Middle East
Israeli-founded AI contract review start-up Chamelio raises $26m in Series A funding round
Financing to accelerate firm’s proprietary legal action model development
Three Crowns hires Freshfields’ Saudi disputes head for growing DIFC office
Amani Khalifa will join specialist arbitration firm as a partner in January
A step further in collective licensing for AI training in the UAE
Bashar Malkawi explores how the UAE’s emerging collective licensing model could offer a solution to copyright challenges posed by AI
Sullivan & Cromwell opens first Middle East office in Abu Dhabi
Firm rehires Ahmed el-Gaili as a partner from Latham & Watkins to lead Middle East practice
White & Case announces strategic investment in Saudi AI contract review start-up Clauze.AI
Former White & Case partner Waad Alkurini founded Riyadh-based company this month
Quinn Emanuel, Pillsbury hire across Middle East
Quinn Emanuel adds prominent UAE litigator as Pillsbury brings on senior Saudi government lawyer
DWF closes Saudi Arabia office
UK firm set up its regional headquarters in kingdom in 2021 as part of Saudi economic diversification drive
Dubai crypto exchange Bybit hires ex-regulator legal head as CLO
Peter Loo was formerly GC at Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
Reed Smith boosts Middle East corporate practice with lateral hire
Mohammed Basama has joined from US rival King & Spalding as a partner
Egyptian firm El Wakeel advises Al Ahly football club on landmark Vodafone stadium deal
Firm advises Egyptian club on naming rights deal, the country’s largest ever sports sponsorship agreement
Clyde & Co rehires aviation partner from Norton White in Dubai
Nick Humphrey rejoins firm a decade after leaving, boosting aviation practice following several recent departures
Pérez-Llorca opens Abu Dhabi office targeting sovereign wealth funds
Launch makes Pérez-Llorca first Ibero-American law firm with a physical presence in the city
Skadden hits Akin for investment management partners across Abu Dhabi, Washington DC
Incoming trio bring partner count in Abu Dhabi office Skadden opened last year to seven
Mishcon de Reya adds litigation trio from Watson Farley & Williams in the UAE
Incoming team includes partner Charlotte Bijlani, who joins as co-head of its UAE disputes practice
Hogan Lovells strengthens in Middle East with twin partner hire from Ashurst
M&A lawyers Simon Rahimzada and Vasi Papadopoulos join firm ahead of its merger with Cadwalader