White & Case has announced it has entered into a new association in Saudi Arabia with Zeyad AlSalloum and Yazeed AlToaimi. | 5yrs

Herbert Smith Freehills will again have a presence in Riyadh when, next year, it sets up an exclusive association with Nasser Al-Hamdan. | 5yrs

Herbert Smith Freehills is hoping to get clearance for a local association that will enable it to open in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh in the spring. | 5yrs

The law firm has joined forces with the Jeddah-based practice Hassan. | 6yrs

US-headquartered Shearman & Sterling has established an on-the-ground presence in Saudi Arabia in affiliation with Abdulaziz Alassaf & Partners. | 6yrs

The chair of the Council of Saudi Chambers has praised women lawyers as being 'excellent' 12 months after the first of them were allowed to set up in practice - but their arrival has complicated arguments over a possible uniform for court lawyers. | 6yrs

DLA Piper has now got a team of 20 lawyers based in Saudi Arabia and has just revealed plans to expand from its Riyadh HQ to a second office in Jeddah immediately, followed by a third in Eastern Province. | 6yrs

A team of academic staff and students at the Dar Al-Hekma University in Jeddah is working on the design of robes for male and female lawyers, clothes that will reflect the local climate and professional status of the wearer. | 6yrs

The founding partner at Al-Jadaan & Partners and former adviser to Clifford Chance has been chosen to head the Capital Market Authority as it prepares to open its $150b stock market to foreign investment in the next few months. | 6yrs

Buzzfeed has named the first woman to open a law firm in Saudi Arabia as the top-placed in its annual list of the 15 most influential women in the world. | 6yrs

White & Case is to negotiate with the Saudi businessman who tried to force it to release documents about its former client Barclays. | 6yrs

Three lawyers have been sentenced to between five and eight years in jail after criticising the Saudi justice system on Twitter. | 6yrs

Global law firm Baker & McKenzie is to open an office in Jeddah, one of Saudi Arabia's primary commercial centres. | 7yrs

Clyde & Co has been given the go-ahead by the Saudi authorities to open up an office in Riyadh which will be fully integrated into the firm's international network. | 7yrs

The five partners and 18 other lawyers which made up the Squire Sanders side of the Squire Patton Boggs merger in the Middle East have broken away from the merged practice. | 7yrs

The Specialized Criminal Court in Jiddah has sentenced Waleed Abul-Khair to 15 years in jail for 'undermining the regime and officials' and 'inciting public opinion'. | 7yrs

Saudi Arabia's Justice Ministry has granted licences to 20 female lawyers. | 7yrs

Lawyers in Saudi Arabia are continuing to protest a proposal to wear black robes as part of their profession. | 7yrs

Saudi lawyers are going to court over unpaid bills. | 7yrs