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Former general counsel to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), Mark Craig led Oman Oil Company’s €1.76bn Oxea Sarl acquisition. The company’s largest international acquisition to date, it was also the first time OOC acquired 100% of an international entity. Craig has gained recognition for establishing a group-wide internal legal training program and developing a template database. ‘Working as part of a broader multi-disciplinary team always raises challenges, and leading that process adds significantly to the responsibility’, he says, adding: ‘We are fortunate that we get to work with a range of experts in the course of transactions and development projects, creating ample opportunity to learn and gain invaluable experience’. When it comes to law firms, ‘communications is always the key thing’, for Craig. ‘It brings outside counsel closer to being an extension of our own legal function’.