Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

Addleshaw Goddard announces new key hire for Riyadh

Addleshaw Goddard has announced another key partner hire for its upcoming office in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is currently pending regulatory approvals. Amar Meher will join the firm to lead its banking, finance and...

Partner promotions at Stephenson Harwood

Stephenson Harwood LLP has promoted eleven lawyers to its partnership, effective from May 1, 2023. “These talented lawyers have demonstrated their commitment and leadership, by providing exceptional support to our clients,” said Eifion Morris, chief executive,...

Laleh Shahabi joins Gibson Dunn

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced the hire of banking and finance partner Laleh Shahabi, who has joined the firm’s newly opened Abu Dhabi office. The news comes as part of significant investment and expansion...

Baker McKenzie UAE strengthens tax and arbitration practices

Baker McKenzie has strengthened its tax and disputes practices in the UAE, recruiting leading partners in the fast growing areas of VAT and international commercial arbitration. The Firm’s UAE offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, which...

Squire Patton Boggs’ Marwa Al-Siyabi makes partner in Riyadh

Squire Patton Boggs has promoted to partner Marwa Al-Siyabi, senior associate in its global Corporate Practice Group in the Riyadh office. Al-Siyabi advises clients on cross-border M&A, equity capital market transactions, joint ventures and restructuring across...

Al Tamimi appoints new head of Saudi Arabia

Al Tamimi & Company has appointed Philip Kotsis as its new Head of Saudi Arabia. The role is a first of its kind in Saudi for the firm and demonstrates the firm’s ambitious growth plans in the Kingdom....

Charles Russell Speechlys bolsters Middle East practice

Charles Russell Speechlys announced the appointment of two new partners to its Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in the Middle East. Partners John Lewis and Alim Khamis join the firm’s Dubai Qatar office respectively. Lewis is...

DWF’s new financial services partner in Dubai

DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed Bhavesh Dattani as a new financial services partner in Dubai. Specialising in financial services regulation and financial crime compliance, Dattani joins DWF following three...

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