Akin Gump announced that Graham Lovett has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Dubai office. Lovett, who joins Akin Gump from Gibson Dunn, is one of the foremost disputes practitioners in Dubai and...
King & Spalding has announced that Jawad Ali will retire from the practice of law and step down as managing partner of the firm’s Middle East offices. The firm has named Nabil Issa the new managing...
Addleshaw Goddard has invited 20 lawyers to join its partnership, bringing the total global partner headcount to over 340 from May 1, 2022. The number of partner promotions by the firm this year is the largest...
Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its finance practice with the arrival of Rustum Shah as a partner. He joins the firm in Dubai and will head the firm’s Islamic finance practice. Shah brings more than 20...
Vinson & Elkins has strengthened its litigation practice in Dubai with the addition of Nabeel Ikram as a partner in its global complex commercial litigation (CCL) practice. A leading authority on engineering and construction matters across...
Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its financial services regulatory practice in the Middle East with the hire of new partner Matt Shanahan. Shanahan joins the firm’s Dubai office from Clyde & Co, where he was a...
Afridi & Angell announced that Rahat Dar has been promoted to partner. Based in the Dubai office, Dar’s practice includes banking and finance, capital markets, bankruptcy and insolvency, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Dar will...
Addleshaw Goddard has added significant firepower to its Middle East team with the hire of Corporate and Private Equity specialist Fraser Dawson. Dawson, formerly a leading corporate partner in Gibson Dunn’s Dubai office, has extensive experience...
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is continuing to strengthen its Middle East practice with the appointment of Joanne Strain as the managing partner of the Dubai office and promotion of dispute resolution expert Parnika Chaturvedi to partner. Strain has over...
Eversheds Sutherland has appointed leading real estate and hospitality lawyer, Steven Henderson, as a partner in its Real Estate team in Dubai. He joins from Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla. Henderson’s appointment bolsters Eversheds Sutherland’s real...
