Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

Vinson & Elkins expands corporate practice

Vinson & Elkins announced  that it has hired Bader Thabti as counsel in the energy transactions and projects group of the corporate team in London. Thabti’s practice focuses on the development, structuring, financing and restructuring of complex...

WFW welcomes four new partners in Dubai

Watson Farley & Williams has announced a major expansion of its Dubai office with the arrival of new partners Natalie Jensen, Rita Al Semaani Jansen, Khalid Hamed and Alastair Holland, along with a team comprising a...

Baker McKenzie strengthens transactional practice in Abu Dhabi

Baker McKenzie, has announced the relocation of leading funds partner, James Burdett, from London to Abu Dhabi. This strategic move underscores the firm’s commitment to further expanding and strengthening its transactional practice group within the Middle...

Promotions at Uppercase Legal Advisory

Uppercase Legal Advisory DMCC announced the promotion of three key executives to expand and strengthen its footprint in UAE. The firm launched its operations in UAE in December 2023 through a press conference in Dubai and...

Darren Mullins joins HKA in Dubai as partner

HKA has announced a key hire in its Forensic Accounting and Commercial Damages (FACD) practice as Darren Mullins joins the firm as Partner based in Dubai. Mullins has over 18 years of experience and is a...

John Lewis joins Stephenson Harwood as partner

Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its dispute resolution practice in the Middle East with the arrival of partner John Lewis, who joins the firm in Dubai. Lewis has practiced in the Middle East for more than...

Reed Smith enhances ESG offering with partner hire

Reed Smith has announced that Tallat Hussain will be joining as partner in its Energy and Natural Resources Group, based out of the London office. Hussain brings decades of specialist environmental, social and related governance (ESG)...

Leah Weldon-Evans joins Simmons & Simmons in Dubai

Simmons & Simmons has announced the appointment of Leah Weldon-Evans as of counsel in its Dubai office. Weldon-Evans joins the firm from HSBC Dubai, where she served as associate general counsel, bringing with her extensive expertise...

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