Riyadh—Dentons, the world's largest global law firm, has further strengthened its Corporate practice in the Middle East with the relocation of Melbourne-based partner, Hamish Walton, to the region.

Hamish Walton joins us as a senior legal consultant. He draws on more than 30 years' experience in advising clients on high-profile, complex corporate transactions worldwide across a range of industries including financial institutions, education, renewable energy, life sciences and healthcare, media, entertainment and sports, technology, automotive and real estate. Hamish is an acknowledged expert in public and private M&A and joint ventures. He has detailed experience in assisting clients on major cross-border M&A transactions.

Hamish was previously located in the Middle East, working for international law firms from 2008-2017, and has recently been advising on high-profile matters in the Middle East region such as, advising the Ministry of Investment (MISA) on seven of 12 economic support deals that formed part of its first wave of projects supported by the Private Sector Partnership Reinforcement (Shareek) Programme, with an aggregate project value of US$51 billion.

Nick Simpson, Head of Corporate for the Middle East at Dentons said: "We are delighted to welcome Hamish to the region and we are excited to watch him help us continue to grow our offering in the Middle East and beyond. Hamish has an excellent reputation for his work with Dentons' clients in Asia and we are excited to work with him as he joins our team in the Middle East."

Jon Nash, Middle East Managing Partner at Dentons, said: "Hamish's arrival forms part of our on-going strategy to expand our regional Corporate practice. His Middle East expertise and abilities make him the perfect fit to further strengthen our Corporate team in the Middle East and support our clients across the region on new and exciting mandates."

We continue to invest in all of our practice groups within the region and Hamish's relocation is the latest of a series of new senior lawyers joining Dentons in the Middle East, including the recent recruitment of senior legal consultants, Edward Rose (Energy, Transport and Infrastructure), Guy Danalis (Corporate and Commercial), Hazel Shakur-Quinn (Real Estate) and David Pang (Corporate and Commercial).

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