Morgan Lewis & Bockius has added a new partner in Abu Dhabi from one of the UAE capital’s leading sovereign wealth funds, where he spent the last four years as senior legal counsel.

While at the fund, Richard Knott advised on outbound investment and strategic transactions in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, as well as the first-ever establishment of a third-party capital platform within a sovereign wealth fund, in his previous role, the firm said in a statement.