Law firms relocate to new premises

DLA Piper and Hussain Lootah & Associates have new office addresses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively.

DLA Piper has relocated its Abu Dhabi office, taking up premises in the Emirates Institute of Banking & Financial Services (EIBFS) Building. DLA Piper takes over the space previously occupied by SinoGulf, a leading real estate fund and asset manager.

Peter Somekh, regional managing partner, Middle East said, "Our commitment to Abu Dhabi, as evidenced by our move, aligns with our primary regional objective of ensuring that we are able to offer our clients first-class international expertise delivered in a local context." Peter added "We are seeing a strong level of activity in the Abu Dhabi market across a range of sectors and it is important to us that we continue to support clients seeking to take advantage of the vibrant economic, business and cultural community that Abu Dhabi offers."'

Hussain Lootah & Associates announced their move to a new office space along with their new partners GERMELA. Previously located on the 20th Floor of Al Saqr Business Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road, Hussain Lootah & Associates now occupies the 17th floor in Vision Towerin Business Bay, Dubai.

 Along with the move, the launch of Dubai-based GERMELA LOOTAH Legal Consultancy – a joint venture between GERMELA and Hussain Lootah & Associates was announced. The partnership was further galvanised by allocating a section of the office exclusively to the GERMELA LOOTAH operations.

Founded in 2008, GERMELA is a full-range consultancy headquartered in Hamburg, Germany with a focus on the MENA region. Specialising in International, Corporate, Commercial and Tax Law mainly; GERMELA focuses on international clients with business activities in the GCC area. With most of its clients in Europe, GERMELA has offices in Cyprus, Zurich and Germany, and is represented by more than 26 partner firms in addition to 500 accredited lawyers and consultants in 15 countries across the Middle East.