He graduated from Bristol University in 1997 and was called to the Bar in 1998. He obtained a master’s degree in International Business Law from Exeter University in 2000.

He had several years’ experience in Oil and Gas in the UK North Sea, Malta, Singapore and Qatar before moving to UAE where he joined AFSG, specializing in Corporate and Commercial law, specifically international trade and Wealth Portfolio, Construction, Energy, Banking and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, including establishing commercial and industrial joint ventures and companies at the DIFC Dubai and elsewhere in the Middle East, applying local laws and regulations to such arrangements.