Philip O'Riordan

Practice Areas

Phil is a senior M&A and corporate commercial partner who divides his time between UAE and KSA. He has been based in Dubai since 2003 and in that time developed a broad client base encompassing many of the region’s leading corporates along with prominent multi-national companies and SOEs. Phil’s expertise is primarily focussed on corporate structuring and cross-border M&A and JVs in the Middle East region. He has worked on some of the region’s most prominent M&A and JV transactions particularly in the industrial/manufacturing, infrastructure, healthcare, and hospitality sectors.

Phil was involved in the establishment of Clyde & Co’s Riyadh office in 2011 and plays an ongoing role in the development of the office. He previously served as the head of the corporate group across our four offices in the Middle East.