Middle East
Paul Hastings to launch in Abu Dhabi following infrastructure team raid on White & Case
Incoming hires include Abu Dhabi-based Din Eshanov and London-based George Kazakov
Akin hires White & Case partner ahead of Riyadh debut
Project finance specialist Alexander Malahias joins ahead of planned office launch later this year
Honigman adds Big Law quartet in Israel, launches investment funds practice
Joiners arrive from Paul Weiss, Simpson Thacher and Pillsbury
Gateley hits Clyde & Co for corporate team in Dubai
Corporate partner Darren Harris joins with five more lawyers as Gateley commits to building Middle East hub in Dubai
The role of digital technology and AI in enhancing court efficiency
Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre registrar Umar Azmeh discusses Qatar’s vision for a digitally transformed legal system
Pinsent Masons launches in Saudi Arabia
London-based firm becomes latest to launch in kingdom’s hot legal market
BCLP to enter Saudi Arabia’s hot legal market with two offices
Transatlantic firm hires two partners from local boutique to open bases in Riyadh and Al-Khobar
Kirkland expands in Saudi Arabia with funds hire from Morgan Lewis
Nabil Abou-Charaf joins as a partner in Riyadh after almost six years with Morgan Lewis in the UAE
King & Spalding merges with Saudi firm
Tie-up with Al Fahad & Partners adds 17-fee earners to US firm’s nine-lawyer Riyadh team
Skadden debuts in Middle East with senior Freshfields hire
New York firm taps corporate heavyweight Michael Hilton to lead Abu Dhabi launch
Pillsbury to launch in Riyadh through link up with one of its former lawyers
Office to give top 70 US firm first physical base in Middle East
Skadden, Latham called in as Mubadala takes CI Financial private in $8.7bn deal
Canadian firms Blakes, Stikeman Elliott and Wildeboer Dellelce also advise on Mubadala’s largest deal to date
The Global Legal Post launches international comparative law guide to Anti-counterfeiting
Second edition, edited by Lorne Lipkus, provides commentary on protecting brands against counterfeiting and the grey market
DIAC heralds modernisation programme as cases and diversity grow
Annual report records 4.4% increase in cases in 2023 as dust settles on sweeping reform programme
Greenberg Traurig adds senior arbitration partner in Dubai from Clyde & Co
Nassif BouMalhab joins US firm having led Clyde’s Middle East arbitration group
Latham hires highly rated M&A partner from Saudi independent firm
Arrival of Leen Zaza comes amid heightened interest by international firms in Saudi Arabia’s legal market
The Global Legal Post launches new edition of luxury law comparative guide
Third edition edited by Fabrizio Jacobacci and Alan Behr is essential reading for luxury brands
Latham, Orrick lead on SAP’s $1.5bn WalkMe acquisition
Israeli firms Meitar and Gornitzky & Co called in on deal to buy Israeli-founded SaaS company
Latham, Kirkland shepherd CyberArk’s $1.5bn Venafi acquisition
Latham guides CyberArk in acquisition of cybersecurity business from Kirkland-repped Thoma Bravo
Saudi Aramco hires former Haleon legal chief as deputy GC
Bjarne Philip Tellmann joins the world’s largest oil producer, where he will oversee global compliance
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