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 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...
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 & 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...
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...
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...
Bird & Bird has welcomed partner BRETT HAILEY to its London office and International Aviation Sector Group. Brett is recognised as a leading aircraft financing and leasing lawyer and brings more than 20 years of...
Linklaters has appointed PAULINE DEBRÉ as counsel and head of its Intellectual Property (IP) department in Paris. Debré’s arrival strengthens the existing team, which faces ever-increasing demands from clients on all aspects of IP law. ...
DLA Piper has announced that the firm’s application to practice international law in the Republic of Korea had been approved by the Ministry of Justice in Korea, and the firm will open its new office in...
PATTON Boggs LLP has announced that Brian J. Pierce has joined the firm’s Corporate Finance practice group as a partner. Pierce, who will work throughout Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, joins Patton Boggs from...
