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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
Wachtell, Kirkland called in for 3D printer maker Stratasys’ $1.8bn merger with Desktop Metal
Wachtell counsels Stratasys alongside Israeli firm Meitar Law Offices as Kirkland advises longtime client Desktop Metal with help from Tel Aviv-Yafo’s Shibolet & Co
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
Israel’s judicial reform plans are ‘deeply alarming’, the International Bar Association warns
The IBA's president urges measures that would 'strip Israeli institutions of their ability to constrain executive power' to be dropped
Linklaters hires partner from Saudi firm for Riyadh office launch
Magic Circle UK firm secures third Middle East base and ends alliance as new licensing regime continues to shake up Saudi legal market
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.
Greenberg Traurig debuts in Saudi Arabia with former Squire Patton Boggs ally
US firm announces affiliation with Khalid Al-Thebity Law Firm ahead of launching joint venture in the Kingdom
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
Saudi Arabia grants first foreign licences to trio of international firms
Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills and Latham & Watkins become first foreign law firms granted licences to practise in the Kingdom under new rules