Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

New partners in Baker Botts’ energy team

Baker Botts’ LLP domestic and international energy transactional team has two additions, Car los Solé and Jerem y Kennedy joined the firm as partners. They will be based in the firm’s Houston office. Solé and Kennedy...

New tax partner for SJ Berwin’s Middle East office

SJ Berwin’s Middle East office has a new partner, FANNY COMBOURIEU, an experienced and senior tax lawyer who has recently relocated from the Paris office of SJ Berwin.  Combourieu will be working with Middle East clients...

Norton Rose and Fullbright & Jaworski join forces

  Norton has announced that it will combine with US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski LLP on June 1, 2013 to form Norton Rose Fulbright.  The enlarged practice will have 55 offices internationally, including 11 offices and...

Richard Ernest joins Gibson Dunn in Dubai

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced that RICHARD ERNEST has joined the firm’s Dubai office as a partner. Previously a partner in the Abu Dhabi office of Clifford Chance, Ernest will continue his banking and...

Australian partner to become Global Chairman of Norton Rose

The Chairman of Norton Rose in Australia, partner ADRIAN AHERN will also become Global Chairman, effective from May 1, 2013. Ahern specialises in M&A and leads the financial institutions industry sector team in Asia Pacific. He...

ISFIN teams up with Uteem Chambers in Mauritius

ISFIN decided to team up with Uteem Chambers as exclusive representative for Mauritius.  Uteem Chambers is a leading Barristers’ Chambers highly considered in Banking and Finance, Securities law, corporate law, International tax and trusts laws as...

Clifford Chance continues Doha office expansion with Jason Mendens

In an expansionary move to support growing client demand for on-the-ground corporate transactional advice, JASON MENDENS, corporate partner, has joined the Doha office of Clifford Chance. Mendens was previously based in Clifford Chance’s Sydney office.  He...

Gibson Dunn hires Dubai international arbitration attorney

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced that KIRSTEN O’CONNELL has joined the firm’s Dubai office as an international arbitration associate. A US qualified attorney, she was previously with WilmerHale’s international arbitration group, based in the...

Norton Rose strengthens Bahrain practice

  International legal practice Norton Rose has announced that DAVID JOHNSTON has joined the projects and infrastructure practice in its Bahrain office as an associate. He joins from DLA Piper in Scotland and specialises in the...

Trowers & Hamlins expands its Oman banking team

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has appointed Islamic finance expert RIZA ISMAIL as a senior associate in the Banking and Finance department of its Oman office. The department’s expansion comes in response to the increasing...

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