David Lavery, an oil & gas, LNG and mining specialist based in Minter Ellison’s Perth office, has joined King & Spalding as counsel in the firm’s Abu Dhabi office. Lavery is the second energy expert to join the firm’s Abu Dhabi office this year and 15th energy addition to King & Spalding’s global practice in the past 24 months. “The energy sector continues to be of strategic importance to the firm,” King & Spalding global energy practice co-leader Philip Weems said.
Lavery will work closely with construction and infrastructure partner-elect Tim Burbury, who joined King & Spalding’s Abu Dhabi office in February 2010, to further expand the firm’s energy sector footprint in both the Middle East and Caspian regions.
To serve as a hub for the firm’s work in both energy transactions and international arbitration throughout the Asia-Pacific, King & Spalding opened an office in Singapore in September 2010, adding international arbitration partner John Savage – who hails from rival Shearman & Sterling’s Singapore practice – to its ranks.ALB
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