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• Dewey & LeBoeuf to restructure Middle East practice after further departures

  Apr 23 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf has initated a restructuring of its middle east operations, which could result in the closure of the firm’s Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha offices. The... more

• Slaughter & May and Allen and Overy make annual promotions

  Apr 04 2012 Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy have announced their annual partner promotions, with 23 made up at A&O and two made up at Slaughters. Slaughters elevated... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership

  Mar 29 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 20 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, the same number as were promoted last year. This year’s... more

• Clifford Chance elects two to partnership council

  Mar 01 2012 Clifford Chance has elected two new partners to its partnership council, elevating Italy banking head Giuseppe De Palma and Dubai banking partner Robin Abraham to... more

• Documentation and Due Diligence Procedure – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA):

  Feb 28 2012 Documentation and Due Diligence Procedure – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): - http://lawoutlaw.blog.com/2012/02/20/fatca-documentation-and-due-diligence/ more

• FATCA - A brief overview

  Feb 28 2012 FATCA – A brief Legislative Background FATCA-Dubai President Obama signed into law the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act (HR 2847) (the “Act”).... more

• Dubai International Financial Centre Courts open for business

  Jan 13 2012 The Dubai International Financial Centre Courts have ruled upon the first case to involve litigants outside of the Centre – opening the way for other international... more

• Kilpatrick Townsend forms alliance with Saudi firm Hani Qurashi

  Dec 07 2011 International law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and Saudi Arabian firm Hani Qurashi Law Firm have announced the formation of an exclusive Cooperation Agreement.... more

• GC at Boeing leads $18bn deal with Emirates Airlines

  Nov 16 2011 The General Counsel at Boeing, J. Michael Luttig, is leading an in-house team that will guide the largest sale of aircraft in the company’s 95 year history. The deal... more

• Dubai to operate common law courts in English language

  Nov 09 2011 Dubai has expanded the jurisdiction of the financial free-zone courts to allow foreign companies doing business in Dubai the option of using English-speaking courts to... more

• Simmons & Simmons boosts Saudi Arabia practice with Hogan Lovells hire

  Oct 25 2011 Simmons & Simmons has boosted its Saudi Arabia practice with the hire of Islamic finance expert Ahmed Butt from Hogan Lovells. Butt leaves his former role in Hogan... more

• Trowers & Hamlins appoints new head of UAE practice

  Sep 06 2011 Trowers & Hamlins has appointed Bahrain partner Abdullah Mutawi as the head of its United Arab Emirates practice, in a bid to give a boost to its Middle Eastern... more

• Dubai firm allies with Indian firm to expand aviation practice

  Aug 30 2011 Dubai-based law firm Donald H. Bunker and Associates has formed an alliance with Indian law firm Chandigarh-based Sarin & Co. Donald H. Bunker and Associates... more

• Norton Rose to lose four partners in Middle East

  Aug 08 2011 Norton Rose is set to lose four partners from its Middle East practice to other firms. Regional managing partner Campbell Steedman, a corporate lawyer based in... more

• Allen & Overy to launch Moroccan base

  Jul 27 2011 Allen & Overy is set to open an office in Casablanca in September, marking the first time a magic circle firm has ever opened its doors in Africa. The Moroccan... more

• Eversheds merges with Middle East consortium

  Jun 13 2011 London law firm Eversheds has expanded its Middle Eastern presence by merging with a Middle Eastern law consortium. The consortium operates under the name KSLG and... more

• Forty redundancies at Addleshaw Goddard

  May 24 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has announced plans to make 40 redundancies in its business services division support staff, as part of a major restructure. The cuts follow reports... more

• Ashurst boosts Middle East practice with Linkaters hire

  May 20 2011 Ashurst has bolstered its Middle East energy and infrastructure practice – hiring a partner from Linklaters and relocating another partner from London. David... more

• Clifford Chance focusses on Asia in 23-strong promotions round

  May 04 2011 Clifford Chance has announced the results of its 2011 partnership promotions round, elevating 23 lawyers to the partnership. The promotions reflect a strategic... more

• UK aviation firm Gates and Partners to launch in Dubai after Clyde & Co double hire

  Apr 19 2011 UK aviation boutique Gates and Partners has launched a base in Dubai after the hire of Clyde & Co senior partner and global aviation specialist Jim Edmunds. Edmunds is... more

