UAE-based boutique law firm, The Legal Group (TLG), has appointed former World Bank senior consultant, Makhbub Radzhabboev, as its new head of banking and finance.

Makhbub previously served as senior consultant in the World Bank’s private and financial sector development team, advising the government of Tajikistan on drafting and implementing new legislation on banking and insolvency regimes. He also managed the Tajikistan office of Central Asian law firm GRATA, and was the EBRD consultant at Agroinvestbank.

“We are delighted that Makhbub has joined us to head up TLG’s banking and finance team,” said TLG managing partner Fareya Azfar. “His extensive international banking experience at both the World Bank and Agroinvestbank will be invaluable to our financial and corporate clients, and his Russian and Central Asian legal expertise will assist Middle East clients doing business across the region as well as inward investment into the Gulf from Russia and the CIS states.”

Shaheen Pasha is Middle East Regional Editor at ALB. Follow us on Twitter: @ALB_TheBrief.

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