Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

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...

Afridi & Angell’s new partners

Afridi & Angell announced that Saurbh Kothari, Mevan Bandara, and Abdus Samad have been admitted to the partnership, which was effective from November 2022. Kothari’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial, regulatory and licensing, mergers and...

Dan Feldman joins King & Spalding

King & Spalding has hired energy, infrastructure and project development lawyer Dan Feldman as a partner in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group. He is based in the Abu Dhabi office. Feldman advises on...

Galadari Advocates strengthens Maritime and International Trade practice

Galadari Advocates and Legal Consultants has appointed Maritime and International Trade partner Abdelhak Attallah. Attallah heads a highly respected, market-leading Maritime and International Trade practice advising clients globally on maritime related litigation and arbitration matters across...

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