Ahmad Anani joins Pillsbury

Pillsbury announced that corporate lawyer Ahmad Jawad Anani will join the firm’s Middle Eastern Practice in the Corporate & Securities group as co-Managing Partner of the UAE office. A well-known M&A and transactional lawyer, Anani comes to Pillsbury from Latham & Watkins, where he served as co-managing partner of three offices (Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha) and as co-chair of the Global Islamic Finance practice. He also is an alumnus of Al Tamimi & Co. Anani will join Osama Abu-Dehays as co-managing partner of the firm’s UAE office.

A noted dealmaker in the Middle East, Anani has represented prominent clients across the energy, business and financial sectors and has built a respected M&A and capital markets portfolio informed by a deep understanding of the Islamic Finance landscape.

Anani earned an LLB from Jordan University in Amman and an LLM in corporate law from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the New York Bar and the International Bar Association and serves on the board of Harvard Law School’s Alumni Association of Arabia.

“We are very excited to bring to our Middle Eastern practice someone of Ahmad’s stature,” said Bob Robbins, the leader of Pillsbury’s Corporate & Securities practice section. “Ahmad is highly esteemed in this region, with an unparalleled reputation for his legal and business skills. His strong M&A and capital markets practice and his knowledge of Islamic Finance will be of great benefit to our clients in and outside of the Middle East.”

“I am thrilled to join Pillsbury in continuing to expand its reach in this region,” Anani said. “The firm’s Corporate & Securities group provides a sophisticated platform for my practice regionally and its global reach offers exciting international opportunities.”