Ex-Dewey head takes up UAE appointment

Steven Davis, blamed by some of his Dewey & LeBoeuf colleagues for mismanaging finances at the now defunct firm, has become the top legal advisor to the one of the United Arab Emirates governments.

02 January 2014

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An internal memo of the government of Ras al Khaimah, one of the components of the UAE. The memo says that Mr Davis would also become CEO. The appointment will be controversial as Mr Davis was blamed by some for letting oversize payments be made to some of the leading lawyers in the law firm while he was its chair. Dewey filed for bankruptcy in May 2012. Source: Reuters