HFW Boosts Presence in Abu Dhabi with Richard Lucas hire

Richard joins HFW’s newly launched Abu Dhabi office from Bird & Bird, where he headed the firm's Middle East infrastructure practices. He will lead HFW’s Abu Dhabi office, which opened on October 1st, with the lateral hire of two corporate partners coming from Reed Smith, Vincent Gordon and Tania De Swart. Richard Lucas specializes in infrastructure and PPP projects, with a particular focus on the defence, energy and transport sectors. He relocated to Abu Dhabi in 2015, having joined Bird & Bird in London in 2009.

HFW now has 19 partners and more than 50 lawyers – including 28 Arabic speakers – in five offices across the Middle East, making it one of the largest practices of any international law firm in the region.