Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

Dentons bolsters TMT practice

Kelly Tymburski has joined the Dubai office of Dentons as a partner in the TMT practice.Tymburski arrives from Bird & Bird where she has been head of TMT in the Middle East since 2014. Tymburski has extensive experience in...

Key partner hire at DLA Piper

The firm has announced the appointment of a sixth partner, Ramsey Jurdi, to its Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations team in the Middle East. Jurdi is an international disputes, regulatory and trade compliance lawyer with substantial experience...

Key partner hire at DLA Piper

The firm has announced the appointment of a sixth partner, Ramsey Jurdi, to its Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations team in the Middle East. Jurdi is an international disputes, regulatory and trade compliance lawyer with substantial experience...

CMS builds Islamic Finance Practice

CMS announced the appointment of Shakeel Adli as a partner to the firm’s Banking and Finance practice. He joins from Norton Rose Fulbright. Adli will be based in the Dubai office and brings with him considerable...

Dentons appoints Matthew Showler

Matthew Showler has joined the Dubai office of Dentons as a partner in its dispute resolution practice. Showler arrives from the Dubai office of King and Wood Mallesons. Showler is a specialist in international arbitration and...

Tom Briggs joins Ince & Co

Ince & Co announced the appointment of Tom Briggs as partner in its Dubai office. Briggs advises on corporate, finance and commercial law matters, including M&A, primary and secondary fundraisings, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures...

Nabarro broadens Dubai offering with corporate lateral hire

Nabarro has appointed Mohammed Majid as a corporate partner in its Dubai office. Majid, who becomes the firm’s fourth Dubai partner, specialises in corporate, mid-market M&A, private equity, venture capital and employment law. His hire, from...

Squire Patton Boggs boosts partnership

Squire Patton Boggs announced that Lindsay Fainé (Tax Strategy & Benefits) and Doug Smith (Corporate) have been promoted to partnership in the Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices respectively. In addition, the firm appointed Andrew Herring as...

Reed Smith appoints Gehle

Reed Smith announced the appointment of disputes and arbitration partner Bjӧrn Gehle to its UAE offices. Gehle joins the firm from Pinsent Masons in Dubai. Gehle has a broad contentious practice advising on cross-border disputes including...

TLA expands into litigation

Tribonian Law Advisors (TLA) (in association with Rindala Beydoun Legal Consultancy) announced the expansion of the firm into litigation with the addition of a litigation team that includes Tamer Wasfy who will be joining the firm...

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