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Clyde hires new regulatory and compliance partner in Abu Dhabi
Clyde & Co has appointed Sally Sfeir-Tait as a partner in its Regulatory and Compliance team. Ms Sfeir-Tait specialises in the financial services sector and will be based in the firm's Abu Dhabi office, servicing the wider MENA region.
Baker Botts shuts doors in Abu Dhabi
The 725-lawyer, US based practice has closed its Abu Dhabi base but still operates from offices in Dubai and Riyadh and through an alliance in Kuwait.
White & Case pumps up Middle East capital markets team by CC hire
White & Case has taken what it calls 'a strategic step' in strengthening its EMEA capital markets team by bringing on board Debashis Dey, formerly head of capital markets in the Middle East for Clifford Chance.
Latham reviews market intelligence and closes in Doha and Abu Dhabi
Seven years after opening in the Middle East, Latham & Watkins is to shut two of its bases, saying that it can operate there as one region rather than seeing the area as four distinct markets.
Dubai to offer legal processing posts in metro and bus stations
Dubai residents needing to perform simple legal tasks - such as renewing ID papers and government contracts - will soon be able to use new business and legal administration centres which are being opened in empty spaces in Metro stations.
Brown Rudnick to collaborate with UAE firms
US-based, 230-lawyer practice Brown Rudnick has signed collaboration agreements with two firms in the UAE which operate in Beirut and Dubai.
Galadari opens Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) office
The Middle Eastern firm, which is one of the oldest in the region, is aggressively expanding its base.
UAE retains top place for expansion in the Middle East
The United Arab Emirates is maintaining its status as the main base for foreign law firms opening up in the Middle East, according to research from recruiters Fox Rodney Search.
Watson Farley opens up in Dubai
The 13-office, international firm Watson, Farley & Williams, known traditionally for its shipping practice, is opening its 14th office in Dubai.
Dubai ups standards for practitioners
The DIFC Courts has released a revised Code of Conduct for practitioners.
Clyde recruits Islamic finance specialist from Herbert Smith
Adil Hussain of Herbert Smith Freehills is joining Clyde & Co in Abu Dhabi, to head its Islamic finance team and take the number of partners there to seven.
CC starts Dubai graduate training scheme
Clifford Chance will take in its first Middle East batch of graduate trainees in the middle of August, and is taking applications for the 2015 and 2016 intakes until 10 August.
Holland & Knight exits Middle East to focus on Americas
Miami-based Holland & Knight is closing its sole Middle East base in Abu Dhabi and refocusing on the US and the Latin American markets.
Pinsent launches Middle East training scheme
Pinsent Masons is launching a training contract located in Dubai, Doha and London for four trainees this September.
UAE wants more law graduates
An annual report says that law students made up only 9 per cent of Dubai's graduates last year, and there is a high demand for more.
Dubai hails new era after notary law reform
A new law regarding public notaries and other related changes are heralding a change in pace in the Dubai courts, according to the director of the Dubai Courts Department (DCD).
Dubai legal consultancy denies conspiracy accusations
Dubai-based Senat Legal Consultancy FZ LLC has denied any involvement in an alleged conspiracy relating to illegally protecting the assets of Irish businessman Sean Quinn.
Ex-Dewey head takes up UAE appointment
Steven Davis, blamed by some of his Dewey & LeBoeuf colleagues for mismanaging finances at the now defunct firm, has become the top legal advisor to the one of the United Arab Emirates governments.
Dubai clears Canadian lawyer of drug possession
A Canadian-Arab lawyer has been cleared of possession of spice (synthetic cannabis) after a Dubai court accepted that procedures were carried out against him unlawfully.
UAE sees surge in demand for lawyers
The economic upturn has increased demand for lawyers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) but salaries are staying fairly flat.