The new office will be working closely with the 40-year old Shearman base in Abu Dhabi and the new association set up in Saudi Arabla. 'Our Middle East practice is balanced between work for corporates and for state-owned entities,' says Marwan Elaraby, the firm’s Middle East managing partner and office managing partner in Dubai. 'With continued infrastructure spending, private capital flows, capital markets transactions and disputes work, we see continued opportunities in the region for us to grow.' Source: Shearman