Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

WFW boosts aviation finance offering in Dubai

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has announced that aviation finance partner Oliver Tebbit has joined the firm’s Dubai office. He was previously a partner at Clyde & Co. Tebbit has over 15 years’ experience advising on...

Stephenson Harwood recruits heavyweight shipping litigator

The firm has strengthened its Middle East shipping and insurance litigation practice with the addition of Ed Newitt as a partner in its Dubai office. Newitt’s practice is centred on commercial litigation and all forms of...

Trowers & Hamlins expands private wealth practice

Trowers & Hamlins has expanded its private wealth offering in the Middle East by welcoming new partner Alastair Glover. Glover joins from Gowling WLG (formerly Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP) in Dubai where he was...

New legal director at CMS Dubai

CMS Dubai is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoff Smith as a legal director in its Real Estate team. Smith joins CMS from Afridi & Angell, where he spent four years as a senior associate...

Afridi & Angell’s new managing partner

Afridi & Angell has announced that Bashir Ahmed has been elected as the new managing partner effective November 1, 2016. Ahmed succeeds Amjad Ali Khan who has overseen the firm’s growth for over a decade. A...

Nayiri Boghossian’s new role

Nayiri Boghossian has recently joined the firm of Al Owais Advocates and Legal Consultants, a boutique dispute resolution firm based in Dubai. Previously a partner and the head of the regional dispute resolution practice at Eversheds,...

KWM elects new EUME management

King & Wood Mallesons has elected London partner Tim Bednall as its new EUME managing partner. Bednall takes up the position with immediate effect and for a term of three years. Tim Bednall is a leading Corporate...

Campbell Steedman joins Winston & Strawn

The firm announced that Steedman has joined the firm as managing partner, Middle East. He was most recently a partner at White & Case. Steedman’s practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and privatisations...

New partner at Jones Day

Nadim Khan has joined the Jones Day as a partner in its Projects and Infrastructure Practice. He will be based in Jones Day’s Dubai International Financial Centre office, in Dubai. An attorney for more than 20...

HFW bolsters international practice

Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has significantly strengthened its presence in Geneva and Paris with the appointment of new partners. Olivier Bazin will be the newest Partner to join the Geneva office, effective January 2017. Bazin is...

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