• Ashurst makes up 12 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2011 Ashurst has promoted 12 lawyers to its partnership, up from 11 last year. The corporate practice saw the most promotions in this round, with five new partners. Two... more

• Allens promotes 21 to partnership globally

  Apr 04 2011 Allen & Overy has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 18 last year. Managing partner Wim Dejonghe said: "Our partner... more

• Clyde & Co set to launch Asian aviation finance practice after Ashurst hire

  Mar 15 2011 Clyde & Co is set to launch the Asian arm of the firm’s global aviation finance practice after the hire of Paul Jebely, Ashurst’s head of aviation for Asia, Middle... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership globally

  Mar 10 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the promotion of 20 lawyers to the partnership in a new promotions round. Nine of the new partners will join the... more

• Berwin boosts Middle East real estate practice with double hire

  Jan 28 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its Middle East real estate practice with the hire of two partners in Abu Dhabi. David Nunn leaves the partnership at Simmons &... more

• UAE firm Hadef & Partners promotes four to partnership in Dubai

  Jan 04 2011 UAE law firm Hadef & Partners has promoted four lawyers to its partnership in Dubai, bringing the total partner headcount to 18. Hadef’s Dubai managing partner... more

• Freshfields recruits A&O partner to lead Middle East and North Africa practice

  Dec 17 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Allen & Overy partner Pervez Akhtar as corporate head for the Middle East and North Africa practice, based in Dubai.... more

• White & Case forms alliance with Gide's Riyadh office

  Nov 10 2010 White & Case has moved to strengthen its Saudi presence after losing its Saudi sponsor to Latham & Watkins. The firm found its opportunity when Gide Loyrette Nouel... more

• Gide Loyrette & Nouel closes three offices in the Middle East

  Oct 28 2010 French firm Gide Loyrette & Nouel has announced that it will close its Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh offices, eliminating its presence in the Middle East region. The... more

• Nishith Desai and AZB complete Soros' 4 percent buy in BSE stake

  Oct 18 2010 Soros Group through Quantum (Mauritius) Limited, an FII registered with the SEBI has acquired approximately 4 percent equity in the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited... more

• US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf launches in Abu Dhabi

  Oct 08 2010 US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has launched an office in Abu Dhabi, making its fourth base in the Middle East alongside offices in Doha, Dubai and Riyadh. The new branch... more

• Latham boosts Middle East practice with new hire in Doha

  Aug 20 2010 Latham & Watkins has hired Ahmed Anani, the Qatar head of regional law firm Al Tamimi & Co. Mr Anani – a corporate partner – will join Latham later this year as a... more

• Clifford Chance promotes 22 lawyers to partnership

  May 04 2010 Clifford Chance has announced this year’s promotions, making up 22 new partners across the London, New York, Dubai, Moscow, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Duesseldorf,... more

• A&O promotes 25 associates to counsel

  Apr 28 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the promotion of 25 lawyers to counsel positions in their annual promotions round. This is a significant increase on last year’s numbers,... more

• Lovells invites 21 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2010 Lovells has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in the annual promotions round – an increase from the 19 that were appointed in 2009’s round, but down from the 31... more

• Allen & Overy make up 18 new partners in the 2010 round

  Mar 31 2010 Allen & Overy has made up 18 lawyers to its partnership across 13 countries, with the majority joining non-UK offices. The number is two less than that of 2009. The... more

• Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Latham lead on Dubai debt restructuring efforts

  Mar 29 2010 Latham & Watkins is advising the Dubai government on restructuring initiatives aimed at stabilizing its debt problems. On Thursday the government announced that it... more

• Ashurst advises creditors on Abu Dhabi bailout

  Dec 15 2009 Ashurst has scored a victory for the creditors of Dubai real estate company Nakheel with the news that they will be paid off through a bailout from the Abu Dhabi... more

• DLA Piper starts new Middle East redundancy round

  Dec 08 2009 DLA Piper has launched a third redundancy round in the Middle East region, announcing that it is to lay off another 9% of staff in the region in response to the... more

• Dubai debt group looks to Ashurst

  Dec 02 2009 Ashurst has picked up a key role advising a group of bondholders in relation to Dubai’s debt standstill. A group holding more than 25 percent of the nominal value... more

• Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy win top roles on Dubai World restructuring

