Firms to advise fast-food chain company
Clyde & Co and Eversheds will advise Yum! Brands, the company behind Pizza Hut and KFC, for the first time having been appointed as part of a new eight-firm panel in the UK. The firms will...
- DIFC Courts strengthens mediation offering to boost Dubai’s business environment
- Ashurst posts 11 per cent revenue growth to £1.152 billion in final year before combination
- Pérez‑Llorca launches Abu Dhabi office to strengthen Middle East presence
- Watson Farley & Williams advises Navigator on first JOLCO financing deal
- Gibson Dunn supports Binance on landmark ADGM listing of tokenised securities
- BlueFive Capital advised by Addleshaw Goddard on LeasePlan Emirates stake acquisition
- Galadari advises OpenGate Capital on acquisition of Total Safety EMEA division
Middle East & International News
Shell appoints new legal director
Royal Dutch Shell has appointed Donny Ching as its new legal director with immediate effect. Former-barrister Ching has been based in Rijswijk in the Netherlands as general counsel for Shell’s project and technology group, which provides...
Firm steers Google away from billion-dollar EU fine
Google’s long-standing competition adviser Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has helped the search giant avoid a fine of up to £3bn from the EU’s Competition Commission according to The Lawyer.The European Commission announced last month an agreement with Google in order...
In merger talks
The Lawyer reported that Speechly Bircham is in preliminary merger talks with six-office firm Charles Russell in a move that would propel the combined outfit into the top 25 firms by turnover according to The Lawyer UK200.The...
Citigroup arbitration win over ADIA upheld
Last month, A US appeals court rejected the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s effort to void Citigroup Inc’s arbitration win in a dispute over USD7.5 bliion investment in the bank less than a year before the 2008...
Anti-smoking law comes into effect
Local dailies reported that strict rules curbing the sale and advertisement of tobacco come into force last month in UAE. The legislation makes it illegal to smoke in a vehicle when a child under 12 is...
DIFC Courts’ new enforcement department
The UAE’s position as a global dispute resolution hub was strengthened with the launch of the DIFC Courts Enforcement Department. Operating under the leadership of HE Judge Omar Al Muhairi, the newly formed department has been...
CCME Awards 2014
Legal Week and the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group (CCME announced that the third annual Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2014 will take place in Dubai on Thursday,15th May 2014 at The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Hotel....
Law Firm Highlights
Clifford Chance launched a joint Saudi and foreign owned law firm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a team of 30 permanently based Saudi and foreign lawyers. It is the first international law firm to...
