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Latham, Skadden and Hogan Lovells advise on $3.5bn Qatar development finance deal
Latham & Watkins, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom and Hogan Lovells have taken roles relating to Qatari Diar Finance's $3.5bn (£2.2bn) bond offering, as part of Qatar's plan to target international finance to fund domestic development. Latham represen...
29 Jul 2010 | 16:20
Latham set for Middle East boost with hire of Al Tamimi's Qatar head
Latham & Watkins is on course to boost its Middle East practice after signing up the Qatar head of leading regional law firm Al Tamimi & Co. Corporate commercial partner Ahmad Anani is expected to join the US-based law firm later this year as a par...
29 Jul 2010 | 10:09
Clydes recruits Middle East IP chief from DLA
Clyde & Co has boosted its Middle East intellectual property (IP) group with the hire of a partner from DLA Piper. Joycia Young, who specialises in IP and franchising, was head of IP for the Middle East, South Asia and Africa (MESA) region at DLA a...
28 Jul 2010 | 13:09
Dentons signs up Simmons partner in boost for Middle East energy practice
Denton Wilde Sapte has added to its Middle East energy practice with the hire of a Simmons & Simmons partner. Stuart Cavet joined Dentons in Abu Dhabi earlier this month (18 July) from Simmons' Qatar office. Cavet joined Simmons as a partner in ...
26 Jul 2010 | 12:44
CC relocates high-profile partner to lead Middle East corporate practice
Clifford Chance (CC) is relocating two high-profile corporate partners within its international network of offices. City partner Guy Norman is taking on a brief to develop the magic circle firm's Middle East corporate practice from October after th...
13 Jul 2010 | 14:35
Simmons appoints Middle East finance chief as former head returns to London
Simmons & Simmons has appointed a new Middle East finance head as City partner Philip Abbott returns to London after his secondment to the region. The Middle East financial markets group will now be overseen by Qatar partner Samer Eido, who has bee...
13 Jul 2010 | 09:33
Linklaters and A&O win roles on $14bn Saudi oil financing deal
Linklaters and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken lead roles on the $14bn (£9.3bn) financing of Saudi Aramco Total Refinery and Petrochemical Company's (SATORP) Jubail refinery in Saudi Arabia. A&O advised SATORP - which is 62.5% owned by Saudi Aramco...
30 Jun 2010 | 16:18
RBS names Dentons partner as Middle East and Africa head of legal
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed its first Middle East and Africa head of legal with the hire of Denton Wilde Sapte banking partner Sarah Byrch. Byrch, who was based in Dentons' Oman office, took on the position permanently at the end of ...
30 Jun 2010 | 01:11
CC's Wellings set for Dubai move in Middle East corporate push
Clifford Chance (CC) City partner Nigel Wellings is set to relocate to Dubai next week (30 June) as the magic circle firm moves to boost its corporate offering in the region. Wellings has spent his entire legal career with CC, having joined as a tr...
23 Jun 2010 | 15:40
Freshfields and Linklaters take lead roles on RBS's sale of UAE assets
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) on its acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) retailing business in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), marking the first purchase of its kind by a UAE bank. The dea...
17 Jun 2010 | 13:02
CC hands litigation partner Lovett second term as Middle East chief
Clifford Chance (CC) has reelected its Gulf managing partner with litigator Graham Lovett set to serve another term as the leader of the magic circle firm's Middle East practice. The appointment came after CC partners in the region voted in favour ...
15 Jun 2010 | 09:25
Commentary: After the downfall, chastened Dubai adjusts to the times
Dubai, the gaudiest of financial centres, has lived its short existence in the glare of public life. As such, it was inevitable that the default of Dubai World would not only teach the emirate a chastening lesson but provide a singularly public restru...
01 Jun 2010 | 05:48 | 
Middle East: Struggling for breath
Perhaps it's something to do with the heat, but there appears to be a shortage of air in the Middle East. A recurring theme when speaking to partners in the region is breathing: conversations are peppered with references to 'negotiating breathing spac...
01 Jun 2010 | 05:45 |
Gaining authority - Corporate Counsel Forum Middle East
On the face of it, the Dubai Financial Services Authority's (DFSA's) investigation into the misuse of assets belonging to the jeweller Damas makes very grim reading for anyone championing corporate governance in the Gulf. The three brothers who con...
01 Jun 2010 | 05:45 |
Bird & Bird Middle East debut gets approval from partnership
Bird & Bird is set to launch its first Middle East office after partners approved plans for a base in Abu Dhabi last week. The expansive City firm filed an application to practise in Abu Dhabi earlier this week following a firmwide vote, which clos...
26 May 2010 | 09:56
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