TMT expert at Simmons
Simmons & Simmons has promoted Raza Rizvi who is based in the firm’s Dubai office to Of Counsel. Rizvi is head of the firm’s Information, Communications and Technology team and its Intellectual Property practice in the...
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Movers & Shakers
Ince & Co further strengthens Middle East partner presence
Ince & Co announced the partner promotion of Pavlo Samothrakis in its Dubai office. Samothrakis has been with Ince & Co since 2006 and moved to the Dubai office in 2008. He advises on a wide...
Nayef joins Chadbourne
Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced that corporate lawyer Romi H. Nayef has joined the firm’s Dubai office as an international partner. Nayef joins Chadbourne from Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he served as Head of the Middle...
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla boosts key practice areas
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has enhanced its capabilities in the region with the appointments of Charlotte Bijlani as a partner in its Arbitration practice and...
Partner promotions at Addleshaw Goddard
Addleshaw Goddard has announced its first international partner promotions, with the promotion of two of the firm’s Dubai-based lawyers. Darren Harris in Corporate and Bevan Farmer in Litigation have been...
Norton Rose Fulbright expands disputes and investigations team
Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Orlando Vidal has joined the firm as a partner in Dubai. Vidal joins from Dentons where he was head of its Middle East compliance and investigations group in Dubai. Prior to...
New hires at Middle East firms
New partner appointments and promotions at the Middle East offices of Al Tamimi & Company and Walkers. Al Tamimi & Company has appointed four lawyers to its partnership, across four separate offices in the Middle East....
Witt promoted to partnership
CMS is pleased to announce the promotion of 31 lawyers to the firm’s partnership along with two director promotions. This includes Dubai-based Jeremie Witt, who has been promoted from legal director to partner in the firm’s Energy, Projects and Construction team. Witt...
Clyde & Co’s partner appointments
The firm has three new partners in their MENA offices. They are Naji Hawayek (Dubai, Corporate), Heather Nevin (Abu Dhabi, Infrastructure) and Alfred Thornton (Abu Dhabi, Disputes, Insurance). Bilingual in Arabic and English, Hawayek has over 10 years of experience advising on...
Eversheds’ new partner
Eversheds has announced recently that it has made 26 promotions across its international operations to the firm’s partnership. Amongst these recognitions was Gurmeet Kaur, partner in Dubai, who received firm-wide acknowledgement for significant contribution to the...
