Hogan Lovells to close Abu Dhabi base to focus on Dubai hub
Hogan Lovells will close its Abu Dhabi office and transfer all its work to the firm's Dubai hub by the end of this year, the firm confirmed today. Hogan Lovells, which also has offices in Jeddah and Riyadh, is currently in talks with the five partners, three associates and counsel currently working out of Abu Dhabi, as to where they will be based after the office's closure. Four of the partners - Waajid Siddiqui, Bruce Parmley, Mark Mazo and James Gede - currently split their time between Abu Dhabi and Lovells' offices in the US.
September 26, 2012 at 07:26 AM
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Hogan Lovells will close its Abu Dhabi office and transfer all its work to the firm's Dubai hub by the end of this year, the firm confirmed today.
Hogan Lovells, which also has offices in Jeddah and Riyadh, is currently in talks with the five partners, three associates and counsel currently working out of Abu Dhabi, as to where they will be based after the office's closure. Four of the partners – Waajid Siddiqui, Bruce Parmley, Mark Mazo and James Gede – currently split their time between Abu Dhabi and Hogan Lovells' offices in the US.
It is likely some will move to Dubai, given the transfer of work to the UAE's largest city. No decision has yet been made on the destination of the eight secretarial and support staff in Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi, which was the legacy Hogan & Hartson first Middle East base, opened in 2008, has a strong focus on corporate and commercial practice.
Crispin Rapinet, regional managing partner for Asia and the Middle East said: "Since it was established, Hogan Lovells has grown substantially in the region and now has a strong Dubai practice as well as two offices in Saudi Arabia. Dubai provides us with a strong regional hub for work in the UAE and for expanding our practice in the wider Middle East."
A Hogan Lovells spokesman said the firm "opted for Dubai as it has a slightly larger footprint, with more partners and associates in that office. By and large you are starting to see Dubai as the stronger regional hub."
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