Skadden has announced that Robert Griffin, Kapil Vishnu Pandit and Skye Smith have joined the firm as partners in the Investment Management Group. Griffin and Smith will be based in Skadden’s office in Abu Dhabi’s ADGM,...
Mishcon de Reya announced the appointment of three new hires in the Dispute Resolution team in the UAE. Charlotte Bijlani joins as partner and co-head of the UAE Disputes practice. She has been joined by managing...
Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants has announced the appointment of Rimma Izmaylova as senior counsel in its Banking & Finance practice in Abu Dhabi, further strengthening the firm’s capabilities across complex financing, project finance, and cross-border...
Addleshaw Goddard, has announced the return of Fraser Dawson to the firm’s Middle East practice, joining its Abu Dhabi office as a partner in the Corporate and Private Equity team. His position is effective June 1,...
Dentons has appointed Selman Ansari and Christopher Neal as partners in the Dubai office. Neal has more than 17 years’ experience advising on private M&A, joint ventures, corporate structuring and reorganisations and general corporate advisory matters, often...
Gateley Middle East has announced the appointment of Renan Ozturk as partner and Middle East head of tax, alongside the arrival of eight tax lawyers and advisors, marking a significant and highly distinctive expansion of the...
Squire Patton Boggs has announced that Timothy A. Lenderking has joined the firm’s global public policy practice following a three-decade career at the US Department of State, where he most recently served as the acting assistant...
Gowling WLG has further strengthened its Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) capability in the Middle East with the appointment of Christine Khoury as partner. Khoury’s appointment forms part of Gowling WLG’s regional growth strategy, which has...
Hogan Lovells has further strengthened its corporate & finance practice in the Middle East with the hire of M&A partners Simon Rahimzada and Vasi Papadopoulos, who join the firm’s Dubai office on June 1, 2026. They...
Linklaters is pleased to announce the appointment of Amro Bakhaidar as the new national managing partner for Saudi Arabia for a four-year term. Bakhaidar is a leading specialist in equity capital markets and public M&A transactions in...
