Middle East/United Arab Emirates - Page 2
Dubai International Arbitration Centre refreshes leadership in modernisation drive
Robert Stephen, former registrar of defunct DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, joins DIAC as new management is finalised
Reed Smith targets Middle East entertainment work with senior DLA Piper hire
Leading media and IP specialist Jamie Ryder joins Reed Smith in Dubai as it extends practice to the region
Clyde & Co secures 13-lawyer team from PwC in Middle East corporate push
Trio of PwC practice heads among those to defect in what is thought to be largest Middle East team move in years
Brodies moves into Middle East with Abu Dhabi launch
Leading Scottish firm establishes Middle East LLP and relocates partners to service energy and oil and gas clients locally
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Clifford Chance elects 32 new partners in diverse round
Twelve women included in round that sees 39% of new US and UK partners come from minority ethnic backgrounds
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HFW secures DWF’s global infrastructure co-head in Dubai as DWF makes double insurance hire
As Slava Kiryushin moves across to HFW, DWF adds insurance partner duo in Dubai from Kennedys
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Allen & Overy and King & Spalding snap up Shearman & Sterling partners in Paris and UAE
International departures from New York firm continue in wake of its now shelved merger talks with Hogan Lovells.
Climate change and energy transition to heat up Middle East disputes landscape
ESG risk among topics discussed at ADGM’s flagship RESOLVE event in Abu Dhabi
The full English? UAE adds English in disputes reforms
New language rules are designed to make the UAE a more desirable place to resolve disputes, write King & Spalding's Ben Williams and Kateryna Frolova
IP firm Petošević merges with Middle Eastern service provider CWB Group
Two leading IP companies with roots in Eastern Europe and the Middle East combine to create
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Gibson Dunn adds seven-strong team from Shearman & Sterling for Abu Dhabi launch
Hire of team including corporate and projects partner trio sees US firm double Middle East lawyer headcount
Guide to living and working as a lawyer in the Middle East
Everything you need to know about relocating to the Gulf region by Ciarán O’Connor of Nicholas Scott Global Legal Recruitment
Gibson Dunn targets Dubai growth with hire of senior corporate partner from Shearman & Sterling
Los Angeles giant says Shearman's former global co-head of corporate will help it grow its regional footprint
Baker McKenzie sets up interim Dubai management team as it splits with local arm’s executive chair over Tweets
Global firm also seeks new office as it responds to controversy over top local lawyer's anti-gay views
HFW makes double partner hire in Dubai from shipping rival Clyde & Co
UK firm hails 'very significant' hires and promises further Middle East investment
DIFC Courts in spotlight as Irish judges resign under pressure from human rights campaigners
Top Irish politician said judges were being deliberately used to legitimise regime
Arbitration services business Arbitra adds four new members
Group has increased its member headcount to 35 from 18 since launching a year ago
Dentons hires DWF’s former Middle East finance and banking head as a partner
Umera Ali will split her time between the firm’s Dubai and Riyadh offices
Ex-Singapore politician launches Dubai’s first regulated NFT investment company
Cedar White Bradley advised Calvin Cheng Web3 Holdings, which was set up under Dubai’s new digital assets law
Dust settles on Dubai arbitration reforms as DIFC-LCIA’s Robert Stephen joins boutique
Registrar of superseded centre lands at Ghaffari Partners as international opinion remains divided over shake-up
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