Squire Patton Boggs announces the addition of Ravinder Bhullar as a partner in its International Dispute Resolution (IDR) practice in Dubai. Mr. Bhullar joins, along with senior associate Alex Freeman, from the Dubai office of Dechert.
Pinsent Masons Appointments Partner Matthew Escritt in Middle East
Multinational law firm, Pinsent Masons, has appointed Banking & Finance partner Matthew Escritt to lead the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in the Middle East, based in Dubai. Matthew joins from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he has been for the past 19 years, with the past eight spent as partner in the banking and finance team. During this time he has worked in London, Moscow, Bahrain, Singapore and Dubai.
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Hunton Andrews Kurth Expands Global Energy and Infrastructure Team with Lateral Trio – Two in London and One in Dubai
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its global energy and infrastructure practice with the addition of James D. Simpson Jr. and Jason Parker as partners in the firm’s London office and Martin Skehill as special counsel in its Dubai office. Simpson, Parker, and Skehill joined the firm from Winston & Strawn, where Simpson and Parker were partners and Skehill was counsel; Simpson also was co-chair of its project finance practice. They will be joined by associates.
Eversheds Sutherland Strengthens Projects Offering in the Middle East
Eversheds Sutherland welcomes new partner Ashley Halewood in Dubai. Eversheds Sutherland has appointed project finance lawyer, Ashley Halewood, as a partner in its Projects team in Dubai. Ashley joins the firm from Linklaters’ Energy & Infrastructure team in Dubai.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Aly Kassam as Finance Partner in Dubai
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Aly Kassam has rejoined the firm’s Dubai office. Kassam, formerly with Latham & Watkins LLP, will continue to focus on cross-border banking and finance transactions, including both conventional and Islamic financing, restructuring and other transaction financing matters.
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Addleshaw Goddard Recruits Dubai Based Real Esate Partner Jeremy Scott
Jeremy Scott joins Addleshaw Goddard from leading regional firm, Al Tamimi and Company, where he was a real estate partner. Jeremy’s appointment follows a number of recent hires in the GCC, he is the sixth partner to join the firm in the GCC in the past four months. Scott joins Addleshaw from Al Tamimi & Company in Dubai.
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Gowling WLG Welcomes New Corporate Partner to it’s Dubai Office
Gowling WLG is delighted to announce the arrival of Suhail Mirza as a partner to its Dubai based corporate team. This strategic arrival is a further step in the growth of Gowling WLG’s Dubai office. Suhail joins Gowling from the Dubai branch of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP.
Reed Smith further enhances Global Corporate Group with partner hire in Dubai
Global law firm Reed Smith has today announced the hire of Adela Mues as partner in its Global Corporate Group, just weeks after welcoming a five-partner corporate team to the firm’s new office in Brussels.
Mues, who is based in Dubai, has extensive experience of advising clients on M&A, private equity, venture capital, funds, capital markets, commercial contracts, employment and corporate restructuring. Joining from K&L Gates, Mues has been based in the Middle East for over ten years and previously worked extensively across the UK. She has advised a broad range of local and international clients across numerous jurisdictions and a variety of industries.
Clyde and Co Growth in Dubai Gathers Pace with Hire of Employment Partner
Dubai-based Ben Brown specialises in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law and joins from Clyde and Co; he follows the recent hire of John Podgore, former GC at the MENA Energy Group and a recognised expert in international oil & gas transactions and energy-focused projects.
Hunton Andrews Kurth Expands Oil & Gas Practice with Addition of David Pang in Dubai
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its international oil and gas practice with the addition of David Pang as a partner in the firm’s office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Before joining Hunton Andrews Kurth, Pang most recently was senior counsel at Bracewell in Dubai, working with private and public companies, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, and private equity funds based both in the Middle East and outside the Middle East looking to invest in the region.
