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Dubai is the firm’s 33rd offic e and its first in theMiddle East. K&LL Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Petee Kalis said the officewas “in the works for abouyt a year” and that the firm’s entrh was “well-timed compared with a year ago becausw the costs are reduced and there is much more legalp talent at more reasonable compensatiohn levels available on the market.” K&L Gatexs expects to grow the Dubai office principallyh through hires in that “I could see additionap offices in the Middle said Kalis, who first visited Dubai six months ago in preparintg the firm’s entry there.
“Because of the concentratiom of financial and professiona l services in theDubai area, it’s a very attractive and efficienty point of entry into the Gulf region. But certainly it’s not the only market for legap servicesthat matters. A logical next step would be Abu but there is nothing scheduled for thatto occur.” K&L Gates is also open to continued expansion opportunities internationallhy and in the continental United Kalis said, but did not identifyy specific cities or countries. Neal Brendel, one of the firm’es senior dispute resolution partners, is relocatinhg from the Pittsburgh office to serveas co-founder of the Dubai office.
Joinint Brendel is Paul de Cordova, who most recentlyy worked with Ashurst, establishing and managint that firm’s Dubai office and helping to open a secondc office in the United Arab He is a corporat e and projects lawyer with more than 20yeare experience. Associate Richard Dollimore also is joining theDubaij office. He most recently workedx in the K&L Gates office in