Global law firm Clyde & Co has hired corporate and M&A lawyer Mohamed Barakat (pictured) as a partner in the Middle East and Africa (“MEA”) region and its global corporate & advisory practice. With more than 17 years of experience working in the United States and the Middle East, Barakat has a deep understanding of […]
Appointments
United Arab Emirates
Lisa Bryson joins Eversheds Sutherland’s Middle East employment practice
Eversheds Sutherland has further strengthened its employment offering in the Middle East with the arrival of Partner Lisa Bryson from its UK office in Northern Ireland to Dubai. Bryson brings more than two decades of
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed Scott Atkins (pictured), the firm’s Australia chair, as the firm’s global chair effective January 1, 2023. In this leadership role, Atkins will help to drive the execution
Appointments
United Arab Emirates
Linklaters appoints Jonathan Fried as Middle East Managing Partner
Global law firm Linklaters has appointed Jonathan Fried (pictured) as managing partner for the Middle East, effective 1 December. Fried will also contribute towards key management decisions that help shape the firm’s overall strategy. Fried
Regional legal platform EKP enhances its public, corporate & commercial practice groups in its Beirut office, with the naming of Nadim Gemayel (pictured) as partner. Gemayel has more than 15 years’ experience in Lebanon and
Clyde & Co partner Loukas Mistelis (pictured) has been appointed as a member to the newly-established Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (“SCCA”) Court. The SCCA has established the independent court to determine administrative matters and
Al Tamimi & Company has established a new Advocacy Unit and appointed partner David Holloway (pictured) as its head. The creation of the new unit has come in response to the increase in English language
Teynier Pic, the independent boutique firm dedicated to international and domestic dispute resolution in France, welcomes Danny Rifaat (pictured) to its partnership. Rifaat’s experience includes acting as both arbitrator and counsel in international arbitrations
Karim Nassif, founder of the independent Dubai based arbitration practice Nassif Arbitration, has been appointed a Vice Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, upon the nomination of the ICC UAE National Committee
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed capital markets partner Hamed Afzal (pictured) in its Dubai office. Afzal, who joins from Akin Gump, is an English-qualified capital markets lawyer with broad experience spanning debt
