Galadari Advocates continues to strengthen its Trade, Transport and Logistics practice by announcing Shani Salim is promoted to Partner at the firm’s Dubai office. Salim focuses his practice on maritime, international trade customs, contracting, commercial transactions,...
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced the appointment of capital markets partner Hamed Afzal in its Dubai office. Afzal, who joins from Akin Gump, is an English-qualified capital markets lawyer with broad experience spanning debt and equity...
English language common law commercial courts are on the rise in the UAE, and across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In response to this, Al Tamimi & Company has established one of the first Advocacy Units in...
Sidley Austin LLP has announced that Michiel Visser as a partner in the M&A and Private Equity practice in New York. He joins after almost two decades at White & Case where he worked in that firm’s...
Morgan Lewis is bolstering its global aviation practice with the addition of an eight-lawyer EMEA and Asia-Pacific team, including three partners—Sidanth Rajagopal, James Bradley, and Manuela Krach — across the firm’s London, Dubai, and Singapore offices. Joining from K&L Gates,...
Marwan Elaraby has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a partner based in the Dubai office. Elaraby joins from a US firm where he previously held several regional and global roles. He has a corporate practice...
DLA Piper has appointed Saba Al Sultani as a partner in its Intellectual Property and Technology group, based in Dubai. Al Sultani joins DLA Piper from Cedar White Bradley (CWB), where she was a partner and...
Linklaters announced that David Miles has joined as a partner in the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure practice, based in Dubai. Miles has over 20 years of experience in structuring, advising on, and executing complex, high value...
EKP’s associated office in Riyadh, Al-Enezee, has announced the appointment of Jeffrey J. Greene as a key new partner to the corporate practice group of the firm, based in Riyadh, effective September 1, 2022. Working with...
Baker Botts L.L.P. has announced that Omar Iqbal has joined its Riyadh office, where it operates in association with the Law Office of Mohanned bin Saud Al-Rasheed, as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department. Iqbal’s...
