Ashurst has bolstered its Middle East oil and gas team with the transfer of John King, senior energy and resources counsel from the firm’s Perth office to Abu Dhabi. King is a well-renowned practitioner in the oil...
Ince & Co has announced that David Galea, a senior maritime lawyer, will be joining the firm as a partner in the Dubai office on June 1, 2018. Galea’s appointment augments Ince & Co’s transactional capability...
With effect from May 1, 2018, DWF appointed Shiraz Sethi as the middle east managing partner and James Fox as head of dispute resolution. The duo have an ambitious growth plan, building on the firm’s success...
K&L Gates LLP has added arbitration and dispute resolution partner Jonathan Sutcliffe to its Dubai office. He has been based in Dubai for over eight years and joins K&L Gates from Baker Botts LLP. Having previously worked in London, Houston, and New...
Stephenson Harwood LLP has expanded its corporate practice with the arrival of Sandeep Dhama as a partner in its Dubai office. Dhama brings a wealth of experience advising clients from the GCC, and international clients investing...
PwC Legal Middle East LLP appoints Darren Harris as legal services leader and head of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) for the Middle East. Harris joins PwC Legal Middle East LLP from Addleshaw Goddard in Dubai where...
DLA Piper has announced the promotion of Dubai-based lawyers, Richard Hughes and Jamie Ryder, to its partnership effective May 1, 2018. Hughes is a corporate lawyer specialising in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate structuring....
HFW has announced the 2018 partner promotions. Two of the eight new global partners are from the Dubai office of the firm. The newly promoted partners are: Charles Cockrell in the Aerospace practice area. Cockrell specialises...
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has launched a real estate practice in Dubai with the hire of partner Mohammed Kamal. Kamal joins the firm from the Dubai office of Berwin Leighton Paisner where he was a...
The firm has reinforced its position in both Doha and the GCC, announcing the appointment Ahmad Anani, as partner and Qatar office head. Previously, office managing partner Middle East and Dubai at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman...
