opportunity for our clients and Amer's promotion is testament to the firm's ongoing commitment to ensuring our clients have access to the highest quality lawyers in the region". Henry Quinlan, head of litigation, arbitration & investigations, Middle East, added: "Amer's promotion bolsters our litigation and arbitration offering in the region. Our ability to represent clients in the Saudi Arabian courts and tribunals, means we can truly offer our clients full-service legal capability throughout the investment life cycle. Clients want strong local experience in terms of dealing with arbitration and regulatory investigations in or concerning Saudi Arabia and Amer and his team provide that. We look forward to Amer's contribution and leadership in the coming years". DLA Piper is a global law firm with over 4,200 lawyers located in more than 30 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, positioning it to help companies with their legal needs anywhere in the world. In the Middle East DLA Piper has 17 partners and over 100 lawyers across nine offices, including representation in every GCC country. In Saudi Arabia, we have over 20 legal staff operating from offices in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar and provide the full range of legal services under the trading name DLA Piper Saudi Arabia. DLA Piper Saudi Arabia is the trading name of the association between Dr Eyad Reda and DLA Piper Middle East LLP, a part of DLA Piper, operating through various separate and distinct legal entities.
