King & Spalding has promoted four new partners, one in Abu Dhabi, Almiro Clere, and three in Dubai, Sayf Shuqair, Dounia Mansour, and Sunandini Das all effective on 1st of January 2025. The profiles Almiro Clere (Abu Dhabi) advises on the development of major projects in the infrastructure and energy sectors, with a focus on […]
Clyde & Co is seeing its presence grow in Saudi Arabia through the promotions to the rank of partner of Andrew Archer (upper left), Brendan Molck (bottom left), and Will Cadwaladr (upper right), and through
Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle has promoted Mohannad El-Murtadi Suleiman (pictured) to partner in its Dubai office. The profile Mr. Mohannad El-Murtadi Suleiman becomes a partner in the firm’s Dubai office. He joined
White & Case has promoted four new local partners and two counsel in its MENA offices. The freshly minted local partners are Marie-Sophie Bandeira Vieira (pictured- upper left), Yannick Whorms (pictured-upper right), and Marcin Zawadzki (
Latham & Watkins has announced the promotion of 24 attorneys to partner and 27 to counsel, effective January 1, 2025. This announcement follows the earlier promotion of 19 counsel to partner within the same year. The firm’s leadership commended
Ashurst has named Adam Soames as its new Chief Business Development Officer, effective November 4. Based in London, Soames will lead the firm’s Clients, Markets, and Growth division, working closely with Jamie Ng, Ashurst’s
Clyde&Co, effective 1 November 2024, will have new partner, Shahd Makhafah (pictured). A licensed and practicing Saudi lawyer specializing in corporate law, she is based in the firm’s Riyadh office. “[..]She joined the firm
The Association of Corporate Counsel MENA (ACC MENA) has announced the appointment of 11 new country representatives for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia, and Kuwait. Here are all the picks. Mahmoud Shaarawy (chief legal and
Sami Tannous (pictured), appointed as Freshfields’ regional managing partner on September 5th, 2024, shared with legalcommmunity MENA his strategies, visions and challenges as he steps in this new position. An expert in Middle Eastern disputes, Tannous
As reported on legalcommunity.ch, Lalive’s partner Bernd Ehle (pictured), has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) for a three-year term. About KIAC KIAC, established in 2010