  Nov 27 2009 Dubai World has turned to a number of its long-standing advisers on its restructuring, including Clifford Chance's Dubai office with partners Simon Clinton and Robin... more

• Kensington Swan to push ahead with Abu Dhabi office

  Nov 27 2009 The Auckland-based Kensington Swan law firm is about to open a branch in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Kensington Swan has more than five years... more

• DLA Dubai chief takes charge of Australian alliance

  Oct 30 2009 DLA Piper’s Dubai head has been named as CEO of the firm’s exclusive Australian alliance firm, DLA Phillips Fox. Tony Holland will assume the role on 15 February... more

• DLA's Middle East head steps down, Kuwait chief named as successor

  Oct 15 2009 DLA Piper’s Middle East regional managing partner David Church is to step down next year and will be replaced by the head of the firm’s Kuwait office, Abdul Aziz... more

• Lovells enters alliance with local Saudi firm Al-Yaqoub

  Sep 16 2009 Lovells has launched an association in Saudi Arabia with local firm Al Yaqoub Attorneys and Legal Advisers, a Riyadh-based three-lawyer firm led by former Trowers &... more

• K&L Gates launches Singapore arbitration practice

  Aug 18 2009 K&L Gates has appointed Raja Bose to head its international arbitration practice in Asia. Bose joins from Watson Farley & Williams’ Singapore office where he spent a... more

• DLA Piper lays off one in ten in its Middle East offices

  Jun 19 2009 In a second redundancy round in its Middle East offices, Uk law firm DLA Piper is cutting 22 jobs. The cuts affect one partner and nine fee earners. more

• Former Lovells Mid East chief joins Baker Botts

  May 26 2009 Baker Botts has hired former Lovells Middle East head Shibeer Ahmed in a boost for its Dubai project finance practice. Ahmed joined the US firm’s Dubai office... more

• DLA Piper to cut corporate, finance, and projects lawyers in Dubai

  Apr 06 2009 DLA Piper has announced it will eliminate 8 associates in its Dubai office. Falling demand is cited as the reason for the cutbacks. more

• UK law firm Trowers cuts seven Middle East associates

  Feb 25 2009 Trowers & Hamlins has cut seven lawyers in the Middle East, five in Dubai, the other two the firm's Saudi Arabia and Oman offices in Riyadh and Muscat. more

• Orrick plans double launch in Middle East

  Dec 16 2008 Orrick Herrington & ­Sutcliffe is targeting Middle East launches with plans for a dual assault on Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The firm's chairman Ralph Baxter said that... more

• Arendt & Medernach opens representative office in Dubai

  Nov 29 2008 Arendt & Medernach, one of the largest law firms in Luxembourg has opened a new office in Dubai within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). more

• Kilpatrick Stockton Expands to Middle East

  Nov 07 2008 Kilpatrick Stockton has opened a two-lawyer Dubai office to expand its construction practice into the Middle East. The office is starting with several U.S. clients... more

• Latham hires continue with Norton Rose recruit

  Oct 20 2008 Norton Rose has lost corporate partner Andrew Tarbuck to US giant Latham & Watkins in Dubai. The news comes just after Latham had announced the hire of a seven-partner... more

• DLA Piper relocates senior partner Peter Wayte to Dubai

  Sep 23 2008 DLA Piper is sending its Europe and Asia senior ­partner Peter Wayte to Dubai. With 120 lawyers in the Middle East, DLA Piper has taken on eleven new partners in... more

• Zaid Ibrahim first South East Asian law firm with Dubai licence

  Sep 23 2008 Malaysia's Zaid Ibrahim & Co has become the first South East Asian law firm to receive a licence from the Dubai Financial Services Authority to provide legal services... more

• King & Spalding opens eight offices in 18 months

  Sep 11 2008 Between 2000 and 2006, King & Spalding more than doubled the number of lawyers in its New York and Houston offices, the American Lawyer reports. Beginning with... more

• Abraaj Capital hires lawyers from Simpson Thacher and Allen & Overy

  Sep 10 2008 Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Capital has bolstered its team with the hire of two lawyers, Andrew Chvatal and Darius Jannat, from the New York office of... more

• Allen & Overy moves 20 lawyers to its Middle East offices

  Sep 08 2008 Six partners and 14 associates are set to relocate to Allen & Overy’s Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh offices in a move to boost the firm's Middle East banking, corporate,... more

