Middle East/United Arab Emirates
Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm makes up 23 partners
UK network dominates in latest promotion round – a significantly reduced cohort compared to 2024
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
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
Skadden debuts in Middle East with senior Freshfields hire
New York firm taps corporate heavyweight Michael Hilton to lead Abu Dhabi launch
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
White & Case announces 42-lawyer partner promotion class
Cohort edges down from 46 last year with proportion of women slipping from 52% to 36%
Norton Rose adds Stephenson Harwood partner to lead Middle East disputes team
Nick Sharratt succeeds Paul Stothard following latter’s relocation to London
Morgan Lewis and Addleshaw Goddard bolster Dubai disputes offerings with partner hires from Al Tamimi, Clifford Chance
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
Clifford Chance makes twin energy partner hire from Latham & Watkins
New recruits Craig Nethercott and Chirag Sanghrajka will be based in London and Dubai respectively
Quinn Emanuel secures King & Wood Mallesons partner duo for UAE launch
Litigation giant hires KWM Dubai office head plus another partner to set up shop in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Squire Patton Boggs adds senior corporate partner in Dubai from Baker McKenzie
Omar Momany joins having led Bakers’ UAE corporate/M&A practice
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