Canadian firms Blakes, Stikeman Elliott and Wildeboer Dellelce also advise on Mubadala’s largest deal to date
Annual report records 4.4% increase in cases in 2023 as dust settles on sweeping reform programme
Nassif BouMalhab joins US firm having led Clyde’s Middle East arbitration group
Edited by Brown Rudnick partners Jane Colston and Jessica Lee, online resource outlines emerging legal frameworks for cryptoassets
Disputes lawyer John Lewis joins from Charles Russell Speechlys in the firm’s Dubai office
UK firm makes seventh regional hire in past 12 months as it ramps up Middle East presence
Haris Meyer Hanif returns to Dubai office in vote of confidence for A&O’s $3.5bn merger with Shearman & Sterling
Scott Campbell resumes leadership role following Jonathan Fried’s return to full-time practice
Simon Fraser will be based in Abu Dhabi; senior associate also moves across, as a partner
Firm will offer support on a range of ESG-related matters for COP28 in Dubai
Cohort edges down from 46 last year with proportion of women slipping from 52% to 36%
Nick Sharratt succeeds Paul Stothard following latter’s relocation to London
Sara Aranjo joins Morgan Lewis to lead arbitration practice in Africa and Middle East as Arun Visweswaran moves over to Addleshaw Goddard from Clifford Chance
New recruits Craig Nethercott and Chirag Sanghrajka will be based in London and Dubai respectively
Litigation giant hires KWM Dubai office head plus another partner to set up shop in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Omar Momany joins having led Bakers’ UAE corporate/M&A practice
US firm celebrates launch with arrival of real estate partner duo as it builds Middle East presence
Trio join from Clyde & Co and Horizons & Co
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at LPL Financial, CBRE, MUFG and Mashreq Bank
Etienne Sanz De Acedo discusses the future of IP offices, the damage wreaked by counterfeiting and piracy and how IP is not just for the big corporations