• Simmons hires former Freshfields counsel Eric Milne in Dubai

  Sep 08 2008 Simmons & Simmons has strengthened its Middle East practice by adding former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer counsel Eric Milne as a partner in Dubai. Milne will head... more

• Latham signs up Linklaters Dubai banking partner

  Sep 02 2008 Latham & Watkins has secured a major boost in Dubai, as the firm’s Middle East drive gets underway in earnest, with the hire of a magic circle partner Tim Ross. more

• Linklaters transfers two City partners to Dubai

  Aug 29 2008 Linklaters’ expansion drive in the Middle East is set to continue with the transfer of two London-based partners – banking partner James Martin and capital markets... more

• Denton sends new partner Paul Stothard to Dubai

  Aug 13 2008 Denton Wilde Sapte is ramping up its Middle Eastern presence by sending Dispute resolution lawyer Paul Stothard, a newly-promoted London partner, to Dubai. more

• Linklaters helps provide infrastructure link in Vietnam

  Aug 11 2008 Linklaters has advised borrowers on the US$225m Saigon Premier Container Terminal port project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s first port built by foreign investment... more

• NYC's Curtis plans Dubai launch in September

  Aug 07 2008 New York firm Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle has revamped its management team ahead of its expansion into the Middle East. Curtis, which has been in the Middle... more

• Clifford Chance sends funds team to Dubai

  Jul 23 2008 Clifford Chance has highlighted the Middle East’s importance to the firm’s ­bottom line by relocating a funds team to the region. Partner Nigel Clark, who was made up... more

• Linklaters revamps Middle East management

  Jul 11 2008 Linklaters has overhauled its Middle East leadership team bringing in Milan co-managing partner Sarosh Mewawalla as Dubai managing partner and finance practice head.... more

• Latham & Watkins transfers City corporate head to Dubai

  Jul 09 2008 Latham & Watkins is reshuffling its corporate team with the head of its London corporate group, Bryant Edwards, moving to the Middle East. M&A partner Charles Fuller... more

• King & Spalding Opens Office in Abu Dhabi

  Jun 03 2008 King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today the establishment of an office in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. With a total... more

• Freshfields increases activity in Middle East

  May 28 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's finance partners Bob Charlton and Charles July, and corporate partner Ian Poynton, have recently relocated to the region. To date the... more

• Clyde & Co. strengthens Middle East by adding new partners and 50 associates

  May 18 2008 Clyde & Co. currently employs over 100 lawyers and paralegals in offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha making it the largest international law firm in the GCC. The... more

• Herbert Smith and Leading Saudi Law Firm Join Hands

  Apr 28 2008 Herbert Smith, a London-based law firm with over 1,200 lawyers in branches world-wide, has established a formal and exclusive association in Saudi Arabia with the Al... more

• Is Dubai overlawyered?

  Apr 01 2008 More than 160 years after the discovery of a few gold nuggets turned San Francisco into a boomtown, a different type of gold rush is underway 13,000 miles east in the... more

• Reed Smith moves to boost shipping teams

  Mar 26 2008 Reed Smith Richards Butler is upping its focus on its international shipping practice with the relocation of a lawyer apiece to Dubai and Hong Kong. Partner Adam... more

• Latham confirms ambitious Gulf push

  Feb 19 2008 Latham & Watkins has officially unveiled plans to open up in the Middle East, which will see the US giant take the bold step of launching three offices in the region.... more

• Freshfields to place City staff in Dubai, Moscow and China

  Jan 22 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's corporate practice is upping its focus on mobility as the internationalisation of the legal profession continues. Fresh from the... more

• Fulbright builds in Dubai as Gulf push continues

  Jan 16 2008 Fulbright & Jaworski has moved to boost its energy practice in the Middle East, hiring one new partner and relocating another to Dubai as US firms continue to target... more

• Freshfields rainmaker spearheads Middle East push

  Jan 10 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will parachute its former London head of finance to the Middle East as part of a renewed focus on the region. Bob Charlton will become... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf raids Akin Gump to secure Dubai base

  Jan 05 2008 Dewey & LeBoeuf has raided the Dubai office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld for its first launch since last October's merger between Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb... more

• Taylor Wessing merges with Dubai associate firm

  Dec 21 2007 Taylor Wessing is venturing out of European borders and launching a Dubai office through a merger with its Dubai-based associated firm Key & Dixon. The merger, which... more