Clyde & Co has added two new Middle East-based partners, Peter Hodgins in the area of Islamic insurance (Takaful) and Scott Aitken in property.
Hodgins is the latest in a succession of departures from DLA Piper, where he was involved in the establishment of the firm’s affiliated office in Riyadh. Before this, he worked in the insurance practices of Clifford Chance and UK firm Reynold Porter Chamberlain. He will join a Clyde & Co insurance group that has six partners and 12 lawyers.
Aitken will head the firm’s four-lawyer real estate practice in Abu Dhabi. Before joining Clyde & Co, Aitken spent five years working for Australian firms Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Clayton Utz.