Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Steven Bainbridge as a partner in its Dubai Office and as its Head of the Sports & Entertainment Group, Middle East. He joins from Al Tamimi & Company in Dubai where he was Head of its Sports Law & Events Management practice, the region’s first dedicated sports law practice. Joining Mr. Bainbridge is senior associate Andrew Moroney, also from the Sports Law & Events Management practice at Al Tamimi & Company.
Herbert Smith Freehills today announces the appointment of Sarosh Mewawalla as a partner in the firm’s Dubai office, covering the Middle East region. Sarosh joins after almost 30 years at Linklaters, where he was head of the energy, infrastructure and project finance Practice for the Middle East for 12 years.
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Leading international law firm Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has recently hired Osama Audi and Adnan Doha from King & Spalding, and Abeer Jarrar from Linklaters, as corporate Partners to join the firm’s UAE offices in August 2021.
Tags: Baker McKenzie | DubaiSquire Patton Boggs has appointed Matthew Powell as a partner in its UAE Corporate Practice, having joined from Shearman & Sterling in the UAE.
King & Spalding has recruited Patrick McPherson and Randall Walker as partners in its Trial & Global Disputes Practice, based in Dubai, to expand the firm’s construction, energy and infrastructure disputes offering in the Middle East. McPherson, who previously worked in-house at Dutco/Balfour Beatty (Dubai) as Senior Legal Counsel, and Walker were most recently partners at CMS.
International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has taken another step toward becoming the world’s leading real estate legal advisory business with the arrival of Partners Stephen Kelly and Sarah Mahood earlier this month in the firm’s Dubai office. Both joined the firm from Dechert and are highly regarded real estate lawyers in their market, with a particular emphasis in the hotels and hospitality market.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, today announced that Haitham Hawashin has joined the firm’s Corporate Department as a partner based in the Dubai office. Mr. Hawashin has extensive international and regional experience in public and private M&A, capital markets, private equity, and complex cross-border transactions across many sectors, including energy and technology. Mr. Hawashin joins the firm from Herbert Smith Freehills in Dubai
International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed partner Gregory Man as the new global head of Islamic finance based in Dubai. Gregory will also head the Finance & Financial Regulation practice in the Middle East. Man comes to the firm from the Dubai office of Norton Rose Fulbright.
Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of Beau McLaren as Partner in its Global Projects & Construction practice. Beau will be based in the firm’s Dubai office. Beau is a construction and disputes expert with over 13 years’ experience in the Middle East. He joins from HFW in Dubai, where he was Partner and played a key part in building the firm’s Construction and Construction Disputes team in the Middle East.
