Double win for BCLP’s Middle East Team at 2025 Legal Era Awards

International law firm BCLP’s Middle East Team took home two awards – and was shortlisted for six more – at the 2025 Legal Era Middle East Law Awards, held October 9 in Dubai.

BCLP won “Real Estate Team of the Year” and “Lawyer of the Year – Construction,” the latter honoring UAE Managing Partner Richard Davies and the Construction team. Reflecting the depth and strength of the firm’s practice, BCLP also was honored as a finalist for:

• Arbitration Team of the Year
• Construction Team of the Year
• Regulatory and Investigations Team of the Year
• Lawyer of the Year – Dispute Resolution: Jack Ticehurst, Abu Dhabi Senior Associate
• Lawyer of the Year – Construction: Charles Lilley, Abu Dhabi Partner
• Lawyer of the Year – Real Estate: David Nunn, former Partner and now Independent Consultant

The Legal Era Awards celebrate outstanding legal practitioners, teams and law firms across the region. Winners are selected based on performance, innovation and impact.

Dubai Partners Farida Sadiq and Roman Khodykin and Abu Dhabi Partner Philip Hecht attended the event and received the awards on the firm’s behalf.

This recognition underscores BCLP’s commitment to excellence and innovation across the Middle East and adds to the firm’s growing momentum in the region, where its Real Estate Team was named "Real Estate Firm of the Year" at the Legal 500 Middle East and North Africa Awards earlier this year.

The firm’s strong reputation in the Middle East has been further strengthened by the opening of two new offices in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, the nation’s capital, and Al Khobar, the heart of Saudi Arabia’s energy sector). These new locations enhance and extend BCLP’s capabilities across all three core practice areas – Corporate and Financial Transactions, Litigation & Investigations, and Real Estate – ensuring strong teams on the ground to serve global clients’ evolving needs in the region.