Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

Hadef & Partners announces five Partner promotions for 2021

Hadef & Partners announced five new Partner appointments across the Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices. The following lawyers have been promoted which was effective January 1, 2021. Rachel Hill, partner and head of employment has over...

Norton Rose Fulbright appoints Mohammed Paracha as head of Middle East

Norton Rose Fulbright announced the appointment of Mohammed Paracha as head of Middle East. Mohammed Paracha will succeed Deirdre Walker, who has held this leadership role since 2017 and continues with the firm as a disputes partner. A partner at Norton Rose Fulbright...

Dechert expands with restructuring partner Adam Plainer

Dechert LLP announced that Adam Plainer will be joining the firm’s London office as global co-chair of its financial restructuring group. Plainer is one of the UK’s leading restructuring lawyers, with experience advising debtors, creditors, and insolvency professionals in connection with the most...

Squire Patton Boggs adds new corporate partner in Middle East

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...

New appointments at The Bench

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...

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