As foreign advisers size up Africa, CC linked to alliance bid in South Africa
South Africa has faced more than its fair share of economic and social challenges in recent years, but with foreign…
Middle East and Africa
Africa expansion: Eversheds in talks to launch in five key jurisdictions
Eversheds is significantly expanding its Africa offering and is currently in discussions to establish offices in the key markets of…
Clydes and Charles Russell establish new footprints while Kinstellar snares 10-lawyer team from Dentons’ expanding Kazakhstan operation
The start of September has seen international firms reinvigorate their expansion plans, with Clyde & Co revealing an Indonesian alliance…
Can’t make an omelette – newly-merged Norton Rose Fulbright sees exodus in Middle East
So far the high-stakes merger between Norton Rose and US practice Fulbright & Jaworski has been sealed with minimal fall-out…
Gulf stream – the heat returns to the Middle East markets
Post-banking crisis, the world has generally divided fairly neatly into two camps with their clear economic narratives. On one hand…
Edwards Wildman joins the ranks of international firms in Istanbul
The increased importance of Turkey as strategic hub for international firms has been underlined with news that US firm Edwards…
HSF ends exclusive association in Saudi Arabia
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is to end its five-year exclusive tie-up with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ghazzawi Professional Association (GPA), as international…
Israel – New Heights
In a Tel Aviv conference in June this year, DLA Piper, White & Case, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Weil, Gotshal…
Ashurst expansion continues full throttle
Ashurst’s recent appetite for international expansion shows no sign of abating, with the firm announcing in November the launch of…
Africa: into Africa
Recently it seems that not a week goes by without new clamour surrounding another legal market as law firms race…
Firms set sights on Asia investment into Middle East
Squire Sanders expanded both its Middle East and South Korea operations in October, as Latham & Watkins reported a surge…
Surge of law firm openings in revitalised Middle East
The resurgence of commercial activity in the Middle East is prompting international law firms to strengthen their presence in the…
Middle East: New order
There is something momentous unfolding in the Gulf. The wave of protests and general revolutionary feeling that has swept through…
Israel – Peak performance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s ‘man on the ground’ in Tel Aviv, Adir Waldman, had a relatively typical New England upbringing. Having…
Race for Africa
As Africa’s emerging economies continue to lure investors, a new legal geography is evolving to accommodate increasing cross-border traffic. LB…
Middle East – New ball game
On 2 December 2010 FIFA, the international governing body of football, officially announced that a desert state would be hosting…
Middle East – Still standing
As the Arab Spring spreads across the Middle East, investors are flocking to safe ground. LB discovers which states will…
Turkey – Bridging the Gap
As its economy booms Turkey has attracted the attention of the world’s legal market. Will Clifford Chance and DLA Piper’s…
The right track
Everything seems to conspire to prevent all but the most adventurous and patient of investors from entering Angola. A room…
Changing tack
Amid leaner times in the Gulf and a flat economy in Dubai, international clients are moving their focus to other…