Clyde & Co has has appointed Neal Ysart as Lead Regulatory & Investigations Advisor to launch a new consultancy service within its Regulatory & Investigations practice in the Middle East. Ysart will be based in the...
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Matthew Powell as a Partner in its UAE Corporate practice, having joined from Shearman & Sterling in the UAE. Powell was previously a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Shearman...
Linklaters has appointed Matt Keats as head of energy and infrastructure for the Middle East region. He succeeds Sarosh Mewawalla who has retired from the partnership. Having been a partner at the firm since 2005, Keats has advised on a wide...
Charles Russell Speechlys has further strengthened its Middle East offering with the hire of dispute resolution partner Sara Sheffield. Sara acts in complex commercial litigation in the UAE’s common law courts in the Dubai International Financial...
The Bench has appointed Aston Benjamin-Taylor to head-up the growing Hotels & Leisure team. Aston has over 12 years’ experience gained initially in the UK in some of the leading sports and media law firms (Olswang and Lewis...
Norton Rose Fulbright has strengthened its corporate offering in the Middle East with the hire of new partner Kayaan Unwalla. Kayaan joins from DWF, where he was partner and head of corporate (Middle East). He advises...
King & Spalding has recruited Patrick McPherson and Randall Walker as partners in its Trial & Global Disputes Practice, based in Dubai, to expand the firm’s construction, energy and infrastructure disputes offering in the Middle East....
Allen & Overy has appointed Khalid Garousha as the new regional managing partner for the Middle East and Turkey. Garousha succeeds Ian Ingram-Johnson who has held the position since November 2016. Ian will continue to play an...
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed banking, Islamic finance and financial services regulatory expert Ahmed Butt as a partner in its Financial Services Practice based in its Riyadh office. Ahmed joins from Simmons & Simmons, where he established that...
Kennedys has announced that partners Victoria Clucas and Bill Evans have moved from London to Dubai as part of the firm’s plans to strengthen its capabilities across the Gulf and Middle East region. Evans and Clucas...
