The firm has strengthened its Middle East shipping and insurance litigation practice with the addition of Ed Newitt as a partner in its Dubai office. Newitt’s practice is centred on commercial litigation and all forms of...
Trowers & Hamlins has expanded its private wealth offering in the Middle East by welcoming new partner Alastair Glover. Glover joins from Gowling WLG (formerly Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP) in Dubai where he was...
CMS Dubai is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoff Smith as a legal director in its Real Estate team. Smith joins CMS from Afridi & Angell, where he spent four years as a senior associate...
Afridi & Angell has announced that Bashir Ahmed has been elected as the new managing partner effective November 1, 2016. Ahmed succeeds Amjad Ali Khan who has overseen the firm’s growth for over a decade. A...
Nayiri Boghossian has recently joined the firm of Al Owais Advocates and Legal Consultants, a boutique dispute resolution firm based in Dubai. Previously a partner and the head of the regional dispute resolution practice at Eversheds,...
King & Wood Mallesons has elected London partner Tim Bednall as its new EUME managing partner. Bednall takes up the position with immediate effect and for a term of three years. Tim Bednall is a leading Corporate...
The firm announced that Steedman has joined the firm as managing partner, Middle East. He was most recently a partner at White & Case. Steedman’s practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and privatisations...
Nadim Khan has joined the Jones Day as a partner in its Projects and Infrastructure Practice. He will be based in Jones Day’s Dubai International Financial Centre office, in Dubai. An attorney for more than 20...
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has significantly strengthened its presence in Geneva and Paris with the appointment of new partners. Olivier Bazin will be the newest Partner to join the Geneva office, effective January 2017. Bazin is...
Curtis expanded its Middle East team with the addition of Alastair Holland as a partner in its Dubai office from September 1, 2016. Holland has worked in the UAE since 2008, latterly as managing partner of...
