Clyde & Co has hired a partner in Dubai to lead a new advocacy unit in the Middle East and Africa.

Patrick Dillon-Malone is a senior advocate with over 25 years of experience as an independent barrister and in international private practice, having practised in Dubai and the wider MENA region since 2017, with rights of audience before the DIFC Court in Dubai and the ADGM Court in Abu Dhabi, the firm said in a statement. He most recently served as a senior counsel with regional powerhouse Al Tamimi & Co for four years. He was also a barrister, senior counsel at the Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin, between 1996 and 2015.