Justin Whelan joins from Ince Gordon Dadds. With his arrival, the firm now has specialist insurance teams in each of its four Middle East offices. HFW has continued to expand its Middle East practice, launching an...
Thérèse Abou-Zeid, Eamon Holley and Iain Skinner – three senior Dubai-based lawyers will be added to the firm’s partnership effective May 1, 2019. DLA Piper has announced the promotion of three senior Dubai-based lawyers to its...
Omani law firm, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co (AMJ), has appointed Asad Qayyum as a partner to head up its Natural Resource and Islamic Finance teams. Qayyum is a dual-qualified corporate – commercial lawyer with...
Al Tamimi & Company has announced the appointment of Abdullah Mutawi as the joint head of the firm’s Corporate Commercial practice. Mutawi will co-lead the practice with Gary Watts, the current head of Al Tamimi’s Corporate...
Bracewell LLP announced that Andrej Kormuth has joined the firm as a partner in the Dubai office. Kormuth comes to Bracewell from Clifford Chance, where he advised on a range of infrastructure projects for regional and international clients. “Andrej is an outstanding...
Mo Al-Shukairy will be commencing a four-year term on May 1, 2019. A corporate partner with a strong regional and outbound M&A practice, he will continue to be heavily involved in client work going forward. Al-Shukairy takes...
The firm’s Dubai office has expanded with the addition of Thanos Karvelis and a new full-service TMT team led by Mark Hill. Charles Russell Speechlys’ Middle East offices continue to grow, with the addition of Thanos...
Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants has appointed Matthew Donovan as a partner based in the firm’s headquarters in Dubai. Donovan brings in 16 years of experience with a particular focus on international private equity and venture...
The firm has appointed an international VAT advisor, Joanne Clarke, to join its Dubai operations in the capacity of Tax Director (VAT). Clarke joins from PwC where she spent nine years in the Dublin office before...
Shearman & Sterling has announced the arrival of Renad Younes, who joins the firm’s Abu Dhabi office as a partner. Younes’ practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions and project development in the oil & gas sector...
