Clyde & Co has been appointed as the legal advisor to the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) on its Gig Economy Sandbox initiative. This project, launched under the Dubai Sandbox initiative, aims to boost innovation and
Helmy Hamza & Partners Baker McKenzie has advised AMEA Power, a renewable energy company, on a 500 MW, $600 million wind project in the Gulf of Suez. The agreements were signed two years ago during the inauguration
Lara Dagher, Diane Assaf, and Hala Akl (pictured from left to right) have joined Eptalex as partners in the firm’s office in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, as of December 2024. The profiles Lara
Raghad Hammad (pictured) has joined BLK Partners as partner, after four years as partner and executive director at Al Zu’bi & Partners. She will jointly lead BLK’s regional insurance & reinsurance practice across
As of January 2025, Mohamed Zaanouni (pictured), managing partner at Dentons Zaanouni, will succeed Noor Kapdi as CEO of Dentons’ Africa Region concluding the leadership transition process started in September 2024. This follows Noor Kapdi’s decision
Herbert Smith Freehills advised a sponsor consortium (consisting of Japanese general trading company Sojitz Corporation and FAS Energy, the renewable energy development arm of Saudi Arabia’s Fawaz Al Hokair group) on a district cooling
Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (MBH) advised Beltone Capital on the signing of a joint venture agreement and other related agreements with Crif to launch a credit ratings and business solutions company. The new venture will
Simmons & Simmons advised Harbin Electric International (HEI), one of China’s largest power engineering groups, on the negotiation of turnkey EPC contracts for the Rumah II and Nairyah II greenfield combined cycle gas-fired power
As of January 2025 Tewfik Shehata (pictured) will rejoin Zaki Hashem Attorneys at Law (ZH), as the the senior partner headingteh law firm litigation and arbitration departments. Shehata return follows a nine-year period during which he
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 (
