BAKER Botts LLP has named Van Beckwith, partner in charge-recruiting. He will lead and expand the firm’s effort to recruit outstanding new lawyers from top law schools, while providing support in recruiting lateral partners and practice...
INTERNATIONAL legal practice, Norton Rose LLP has appointed Neil O’May to provide criminal law and regulatory expertise as a partner in its London litigation and dispute resolution practice. O’May has advised prominent organisations on international...
SNR Denton has recently announced that Kenneth A. Wright Jr. has joined the firm as a partner in its capital markets practice in New York. He represents issuers, underwriters, placement agents, dealers, private investors and other...
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...
