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• Holland & Knight opens office in Abu Dhabi

  Sep 26 2008 Holland & Knight LLP has opened a law office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Holland & Knight, which has represented clients in the region on a wide variety of... 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

• 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

• Clifford Chance to open second office in Abu Dhabi

  Aug 12 2008 Clifford Chance’s new office in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, opened with three partners and eight associates. Its Dubai-based banking & finance... more

• DLA Piper adds another partner to booming Abu Dhabi office

  Aug 11 2008 DLA Piper’s Abu Dhabi office in Al Bateen will see the addition of its fifth partner Duncan Pickering who will relocate to the firms second office in the United Arab... 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

• Magnet of Middle East attracts top City law firms

  Aug 05 2008 Clifford Chance, the world's biggest law firm by revenue, opened a new office in Abu Dhabi earlier this week with 14 lawyers drawn from offices including London. The... more

• Simmons & Simmons strengthens Asia ADR practice with new Hong Kong partner

  Jul 29 2008 To boost the support for Asian clients who are increasingly investing in the Middle East and Middle Eastern clients who are looking to do business in Asia, Simmons &... 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

• DLA Piper Forms New Association In Saudi Arabia

  Jul 09 2008 DLA Piper has established an association with Saudi Arabian lawyer, Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily in order to develop its presence in Saudi Arabia. DLA Piper was formerly... more

• Hogan & Hartson launches in Abu Dhabi

  Jul 03 2008 Hogan & Hartson is to launch in Abu Dhabi next month - the firm’s first-ever office in the Middle East. The Washington DC-headquartered firm will be sending Ray Batla,... more

• Freshfields to Open in Abu Dhabi

  Jun 04 2008 U.K. law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will open in Abu Dhabi now that its application has been fast-tracked. The law firm already has offices in Dubai and Bahrain. more

• Dentons adds in Gulf with Kuwait capture

  Jun 03 2008 Denton Wilde Sapte has added to its network of offices in the Middle East after taking on the Kuwait office of US law firm Bryan Cave. The new office, which will... 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

• WongPartnership steps up Middle East activity

  Jun 02 2008 Singapore firm WongPartnership has announced that it has secured a licence to open a new office in Abu Dhabi. It is intended that the new office will become the centre... 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

• Freshfields seals Saudi ties with local firm

  May 23 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has formalised its presence in Saudi Arabia by setting up an association with local firm Salah Al-Hejailan. The tie-up, which will... 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

• DLA launches in Abu Dhabi while other top firms still waiting for licenses

  Apr 20 2008 DLA Piper is to formally launch in Abu Dhabi later this month, with projects and finance partner Stephen Webb -- currently based at the firm's Dubai office --... more

• Law Firms Find Work Abroad as U.S. Mergers Hit a Low

  Apr 19 2008 As the credit crisis drove first-quarter U.S. mergers and acquisitions down 54 percent to $248.1 billion from $536.3 billion last year, deal volume in Asia, Latin... more

• Lawyers In The Middle East - Check Before You Jump

  Apr 07 2008 Lawyers seeking work in the Middle East, attracted by monstrous salaries and exciting work prospects, need to also carefully research the firms they plan to work for.... 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

• 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

• Latham and Freshfields Make Middle East Push as Firms Target New Markets

  Feb 15 2008 Latham & Watkins and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are set for key strategic initiatives in the Middle East as top law firms move to ramp up their practices in the... more

• Clifford Chance joins Gulf rush with April Abu Dhabi launch

  Jan 29 2008 Clifford Chance is to strengthen its presence in the Middle East with the opening of a new office in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi. The new... 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

• IBA's 'Islamic Finance in the Middle East' conference to address Islamic banking regulatory challenges

  Jan 02 2008 Al Tamimi & Company Advocates and Legal Consultants, one of the leading law firms in the Arabian Gulf region, today announced that it will co-chair the upcoming... more

• White & Case opens doors in Abu Dhabi

  Dec 04 2007 White & Case is ramping up in the Middle East by launching in Abu Dhabi - the firm's second office in the region. The firm, which has an association office in Riyadh... more