Charles Russell Speechlys, a leading international law firm in the Gulf, has appointed Rupert Copeman-Hill as partner and the firm’s head of Business Services, who will lead the firm’s Corporate and Commercial teams in Bahrain and Qatar.

Copeman-Hill joins the firm’s Bahrain office with nearly 20 years international experience advising on M&A and investment transactions, joint ventures, capital raisings, private equity transactions and commercial and corporate governance matters in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, the UK and Australia.

Patrick Gearon, head of Middle East said: “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Rupert, to lead our Business Services team. With an impressive background, and significant experience in acting for listed and unlisted multi-national corporations, financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies and high net worth individuals, he will be a huge asset to our office and the GCC region.”

“With Rupert’s lengthy experience in the region he will hit the ground running and be critical in ensuring our firm maintains its reputation as one of the Gulf’s leading law firms,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service