Baker McKenzie, Clyde & Co, and Greenberg Traurig are boosting their Middle East practices in Saudi and the UAE, expanding their reach globally.

Saudi Arabia

Baker McKenzie hired Khalid Alyafi as a partner in its transactional practice group, based in Riyadh, to become one of more than 50 partners to have joined the firm's global transactional team in key locations over the past 18 months.