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• Qatar should adopt legal education standards, says expert

  Mar 20 2012 Qatar and other Gulf states must adopt standards for legal and judicial education to support the influx of foreign investment in the region, Robert Musgrove, chief... more

• Clifford Chance advises industrial and trading company in UAE acquistion

  Jun 29 2011 Clifford Chance has taken a leading role on the acquisition of a 35% stake in UAE-based mobile handset retailer and distributor Axiom Limited by Qatar-based Mannai... more

• Irish firm McGrigors to launch in Doha

  Mar 17 2011 Irish firm McGrigors has been granted a licence to establish a branch office in Doha, Qatar by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority.The Dohar office will be led by... more

• Gulf firm Al Tamimi promotes three to partnership

  Mar 03 2011 Gulf firm Al Tamimi has promoted three lawyers to the partnership. The honours go to Khaled Saqqaf, who heads the firms Jordan and Iraq offices, and to Qatar-based... more

• Clifford Chance set to launch in Qatar

  Jan 25 2011 Clifford Chance is set to launch an office in Qatar on the receipt of licence approval. The new base will be headed finance partner Richard Parris and counsel Greg... more

• Qatar gives qualified access to foreign firms

  Jan 05 2011 Qatar has opened its legal services market to foreign law firms for the first time. International law firms with 15 years of continuous experience in their countries... more

• Qatar opens international dispute resolution centre

  Dec 15 2010 Qatar’s prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani has officially opened a civil and commercial court and regulatory tribunal for the Qatar financial centre.... 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

• Three firms advise on $3.5 billion Qatar Diar Finance bond offering

  Jul 29 2010 Latham & Watkins, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom and Hogan Lovells have taken leading roles on Qatari Diar Finance's $3.5 billion bond offering. Qatari Diar Finance, a... more

• Herbert Smith and Latham & Watkins lead sale of Harrods

  May 11 2010 Herbert Smith and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Al Fayed’s sale of the iconic department store Harrods to the investment arm of the Qatari Investment... more

• Allen & Overy to launch in Qatar

  Feb 17 2010 One week after its move into the Australian market , magic circle firm Allen & Overy is set to launch an office in Qatar with the relocation of Robert Porter. The... more

• White & Case's last Middle East partner leaves for Latham

  Feb 06 2010 White & Case has lost its 13th partner to US rival Latham & Watkins in one week. Doha-based M&A specialist Andrew Macklin, the last remaining head of White & Case’s... more

• White & Case to open third Middle East office in Qatar

  Jul 28 2009 White & Case will launch a new office in Doha, Qatar, which will be headed by London-based corporate partner Andrew Macklin. The new office will be White & Case's... 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