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Norton Rose continues Mid East push with private equity hire for Dubai arm

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | August 07, 2008

Norton Rose has bolstered its practice in the Middle East with the hire of a corporate partner from New Zealand. Andrew Lewis, who focuses on private equity and venture capital work, has joined the top 10 City law firm's Dubai office after 11 years as a partner with Simpson Grierson in Auckland. His appointment takes Norton Rose's Middle East offering to 12 partners across Dubai, Bahrain, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.

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Vinson targets UAE growth with partner moves

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 29, 2008

Vinson & Elkins has bolstered its presence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by sending key corporate partners to take up residence in the firm's two offices in the region. Creighton Smith, formerly based in Houston, moved to the firm's Abu Dhabi office earlier this month to focus on capital markets and M&A work.

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CC set for Abu Dhabi launch after licence win

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 29, 2008

Clifford Chance (CC) is set to become the latest City firm to launch an office in Abu Dhabi, with an opening date set for the end of this week (3 August) after the firm won a license to practise last month. A ten-lawyer team will be led on the ground by Dubai-based banking and finance partner Richard Ernest, and overseen from Dubai by Gulf managing partner Graham Lovett. The office will be manned by three partners, including Ernest, Peter Deegan and Chris Walsh.

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Emerging markets prove fertile ground as UK firms reap benefits of international strategies

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 17, 2008

International offices have played a significant role in boosting revenues over the last year, cushioning firms as economic conditions in the UK have deteriorated. With most of the UK's biggest players investing heavily in overseas offices in recent years, most have been able to benefit not just from the stronger markets in regions such as the Middle East and Asia but also from the strength of the euro against sterling.

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Caribbean connection

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 16, 2008

The world's fifth-largest financial centre has attracted finance and corporate lawyers to its sandy shores for years. Cayman, together with the British Virgin Islands, offers that rare combination of beachside living while working in a world-renowned legal market, says Philip Hoult

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Land of opportunity

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 16, 2008

Al Tamimi & Company is a leading law firm in the Middle East, a living hotspot for lawyers looking for an emerging market challenge

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The right move

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 16, 2008

Fox Rodney Search is an executive search firm focusing on legal searches in London, Europe and the Middle East. With the launch of a Dubai office in 2008, Fox Rodney now has a team dedicated to assisting clients and candidates in relation to recruitment in, or a move to, the Middle East. The Middle East practice is led by Omar Kabbani, a fluent Arabic speaker. Having lived in the Middle East for several years, he has first-hand experience of the cultural challenges that a candidate may face when contemplating a move to the region. Fox Rodney Search spoke to Ashley Painter, banking and finance partner at Clyde & Co in Dubai, about his move from London to Dubai

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Taylor Wessing boosts Dubai with consultant

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 15, 2008

Taylor Wessing has bolstered its Middle East practice with the appointment of Jeremy Cama as a consultant to the firm's Dubai office. Cama, who is UK and Hong Kong qualified, will join from Berrymans Lace Mawer where he was managing partner of the Dubai practice.

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International hotel group names new panel

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 15, 2008

A raft of City firms have been appointed to Jumeirah Group's first-ever global panel of preferred legal advisers. The international hotel chain has appointed Clifford Chance (CC), Mayer Brown JSM, Simmons & Simmons, DLA Piper and Clyde & Co to advise it on commercial operations and new developments for a two-year period.

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Links names new Dubai head in Mid East reshuffle

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 08, 2008

Linklaters has appointed a new managing partner and head of finance to its Dubai office with the transfer of Sarosh Mewawalla to the region. Mewawalla, finance and projects partner, moves from Milan where he was co-managing partner alongside Andrea Arosio. Ewan Cameron, who has been managing partner of the office since it opened in 2006, will become senior partner of the Middle East region while Mewawalla will assume the role of Dubai managing partner.

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