Phillip Sacks Joins White & Case as a Partner in Dubai

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of Phillip Sacks as a partner in Dubai. Phillip joins White & Case from Dechert, where he was a partner and head of the Middle East investment funds practice.

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King & Spalding Recruits Middle East Real Estate Partner Malek Al Rifai

Malek Al Rifai has joined King & Spalding LLP as a real estate partner in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice. Al Rifai is based in the UAE, but will focus on a combination of UAE, Saudi Arabian and other matters across the wider MENA region with support from the firm’s real estate lawyers in the Middle East, Europe, UK and U.S. offices. Al Rifai comes to the firm from 

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Morgan Lewis Adds International Arbitration and Disputes Duo Led by Partner Sara K. Aranjo in Dubai

Bolstering its global litigation and international arbitration team, Morgan Lewis welcomes partner Sara K. Aranjo and associate Issey Park, resident in Dubai. Both are joining from Al Tamimi & Company, one of the largest law firms in the Middle East. Sara is a trilingual international arbitration and dispute prevention and resolution lawyer who has acted in more than 100 proceedings across strategic economic sectors including energy, real estate, healthcare, hospitality, banking and finance, construction, distribution, and technology, media, and telecommunications.

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Mayer Brown Adds Global Energy and Infrastructure Partner Anne Wicks to Practice in Middle East

 Mayer Brown announced today that Anne Wicks joined the firm as a partner in its Global Energy group in Dubai, where she will focus on project development, corporate and finance transactions in the Middle East involving upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), power (including renewables), water and other infrastructure areas including PPPs. Anne joins from White & Case, where she was the managing partner of its Doha office.

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Baker Botts Hires New Projects Partner in Dubai

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Shane Wilson has joined its Dubai office as a partner in the Global Projects Department. Mr. Wilson joins Baker Botts from Squire Patton Boggs in Dubai.

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