Dr. Saud Al-Ammari Law Firm, in association with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), a leading business law firm, has announced that Graham McLeod, a Blakes Partner based in its Al-Khobar and Bahrain offices, is the new Office Managing Partner of Blakes Middle East offices. McLeod is a highly regarded projects lawyer. His practice focuses on corporate/commercial as well as infrastructure and procurement transactions with a particular emphasis on the development and implementation of large-scale industrial and public-private partnership (PPP) projects, areas of growth in the Middle East. He has acted on a broad range of projects in sectors such as health care, transportation, petrochemicals, water and wastewater, solid waste disposal, and information technology systems. McLeod has been recognized in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2015 (PPP & Infrastructure/ Public Procurement). Through Mr. McLeod's experience, Blakes will bring further expertise and know-how to clients, including government entities and private-sector organizations in the Middle East. McLeod takes over the role from Scott Burrell, who became Office Managing Partner in 2011. Burrell has relocated to the Blakes Vancouver office. Following the announcement, Dr. Saud Al-Ammari, Chair, Saudi Arabia & Middle East Region at Blakes, said “Having worked closely with clients in the Middle East over the past five years, Graham's experience in a range of projects, infrastructure and related corporate work will be of great advantage to our Gulf-based clients and the Blakes global network, and will help us to deliver the highest level of service to our clients in the Middle East and around the world."— SG
