Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

Baker Botts bolsters Dubai office

   Abdulla Mutawi; Lucas Pitts Baker Botts LLP has announced that Abdullah Mutawi has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Group, and Lucas Pitts has joined the firm as a partner in the...

Ince & Co announces new partners

       Anna Anatolitou, David Richards, James Hickland & khalid Hamed Ince & Co has promoted three lawyers to its partnership with effect from May 1, 2015. These promotions are supplemented by the lateral hire of a new partner...

White & Case expands Capital Markets Practice

White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Capital Markets Practice with the addition of Debashis Dey as a partner in the United Arab Emirates. Dey, who will be based in Dubai, has extensive experience advising...

Joseph promoted to partner

Stephenson Harwood Middle East has appointed Nijoe Joseph as a partner in its banking and finance practice. He joined the firm in 2013 from a prominent US practice and leads the banking and finance practice in...

Eversheds appoints Barclays head of legal

Muna Dandan, former head of legal for Barclays retail and commercial banking business in the Middle East, has joined Eversheds as a partner on May 1, 2015 to lead the firm's Financial Services Disputes and Investigations...

Pinsent Masons’ partner promotions

  Philip Corfield-Smith, Jed Savager Pinsent Masons has announced the promotion of 29 individuals to its Partnership, representing its largest round of promotions in recent years. In keeping with the firm's vision to become an international...

Firm boosts Banking & Finance capability

Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has boosted its Banking & Finance practice with the appointment of Sandeep Puri as a partner in Dubai last month. He is the fourth lateral partner to have joined the...

Oliver J. Simpson joins Conyers

Conyers Dill & Pearman welcomed Oliver J. Simpson to the Dubai office on April 15, 2015. Simpson joins the Firm as an associate, and will advise on corporate, finance, investment funds and banking matters.  He joins Conyers from the Dubai office of Latham & Watkins...

Squire Patton Boggs expands in Dubai

  Douglas G. Smith, Tomas Cerdan Squire Patton Boggs announced that Douglas G. Smith has joined the firm’s Global Corporate Practice Group as of counsel in the Dubai office, at the same time as new corporate...

IP expert at Dentons

Isabelle Leroux, partner in Dentons Intellectual Property and Technology group (IP&T), will now divide her time between Paris and Dubai offices. While Leroux will continue advising French and international clients in France, she will also focus...

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