Middle East/United Arab Emirates

Akin, Addleshaw Goddard open Middle East offices

Akin to launch in Riyadh as Addleshaw launches fifth regional base in Abu Dhabi

  • 1w

The Global Legal Post launches Law Over Borders Arbitration guide

Edited by Volterra Fietta partners Ahmed Abdel Hakam, Gunjan Sharma and Robert G. Volterra, guide offers cross-jurisdictional insight into arbitration law and practice

  • 1mo

Paul Hastings adds two more White & Case partners in energy and infrastructure push

Firm has hired seven partners into the practice across Abu Dhabi, Paris and London since 1 April, six of them from White & Case

  • 1mo

Latham, Willkie Farr guide Coinbase’s $2.9bn Deribit acquisition

Latham advises Coinbase with Willkie across the table in crypto industry’s biggest deal to date

  • 1mo

Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm makes up 23 partners

UK network dominates in latest promotion round – a significantly reduced cohort compared to 2024

  • 2mos

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

  • 3mos

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

  • 3mos

Skadden debuts in Middle East with senior Freshfields hire

New York firm taps corporate heavyweight Michael Hilton to lead Abu Dhabi launch

  • 6mos

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

  • 7mos

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

  • 8mos

Greenberg Traurig adds senior arbitration partner in Dubai from Clyde & Co

Nassif BouMalhab joins US firm having led Clyde’s Middle East arbitration group

  • 9mos

The Global Legal Post launches international comparative guide to cryptoassets

Edited by Brown Rudnick partners Jane Colston and Jessica Lee, online resource outlines emerging legal frameworks for cryptoassets

  • 1yr

Stephenson Harwood expands Middle East practice with third partner hire in a month

Disputes lawyer John Lewis joins from Charles Russell Speechlys in the firm’s Dubai office

  • 1yr

DWF continues Dubai expansion with finance partner hire from Pinsent Masons

UK firm makes seventh regional hire in past 12 months as it ramps up Middle East presence

  • 1yr

Freshfields’ MENA finance head rejoins Allen & Overy

Haris Meyer Hanif returns to Dubai office in vote of confidence for A&O’s $3.5bn merger with Shearman & Sterling

  • 1yr

Ex-Linklaters Middle East head takes back reins from successor after a year

Scott Campbell resumes leadership role following Jonathan Fried’s return to full-time practice

  • 1yr

King & Spalding hires Ashurst’s ex-Middle East head of corporate

Simon Fraser will be based in Abu Dhabi; senior associate also moves across, as a partner

  • 1yr

CMS to provide pro bono legal advice to COP28 initiative

Firm will offer support on a range of ESG-related matters for COP28 in Dubai

  • 1yr

White & Case announces 42-lawyer partner promotion class

Cohort edges down from 46 last year with proportion of women slipping from 52% to 36%

  • 1yr

Norton Rose adds Stephenson Harwood partner to lead Middle East disputes team

Nick Sharratt succeeds Paul Stothard following latter’s relocation to London

  • 1yr
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