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...
Norton Rose Fulbright announced that it has strengthened its projects and energy practice in Istanbul with the addition of project finance partner Utku Ünver. He will be part of the firm’s associated Turkish law practice, which...
Morgan Lewis has welcomed Richard Knott as a partner resident in Abu Dhabi. Knott joins from one of Abu Dhabi’s leading sovereign wealth funds, where he spent the last four years as a senior legal counsel....
Addleshaw Goddard has made a further lateral hire into its international Infrastructure, Projects and Energy practice (IPE) announcing the appointment of Paul Jones from Dubai’s Dragon Oil. Jones, who is returning to London from Dubai, has...
Beale & Co have recently secured the hire of experienced construction lawyer, Lyndon Richards, who joins the firm’s Dubai office in September 2020. Former MEA chief legal officer at AECOM, Richards has almost 30 years’ experience...
