Kashif Syed joins HFW as a partner in Kuwait City
Kashif Syed (pictured) joins HFW in Kuwait City. He has a broad corporate and commercial practice and joins HFW from International Legal Group, having previously been at DLA Piper and Dentons.
He becomes the fifth Partner to join HFW in the Middle East over the past 24 months, following the arrival of Abdulrahman Al-Ohaly in Riyadh, Dubai construction Partner Slava Kiryushin, and top-ranked Dubai shipping and offshore team Rob Lawrence and Ian Chung. Syed has more than 16 years’ experience in the Middle East – including over 13 years in Kuwait – advising clients on cross-border transactions, M&A, corporate restructuring, insolvency, employment, consumer law, and competition law. He is English-qualified and is also admitted to practice as an advocate in India, registered with the Delhi Bar Council.
HFW in Middle East
HFW has been in the Middle East since 2006 and now has 20 partners and 60 lawyers in total across its offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait City, and Riyadh.
