Bahrain office expands Real Estate practice

26 September 2011

Charles Russell is delighted to announce the appointment of Simon Green as Head of Real Estate, Middle East. He is based in our Bahrain office and joins the firm from Norton Rose. He has been in Bahrain since 2008 advising a variety of companies, financial institutions, governments and other public sector bodies as well as high profile individuals in Bahrain and across the Middle East region.

Simon specialises in advising on large-scale mixed use developments, city centre redevelopments, real estate investment, management and finance, using both conventional and Islamic finance structures.

Simon will be supported by Real Estate associate, Charlie Marlow who has been on secondment with Bahrain Airport Company since March this year.  Charlie will be joining Simon's team full time in the Bahrain office later this year. Charlie has experience of working on a variety of commercial property transactions and regularly advises a number of high profile clients on landlord and tenant matters, including in relation to investment management, retail and development premises.

Clive Hopewell, Charles Russell Middle East Head, commented: "We're delighted to welcome Simon to the team in Bahrain, his Middle East experience and property sector expertise will be invaluable. Charles Russell has been advising on real estate and construction matters throughout Bahrain and the wider Middle East and his appointment complements the Corporate and Banking expertise of our Bahrain office".