The Bench Grows Construction Team with Nadia Barton

The Bench today announced Nadia Barton has joined its team as a Senior Legal Consultant.

Nadia joins The Bench from Dentons, Dubai where she was a Senior Legal Consultant in the Construction & Dispute Resolution practice.  She is a construction & engineering law practitioner with over 20 years’ experience, specialising in major projects, commercial property and infrastructure development with extensive experience in PPP/PFI both in the UK and internationally. Most recently Nadia has been advising Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) on the mega mixed-use property development, Uptown Dubai. Prior to relocating to Dubai in 2010, Nadia worked at Clifford Chance, London and Simmons & Simmons, London and Paris.  

Nadia commented “I am thrilled to be joining The Bench at such an exciting time. More and more clients are seeking to reduce their legal spend whilst still requiring high quality legal services. Through its innovative structure and highly competitive and cost-efficient pricing, The Bench’s skilled and experienced lawyers are providing a fantastic service that is at the cutting edge of legal service provision in the Middle East today. I am very pleased to be joining such a great team".

Joby Beretta, Founder and Director of The Bench said, “We are delighted that our innovative offering continues to attract high-calibre lawyers such as Nadia. Her extensive regional construction and commercial property expertise will be extremely beneficial to our growing client base of 300+ clients.”

The Bench lawyers are consistently recognised as amongst the leading real estate and hospitality lawyers in the United Arab Emirates and were awarded Emerging Law Firm of the Year at the Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2018.