US firm Covington & Burlington has formed a strategic alliance with a Qatar-based legal services institution. The firm will leverage its relationship with the Institution Quraysh for Law & Policy to expand its presence in the Middle East.

Although the firm has tapped the Asia market through an office in Beijing, the firm has yet to establish itself in the Middle East.

 
The alliance will see yet another North American firm setting its sights in the Gulf while growth slows back at home.