Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

Partner promotions at K&L Gates

K&L Gates announced that Nazanin Aleyaseen, Simon Mabin and Rabih Tabbara have been named partners in the Dubai office. Their promotions to the partnership are effective from March 1, 2015. Nazanin Aleyaseen is a member of the...

Liddington promoted to HoD

Hadef & Partners announced that employment specialist, Jamie Liddington, has been promoted to head of department in the Dubai office. Liddington, a member of the Dispute Resolution Team, will spearhead the firm’s Employment Law practice advising...

Nabarro grows Dubai team

Ravinder Bhullar has joined Nabarro’s Dubai office as a disputes partner.  Bhullar, who arrives from Baker Botts, specialises in heavyweight international construction disputes and arbitration. His lateral hire brings the Nabarro team in Dubai to three...

Jeremy Cohen announced as UKMEA CEO

Jeremy Cohen has been appointed UKMEA CEO of Dentons effective March 16, 2015, succeeding Matthew Jones whose fixed, four-year term concludes on March 15, 2015. A partner in the firm since 2000, Cohen leads UKMEA's Corporate...

Eversheds El Heni announces new partner

The Tunisian office of law firm Eversheds, Eversheds El Heni, announced that Emna Louati has become a partner of the firm effective January 2015. A licensed attorney at the Tunisian Bar, Emna Louati joined Eversheds El...

Beaton relocates to Abu Dhabi

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...

HFW’s new managing partners

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...

CC’s strategic appointments

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. ...

Third term lucky for Parish

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...

Promotions galore at Zu’bi & Partners

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...

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