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...
Simmons & Simmons has hired Lee Irvine as a capital markets partner* in its Dubai office. Lee Irvine was previously counsel at Latham & Watkins and has extensive experience in advising sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and...
Global IP consultancy and law firm Rouse has announced that Bassel El Turk will become the firm’s country manager for the United Arab Emirates from April 2018. Having grown up in Lebanon, El Turk joined Rouse...
Hadef & Partners has strengthened its Intellectual Property practice with the appointment of James Dunne as head of Trade Marks & Brand Protection. Described as a “trade mark registration expert” in industry journals, Dunne advises on...
Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has announced that the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has designated Dr. Habib Al Mulla, the firm’s executive chairman in the UAE and chairman of the Dubai International Arbitration...
Dentons has bolstered its UAE Corporate practice with the hire of partner Ziad Saad who has been based in Dubai for over seven years. Saad is the third partner hire for Dentons in Dubai in the past...
Robin Mizrahi has joined Covington as a partner and Laure Berthelot as special counsel in the firm’s Project Development and Finance practice. Based in London, Mizrahi and Berthelot will work closely with the firm’s project finance...
Addleshaw Goddard has bolstered its GCC Construction practice with three new hires, growing the market-leading team to nine specialist lawyers. Further consolidating AG’s status as one of the largest and most active Construction practices in the...
Charlotte Bijlani joins the firm from Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla in Dubai, where she was partner and head of the international arbitration practice. Bijlani is an experienced litigator with full rights of audience before both...
