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...
MAXIM Levinson, who joined Baker Botts as a corporate partner in 2008, has been named partner in charge of its Moscow office. Levinson succeeds Steve Wardlaw as partner in charge, who will divide his time...
MAHMOOD Ahmad, former vice president at Du has joined DLA Piper’s Dubai office as legal director. The Emirati’s experience spans both the public and private sectors having advised board members and governmental agencies for the...
LEADING Bahraini Law Firm Qays H. Zu’bi Attorneys & Legal Consultants has strengthened is corporate, banking and projects capabilities with the appointment of Rodger Murray as a senior legal consultant. Murray has more than 25...
