Rothschild & Co. appointed Saeed Al Awar as co-head in the Middle East as the boutique bank seeks to win more restructuring and advisory work across the region, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Al Awar, a United Arab Emirates national, will manage about a dozen bankers with Edoardo Fassati who recently relocated to London to focus on energy deals globally, as well as his work in the Middle East, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. Al Awar has been with Rothschild for almost five years after joining from law firm Linklaters LLP.