The Saudi tie-up of Canadian firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon has been bolstered after a partner and an associate were relocated to Bahrain.
Carlos Cerqueira and Brenda Mothersill are expected to bring with them expertise in global capital markets, banking and finance, energy and other industrial sectors.
Cerqueira, a partner at Blakes, was previously with the firm in London and Canada. He practices corporate/commercial law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions, and also has an active capital markets practice acting for both issuers and underwriters. Most recently, he has advised a number of clients in connection with new energy technology and emissions-trading transaction.
Meanwhile, Mothersill has worked as an Associate in corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, corporate reorganizations and the provision of general corporate advice to clients. She has been engaged on a variety of transactions with various Canadian and foreign clients for matters ranging from day-to-day commercial agreements to multi billion-dollar acquisitions and dispositions.
“With the addition of Carlos and Brenda, we now have 14 lawyers on the ground in the Gulf and many more across our network dedicated to supporting and further strengthening our initiative in the GCC, where we continue to see strong growth both in the regional economies as well as in the businesses of our clients," said Brock Gibson, the firm’s chairman, in a statement.
In 2009, Blakes opened its office in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, through an exclusive association with the firm of Saud Al-Ammari, a Blakes partner. ALB
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