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Eversheds hires three partners for City pensions group
Eversheds has added three partners to its London pensions practice with the hire of two laterals from Squire Sanders and an of counsel from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The Squire Sanders partner duo, Emma King and Sarah Franklin, both join from...
10 Feb 2012 | 00:00
A&O and Linklaters top slim 2011 EMEA capital markets rankings as volumes dip
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have topped Thomson Reuters’ EMEA rankings for bank roles on debt and equity capital markets (ECM) transactions in 2011 – a year in which the volume of debt issues fell more than 7%. A&O advised managers on 47...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Legal Week to launch new awards event for Middle East lawyers
Legal Week is set to launch a new awards ceremony recognising the achievements of lawyers working in the Middle East, with the inaugural event to take place in Dubai later this year. The Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards, which will take place a...
17 Jan 2012 | 11:13
Clydes signs up Trowers' former Abu Dhabi chief for local office
Clyde & Co has grown its Middle East practice with the hire of Trowers & Hamlins' former Abu Dhabi head Adrian Creed. Creed, a project finance lawyer, joined the firm last month, taking the total number of partners in Clydes' local office to five.
12 Jan 2012 | 08:30 | 
Freshfields and leading silks advise Bahrain Govt on human rights reform
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and two leading silks have won roles advising the Government of Bahrain on human rights reforms following the Arab Spring uprisings last year. Sir Daniel Bethlehem QC from 20 Essex Street and Blackstone's Sir Jeffrey ...
04 Jan 2012 | 15:33 |
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Qatari Diar calls for pitches for first-ever panel
Middle East real estate investment and development company Qatari Diar is set to appoint its first-ever legal panel, with 46 firms worldwide invited to pitch. The company has requested proposals from the selected firms to be submitted by 17 January 20...
16 Dec 2011 | 11:25 |
Middle East and African Law Firm of the Year: Al Tamimi & Company
With 10 offices in six countries, Al Tamimi & Company is the largest law firm in the Middle East and has a vision to be the firm of choice across the region. Its strategy to support this goal has witnessed a sustained hiring programme, investment in t...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Herbert Smith, Links advise on Saudi holy city rail project
Herbert Smith and Linklaters are advising on a €6.5bn (£5.6bn) project to build a high-speed rail link to connect the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Herbert Smith is advising the Saudi-Spanish consortium selected to build the r...
24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
CC and Bakers advice on financing for flagship $10.8bn Saudi project
Clifford Chance (CC) and Baker & McKenzie have advised on the second phase of financing for a $10.8bn (£6.8bn) aluminium development in Saudi Arabia. CC advised a consortium led by 15 banks, including the Arab National Bank and The Saudi Investmen...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Hogan Lovells puts global growth at top of agenda in three-year strategy
Hogan Lovells is putting international expansion and client development at the centre of its first post-merger strategy review. The transatlantic law firm has drawn up a list of key jurisdictions it would like to enter by the close of December 2014...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
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Norton Rose partner quits Abu Dhabi base for Standard Chartered amid spate of exits
Norton Rose has lost another Middle East partner, with Abu Dhabi corporate finance specialist Patrick Watson-Thorp leaving the firm to take a senior in-house role at Standard Chartered. Watson-Thorp is joining the financial services company as co-h...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
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Freshfields appoints new Middle East & North Africa managing partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Dubai corporate partner Pervez Akhtar as regional managing partner for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Akhtar took up a three-year term in the role with effect from 1 October, replacing M&A partne...
05 Oct 2011 | 11:42 |
CC procurement chief appointed as UAE law firm's first-ever CEO
Middle East law firm Habib Al Mulla & Company has recruited a senior business manager from Clifford Chance (CC) as its new chief executive officer. The UAE firm has hired CC’s Italy general manager Rob Morris, who is also the magic circle firm’...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
K&L Gates opens second Middle East branch with Qatar launch
K&L Gates has launched an office in Qatar, with Dewey & LeBoeuf’s former Doha chief, Kenneth Freeling, charged with heading the base. The firm received its licence from the Qatar Financial Centre late last month (23 August) after applying to open...
08 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Wragges continues Middle East push with Dubai office launch
Wragge & Co has launched a branch in Dubai, marking the UK top 30 law firm's entry into the largest legal market in the Middle East. The office opened today (6 September) under the firm's existing joint venture with local lawyer Mohamed Al Mehairi ...
06 Sep 2011 | 11:06 |
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