Middle East
Quinn Emanuel, Pillsbury hire across Middle East
Quinn Emanuel adds prominent UAE litigator as Pillsbury brings on senior Saudi government lawyer
DWF closes Saudi Arabia office
UK firm set up its regional headquarters in kingdom in 2021 as part of Saudi economic diversification drive
Dubai crypto exchange Bybit hires ex-regulator legal head as CLO
Peter Loo was formerly GC at Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
Reed Smith boosts Middle East corporate practice with lateral hire
Mohammed Basama has joined from US rival King & Spalding as a partner
Egyptian firm El Wakeel advises Al Ahly football club on landmark Vodafone stadium deal
Firm advises Egyptian club on naming rights deal, the country’s largest ever sports sponsorship agreement
Clyde & Co rehires aviation partner from Norton White in Dubai
Nick Humphrey rejoins firm a decade after leaving, boosting aviation practice following several recent departures
Pérez-Llorca opens Abu Dhabi office targeting sovereign wealth funds
Launch makes Pérez-Llorca first Ibero-American law firm with a physical presence in the city
Skadden hits Akin for investment management partners across Abu Dhabi, Washington DC
Incoming trio bring partner count in Abu Dhabi office Skadden opened last year to seven
Mishcon de Reya adds litigation trio from Watson Farley & Williams in the UAE
Incoming team includes partner Charlotte Bijlani, who joins as co-head of its UAE disputes practice
Hogan Lovells strengthens in Middle East with twin partner hire from Ashurst
M&A lawyers Simon Rahimzada and Vasi Papadopoulos join firm ahead of its merger with Cadwalader
DAC Beachcroft launches in Dubai with Clyde & Co partner trio
Insurance partners Michael Morris, Michael Ducker and Mark Beswetherick join to open UK firm’s first Middle East office
London’s 39 Essex Chambers adds Addleshaw Goddard construction co-head to open in Dubai
Stephen Burke joins the set alongside Madelaine Power, who moves over from Pinsent Masons
Addleshaw Goddard makes up 17 partners
Cohort spans the UK, Europe and the Middle East, including two in newly added Warsaw office
HSF Kramer and Norton Rose advise on £1.4bn sale of Ivy Collection to Diafa
The transaction is one of the largest ever in the UK restaurant business and includes The Ivy Collection, Sexy Fish, Scott’s, Harry’s Bar and Annabel’s
The Global Legal Post launches comparative guide to fashion law
Cross-jurisdictional Law Over Borders guide is edited by Trevisan & Cuonzo partner Julia Holden, who is based in Milan