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DWF adds three partners in Dubai to strengthen disputes and insurance teams
Trio join from Clyde & Co and Horizons & Co
Around the house: Citadel lands top Goldman legal duo, Merck promotes auditing head to GC
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at LPL Financial, CBRE, MUFG and Mashreq Bank
IP offices can’t take their business for granted in a changing world, says INTA’s CEO
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
Eversheds Sutherland and King & Wood Mallesons forge exclusive alliance
KWM will close six offices across Europe and the Middle East with the teams expected to transfer to Eversheds Sutherland
Dubai International Arbitration Centre refreshes leadership in modernisation drive
Robert Stephen, former registrar of defunct DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, joins DIAC as new management is finalised
Reed Smith targets Middle East entertainment work with senior DLA Piper hire
Leading media and IP specialist Jamie Ryder joins Reed Smith in Dubai as it extends practice to the region
Clyde & Co secures 13-lawyer team from PwC in Middle East corporate push
Trio of PwC practice heads among those to defect in what is thought to be largest Middle East team move in years
Brodies moves into Middle East with Abu Dhabi launch
Leading Scottish firm establishes Middle East LLP and relocates partners to service energy and oil and gas clients locally
Clifford Chance elects 32 new partners in diverse round
Twelve women included in round that sees 39% of new US and UK partners come from minority ethnic backgrounds
HFW secures DWF’s global infrastructure co-head in Dubai as DWF makes double insurance hire
As Slava Kiryushin moves across to HFW, DWF adds insurance partner duo in Dubai from Kennedys
Allen & Overy and King & Spalding snap up Shearman & Sterling partners in Paris and UAE
International departures from New York firm continue in wake of its now shelved merger talks with Hogan Lovells.
Climate change and energy transition to heat up Middle East disputes landscape
ESG risk among topics discussed at ADGM’s flagship RESOLVE event in Abu Dhabi
The full English? UAE adds English in disputes reforms
New language rules are designed to make the UAE a more desirable place to resolve disputes, write King & Spalding's Ben Williams and Kateryna Frolova
IP firm Petošević merges with Middle Eastern service provider CWB Group
Two leading IP companies with roots in Eastern Europe and the Middle East combine to create
Gibson Dunn adds seven-strong team from Shearman & Sterling for Abu Dhabi launch
Hire of team including corporate and projects partner trio sees US firm double Middle East lawyer headcount
Guide to living and working as a lawyer in the Middle East
Everything you need to know about relocating to the Gulf region by Ciarán O’Connor of Nicholas Scott Global Legal Recruitment
Gibson Dunn targets Dubai growth with hire of senior corporate partner from Shearman & Sterling
Los Angeles giant says Shearman's former global co-head of corporate will help it grow its regional footprint
Baker McKenzie sets up interim Dubai management team as it splits with local arm’s executive chair over Tweets
Global firm also seeks new office as it responds to controversy over top local lawyer's anti-gay views
HFW makes double partner hire in Dubai from shipping rival Clyde & Co
UK firm hails 'very significant' hires and promises further Middle East investment
DIFC Courts in spotlight as Irish judges resign under pressure from human rights campaigners
Top Irish politician said judges were being deliberately used to legitimise regime
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