Client Intelligence Report: Data View – Middle East Focus
Demonstrating value is paramount for all in-house legal teams, concerned as it is with how legal work intersects with business…
Middle East and Africa
After an expansive 2017, Norton Rose Fulbright starts year with Asia pullback
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) made headlines in 2017 by pulling off mergers in the US and Australia, but 2018 has…
Lawyers On Demand set to break into the Middle East with Dubai launch
Lawyers On Demand (LOD), Berwin Leighton Paisner’s(BLP) freelance lawyers spin-off, is due to launch in the Middle East with a new…
News in brief – May 2017
PINSENTS LAUNCHES IN MADRID Pinsent Masons has launched in Madrid, the firm’s third international office in less than a year.…
LLP latest: Dentons European and African business turns over £169m as top-earning member pockets 60% more
Dentons‘ UK, Middle East and Africa business has seen turnover increase 7% to £169m for the financial year ending 2015/16,…
Eastern Mediterranean expansion: Interlaw adds Rokas and Tohme to global network
Interlaw has expanded its global referral network by adding two new member firms from the eastern Mediterranean.
Comment: The Legal 500 perspective on EMEA – more ways than ever to skin a cat
The shifting interests of international business are echoed in recent law firm moves across Europe, the Middle East and Africa…
The Legal 500 view on EMEA – more ways than ever to skin a cat
The shifting interests of international business are echoed in recent law firm moves across Europe, the Middle East and Africa…
Clyde & Co ramps up South African offering with Norton Rose, ENS hires
Clyde & Co has continued its seemingly relentless international push of the last 18 months, this time recruiting ten new…
Further KWM partner exits earmarked as firm completes Europe and Middle East review
King & Wood Mallesons has wrapped up a review of its 170-strong partnership across Europe and the Middle East with…
Clause and effect – The arbitration backing Africa’s investment boom
As foreign investment into Africa grows, so does the demand for dispute resolution. We team up with Simmons & Simmons…
Shearman partners with three-office Saudi firm as it builds Middle East presence
While some law firms are consolidating their presence in the region, Shearman & Sterling has bolstered its presence in the…
White & Case makes ‘strategic step’ in Middle East push with CC’s regional capital markets head
White & Case has hired Clifford Chance’s (CC) Middle East head of capital markets and structured finance, Debashis Dey, as…
In court: Gibson Dunn faces interim payout over Djibouti court case
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has been hit with a £880,000 charge, which it must pay jointly with the Republic of…
Guest post: What can IP offer Africa – and what can Africa offer IP?
A handsome book recently arrived on my crowded desk, demanding attention: it’s Innovation & Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa,…
News in brief – March 2015
JP MORGAN TURNS TO GOLDMAN SACHS FOR NEW EMEA GC JP Morgan Chase hired heavyweight counsel, and former lawyer at…
Global ambitions: Dentons opens in Jo’burg as accounts show profit jump
Dentons has continued its rapid expansion with the addition of a new South African office in Johannesburg, while accounts filed…
Revolving doors: OC and Boodle Hatfield both hire in the City while BLP and Pinsents focus on the Middle East
Osborne Clarke started last week with a hire from King & Wood Mallesons in the City but other laterals saw…
Baker & McKenzie turns to DLA again to add partner in Johannesburg
Baker & McKenzie has lured a partner from rival global behemoth DLA Piper for the second time in a month,…
Taking on the world
MARKET VIEW – LITIGATION Al Tamimi & Company’s Hassan Arab, Rita Jaballah and Robert Maxwell Marsh examine the growing role…