TROWERS & Hamlins has expanded its international network with a regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With unique approval from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) to open a non-trading representative office in Kuala Lumpur,...
ERIC Teo, former senior associate at Trowers & Hamlins has recently been promoted as partner. Teo is a specialist construction lawyer. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Teo was a project engineer in the construction...
ONE of the leading law firms in the Middle East, Al Tamimi & Company has recently promoted five new partners in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The five new partners are: Ammar Haykal Ammar...
THE Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (QICDRC) has appointed Christopher Grout as the new acting registrar. He will serve the Qatar International Court, which incorporates the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFC) Civil and Commercial...
THE Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has appointed Ian Johnston as its new chief executive. Johnston has been the DFSA’s deputy chief executive since 2009 and managing director since 2006. He began practicing law in...
ARMSTRONG Teasdale LLP, one of the leading US law firms with an international presence, is initiating a significant expansion of its Asian practice to handle the growing demand for intellectual property (IP), dispute resolution, transactional and...
GLOBAL law firm White & Case LLP is looking to strengthen its global mining capabilities with the recent hire of John Tivey. He joins the firm as a partner from Freehills in Australia, where he...
TLG, The Legal Group, has made Ammad Naser head of real estate. Naser previously worked as in-house counsel at Bangash Holdings, a real estate company based in Dubai. A spokesperson for TLG said his five...
NEALE Downes has joined Taylor Wessing’s Dubai office. Downes joins Taylor Wessing from Trowers & Hamlins’ Bahrain office, where he headed up its regional banking and finance practice. His expertise includes asset-backed and asset-based financing (including...
DLA Piper’s Kyiv office has been awarded ‘Foreign Law Firm of the year 2012’ at the Yuridicheskaya Practika weekly legal awards, which recently took place at the Hyatt hotel, Ukraine. Selected for the coveted title, by...
