Allen & Overy LLP has announced a further investment in its Middle East and African energy and infrastructure practice with the transfer of partner Shaun Beaton from its London office to Abu Dhabi. Beaton specialises in...
Rula Dajani Abuljebain will become managing partner of the firm’s Middle East Regional Office of Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) in Dubai from April 1, 2015. Abuljebainhas been based in Dubai since 1996 and has been integral to...
Clifford Chance has announced two new senior level appointments designed to support the delivery of the firm's strategy. Caroline Firstbrook, who joins the firm in mid February, succeeds Amanda Burton as the firm's chief operating officer. ...
Norton Rose Fulbright has re-elected current chair Stephen Parish for a third term in office starting on 1 May 2015. Parish, who has headed Norton Rose Fulbright since his election in 2009, plans to develop and...
Zu’bi & Partners Attorneys & Legal Consultants has promoted five senior lawyers as part of the firm’s strategic growth program. (Eman Omar; Naveen Thakur; Dr. Mohamed Salama; Imar Manassaki; Hamza Saleem) Eman Omar has been promoted...
Al Tamimi & Company has confirmed the appointment of Scott Lambert as regional head of Construction and Infrastructure. Lambert will be responsible for building on the firm’s thriving Construction and Infrastructure practice and offering expert advice...
Pinsent Masons has announced the launch of a Tax practice in Doha to capitalise on work arising from Qatar and the UAE's decision to join an OECD initiative relating to transparency of tax affairs. Ian Anderson...
Tribonian Law Advisors (TLA) has enhanced its restructuring practice with the addition of partner Roupen Avsharianto the firm’s team. Avsharian’s practice focuses on multi-jurisdictional restructurings, corporate re-organisations and providing general counsel services to regulated and unregulated...
Hadef & Partners announced two partner appointments in its Dubai office. Tim Watkins (Corporate) and Melissa Quai Currie (Dispute Resolution) have been promoted, effective from January 1, 2015. Watkins has an extensive range of...
Afridi & Angell announced that James Bowden has been promoted to partner. Based in the Dubai office, Bowden advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and regulatory, technology outsourcing and...
