DLA Piper advised Dubai Taxi Company (DTC) on its approximately AED 1.45 billion acquisition of National Taxi, a UAE-based operator active in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. The transaction expands DTC’s geographic coverage across the UAE. The DLA Piper team Partner and head of corporate (Middle East) Will Seivewright (pictured) led the DLA Piper […]
Addleshaw Goddard has promoted seventeen lawyers to partner in its 2026 round. The appointments include Dubai-based James Whittam (pictured), in force within the firm’s corporate finance practice. Whittam advises corporates, financial institutions and private equity
Clyde & Co has advised the selling shareholders of Shields Reinsurance Brokers on its agreed sale to reinsurance broker Miller. Headquartered in Dubai and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, Shields is a reinsurance
Clifford Chance advised AMEA Power and Abydos Solar Power Company on the development and financing of a solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage project in Aswan, Egypt. The project will be the largest integrated
CMS relocated its Riyadh office to the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD). The new office is located at Muqarnas Tower, in Financial Boulevard, KAFD, and will serve as the base for CMS’s Riyadh team.
UAE-based proptech platform Stake completed a USD 31 million series B funding round. In connection with the operation, Taylor Wessing advised Stake, while Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle represented investor GFH Partners, whose support included both
BIP Law and Tax officialised the opening of a new Abu Dhabi-based desk, working under the leadership of equity partner John Shehata (pictured). Developed in collaboration with innovation broker Italiacamp, this is the first stable
Dentons Middle East bolstered its banking & finance lineup in Doha, Qatar, with the relocation of counsel Riza Ismail (pictured) from the firm’s Muscat office in Oman. As of Dentons’ official statements, the move
Pérez-Llorca will open an office in Abu Dhabi in 2026, to be located in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The new opening will be led by Gonçalo Capela Godinho (pictured), currently country chair
Dreny & Partners advised Cairo-based fintech company ADVA in obtaining its purpose fintech license, enabling consumer finance activities in accordance with Egyptian law. The Dreny & Partners team Counsel Nagy Ebied (pictured left) led the
