Ziyad Hadi promoted to partner
ZIYAD HADI of Afridi & Angell has been promoted to the role partner at the firm’s Dubai office. Hadi specialises in M&A and joint ventures, as well as general corporate/ commercial matters. He has many years...
- Gordon Brothers strengthens Middle East presence with Dubai launch
- Dubai International Arbitration Centre broadens reach to Vietnam
- New Lex Mundi GC Summit Report highlights harnessing the potential of GenAI
- Pinsent Masons launches Vario in the Middle East
- Clyde & Co strengthens its presence in the KSA, in line with RHQ Programme
- Launch of new law firm in the UAE by former General Counsel of Aster DM Healthcare
- Meysan Partners launches in London
Movers & Shakers
Ian Dalley joins Dentons
Dentons announced that IAN DALLEY has joined its Abu Dhabi office as a partner in the Construction practice. Dalley joins from DLA Piper where he was a legal director. Dalley specialises in international engineering projects and...
Baker Botts’ partner-in-charge change
Baker Botts has announced that effective January 1, 2014, senior partner, JOHN LONSBERG, will assume the post of partner-in-charge for the Baker Botts Middle East offices. Lonsberg follows partner-in-charge BOB JORDAN, who spent the past four...
Latham & Watkins expands ME practice
Latham & Watkins LLP announced that 20 associates have been elected to the partnership and 24 associates have been promoted to the role of counsel, effective January 1, 2014. The group includes lawyers from across a...
Charles Russell appoints senior associate
Charles Russell LLP announced the appointment of OWEN DELANEY, who has joined the Doha, Qatar office as a senior associate in the Construction and Real Estate team, and will be assisting clients in a broad range...
New partner for Simmons & Simmons
Simmons & Simmons has expanded its dispute resolution and construction team in the Middle East with the appointment of partner DAVID RISBRIDGER in the UAE. Risbridger, who was previously head of dispute resolution and construction in...
Robin Balmer joins Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright strengthened its Middle East finance practice with the arrival of new banking of counsel, ROBIN BALMER. Balmer joins from Clifford Chance in Dubai where he was a senior banking lawyer in the Islamic...
Big moves at Taylor Wessing
Taylor Wessing announced that MARK FRASER has been appointed as managing partner which took effect from November 1, 2013. Fraser succeeded Christopher Dixon who had been the managing partner for over eight years. Dixon will remain...
Dentons grows its ME Debt Capital Markets practice
Dentons announced the addition of ALEX ROUSSOS to the firm’s Dubai office as a partner. Alex joins from Norton Rose Fulbright’s Dubai office where he has been of counsel since 2011. Prior to that he was...
New partner for Galadari
Galadari, Advocates & Legal Consultants have appointed MOJAHED AL SEBAE as partner. Al Sebae brings with him local and international experience to the firm, specifically in Commercial, Corporate, Real Estate, Employment and Litigation. Having lived in...
