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...
Al Tamimi & Company, the leading law firm in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced six new partners across the region, taking its total number of partners to 81, across 16 offices in...
Farrer & Co has today announced that Shaikha Al Jalahma will be joining its private client team as an associate on January 17, 2022. She joins from Trowers & Hamlins where she was an associate in the Dubai office....
Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its regulatory practice with the addition of Philip Clarke, who joins the firm as a partner in Dubai. Clarke, a financial services regulatory specialist, has more than 12 years of experience...
King & Spalding announced that it has named 32 new partners. The partner elections span 13 locations (Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dubai, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, Sacramento, San Francisco, Singapore, and Washington, D.C.)....
Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that London capital markets and Islamic finance partner Farmida Bi, CBE, will become its Global Chair, effective January 1, 2022. In her leadership role, Farmida’s priorities will be supporting Norton Rose Fulbright’s vision of...
James Willn has joined Reed Smith as a partner in its Energy & Natural Resources Group in Dubai. Willn, who joins from Stephenson Harwood where he led the firm’s construction practice across the MENA region, is...
