Mishcon de Reya and Teacher Stern have replaced Irwin Mitchell and HowardKennedyFsi to win lead roles on a Saudi prince’s long-running battle to have his dispute with a shareholder heard in private. Still, Irwin Mitchell may have seen it coming, since it was itself parachuted in last year to replace Clifford Chance in advising HRH […]
Both Irwin Mitchell and HowardKennedyFsi have been replaced on a Saudi Prince’s battle with a former shareholder which is headed for the Supreme Court next month. HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has so far lost fights to have his case against fellow investor Faisal Almhairat’s company Apex Global Management heard in […]
Nabarro has doubled its Dubai office, adding a Dentons associate, local barrister and counsel in a bid to beef up its constructions disputes practice overseas. Dentons energy associate Nick Kramer joins the firm as a partner and head of commercial and construction in the Middle East. He is joined by local counsel Aarta Alkarimi and […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) has re-hired oil and gas specialist Judith Kim from Ashurst to become the fifteenth partner in its Dubai office. Kim joins from Ashurst where she was a partner in energy, resources and infrastructure in the Middle East. She also has in-house experience as senior legal counsel for Shell. Kim returns to A&O’s […]
Taylor Wessing has announced three lateral partner hires for its private client practice and construction teams in London and Dubai. Antoaneta Proctor will join the Taylor Wessing team this month as a partner from Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, Elaine Dobson will join the firm as head of residential property from Bircham Dyson Bell, and Nick Carnell […]
Watson Farley & Williams has today (18 September) launched its first office in the Middle East, based in Dubai. The office will be headed up by partner Andrew Baird, who relocated to Dubai in April to help navigate the jurisdiction’s regulatory requirements. Baird will be supported by two associates – one relatively junior who specialises […]
The Saudi Arabian legal market, with its strict regulations, is not the easiest place for a Western law firm to do business. After its merger in June, Squire Patton Boggs found itself faced with a dilemma as both legacy firms had a Saudi association formed in 2012. One had to be dissolved. Yesterday the firm […]
Squire Patton Boggs has chosen legacy Patton Boggs’ Saudi associate firm Khalid Al-Thebity as its local representative, leaving legacy Squire Sanders’ affiliate to pursue independence. Riyadh-headquartered Al-Enezee was the affiliate of legacy Squire Sanders before the merger with Patton Boggs in June this year (27 May 2014). The firm confirmed today (19 August) that Al-Enezee […]
Simmons & Simmons’ alliance firm in Saudi Arabia, Hammad & Al-Mehda, is extending its reach with a new office in the country’s capital Riyadh. Simmons has been working in alliance with Jeddah-based Hammad & Al-Mehdar since May 2011 (5 May 2011). Subject to regulatory approval Hammad & Al-Mehdar’s Riyadh office will open in October. The […]
Eversheds’ Middle East chairman Christopher Jobson has joined Clyde & Co as a partner in the firm’s Abu Dhabi office. Jobson left Eversheds on 30 June and the firm has no plans to install a new chairman in the region. He will start work at Clydes on 1 September. Jobson has been practicing litigation and […]
Charles Russell has signed a formal association agreement with independent Saudi Arabian firm Al-Soaib, gifting it its third foothold in the Middle East. The firm already has a presence in Bahrain and Qatar, launching the latter office just last year (15 August 2013). The two firms have worked together in the past, particularly on corporate, […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on the issuance of an international sukuk by Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), worth $2.5bn. The transaction is thought to be the largest-ever Rule 144A sukuk offering, which allows it to be sold to international investors. Allen & Overy advised longstanding client SEC on […]