King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin announced last month its association with the Law Office of Majed Almarshad in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The new Riyadh office, which opened on 27 January 2014, was established by...
Dentons announced that Jonathan Nash has joined its Abu Dhabi office as a partner in the energy practice. Nash joins from Vinson & Elkins where he was the managing partner of the firm’s Abu Dhabi office....
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has further strengthened its corporate team with the hire of partner Tom Butcher in the UAE. Butcher, who was previously Counsel at Allen & Overy in Abu Dhabi, joined the...
Hogan Lovells announced the promotion of 29 new partners in various practice areas across its global practice, which was effective from January 1, 2014. In addition to the 29 new partners, 38 new appointments to the...
Baker & McKenzie has enhanced its M&A offering in the UAE with the hire of Will Seivewright who joins the firm as a partner in Dubai. Seivewright joins Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla from Latham...
Trowers & Hamlins has appointed Islamic finance expert Elias Moubarak as a senior associate in the Banking and Finance department of its Dubai office. Moubarak joins the firm from the Dubai office of magic circle law...
ANNA ANATOLITOU joined Bird & Bird as partner at the end of December 2013 to spearhead the growth of Bird & Bird’s Middle East aviation and dispute resolution practices. Anatolitou was general counsel of the Air...
DLA Piper announced that its Intellectual Property and Technology team has been commended by Who’s Who Legal 2013. Jamie Ryder, senior legal consultant, has been listed within the Sports and Entertainment category, commended for his work...
Norton Rose Fulbright’s senior corporate partner DAVID BAYLIS has relocated from London to become regional Head of Corporate, M&A and securities in the Middle East. This follows on from Baylis’ appointment to Head of the Abu...
EMILE BOULOS has been appointed as a partner at Tribonian Law Advisors in the Dubai office of the firm effective from November 1, 2013. Boulos’ practice focuses on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, share disposals,...
