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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.
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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...
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Apr 28 2011
Herbert Smith has promoted 13 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round – down from 18 last year.
The firm has made up six lawyers in London, two...
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Feb 23 2011
Covington & Burling’s Middle East alliance firm Institution Quaraysh for Law & Policy has announced the imminent launch of offices in Riyadh and King Abdullah Economic...
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Jan 14 2011
Global law firm Jones Day has announced that it will open three offices in Saudi Arabia in 2011, linking up with Saudi firm Al Sulaim & Al Awaji International Law Firm...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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Apr 22 2010
US firm Crowell & Moring has boosted its presence in the Middle East and North Africa with plans to open an affiliate office in Cairo under the sponsorship of Hegazy &...
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Apr 21 2010
Norton Rose has made up 11 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, just one partner down from last years figures, when 12 partners were made up....
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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 &...
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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...
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Jun 30 2009
Clifford Chance announced that a team in the Washington D.C. office advised Export Import Bank of the United States and Export Development Canada with respect to their...
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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.
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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...
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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,...
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Dec 10 2007
Norton Rose has agreed an association with a Saudi Arabian law firm to launch a new office in the kingdom. The City firm has allied itself with 15-lawyer firm...
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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...
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