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Trowers expands in Mid East with new Saudi arm and partner hires

Trowers & Hamlins has boosted its Middle East practice, launching a new office in Saudi Arabia and hiring two new partners in the region. Trowers opened its doors for business in Jeddah earlier this month, marking its second office in Saudi Arabia alongside its existing Riyadh base.
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Linklaters and Dewey take cross-border roles on $1.34bn zinc mining deal

Linklaters and Dewey & LeBoeuf have taken lead roles on a $1.34bn (£907m) cross-border mining deal which is set to see Indian mining group Vedanta Resources become the world's largest zinc producer. The deal sees Vedanta purchase three zinc mines from rival conglomerate Anglo American, including the Skorpion mine in Namibia, Lisheen in Ireland and a 74% stake in Black Mountain in South Africa.
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Herbert Smith, Latham lead on £1.5bn sale of Harrods to Qatari royal family

Herbert Smith and Latham & Watkins have taken roles on opposite sides of the £1.5bn sale of Harrods to the Qatari royal family. The deal sees Mohamed Al Fayed's 25-year tenure as owner of the iconic Knightsbridge department store come to an end, although he will remain in a new role as honorary chairman.
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Orrick stalls Middle East and City merger deals amid tough markets

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has put plans for strategic deals in the Middle East and London "on ice" as the US firm aims to gain a clearer sense of the economic prospects for Europe and the wider region. As Legal Week reported in February, the US west coast firm has been in talks with SJ Berwin regarding a merger. However, it has since emerged that Orrick had also held merger talks with United Arab Emirates firm Afridi & Angell as part of its other strategic priority of bolstering its Middle East practice.
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Clydes partner quits to join former CC alliance firm as Middle East chief

Clyde & Co commercial law partner Andrew Watson has left the firm's Qatar base to join Singapore's Wong Partnership as co-head of its Middle East practice. Watson joined Clydes when the Qatar practice launched in 2007 as one of two partners in the corporate and commercial practice.
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Linklaters names India chief as new head of EEMEA practice group

Linklaters has appointed India chief Sandeep Katwala as the new managing partner of the firm's Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) practice. Katwala will succeed Stuart Salt on 1 May, when Salt takes up his new role as Asia managing partner. Salt was appointed as EEMEA chief last year when he succeeded retiring partner Nick Eastwell.
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Pinsents set launch new Islamic finance group

Pinsent Masons is set to launch an Islamic finance practice with the return of Al-Harith Sinclair from DLA Piper. Sinclair, a specialist in Islamic project finance structures, will join Pinsents' City office as a partner on 1 May to establish and head up the firm's Islamic finance practice.
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CC relocates partner duo to Moscow and Saudi in international push

Clifford Chance (CC) is relocating partners Nick Munday and Tim Plews to Moscow and Saudi Arabia respectively as the firm moves to strengthen its international presence. Munday, who officially transferred to Moscow on 1 April, will work to develop CC's cross-border litigation and arbitration practice in Russia, while also continuing in his role of London head of litigation and dispute resolution. He has been dividing his time between the two offices since January.
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Saudi Aramco names long-serving lawyer as new general counsel

Middle East energy giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Saudi Aramco) has handed its top legal role to long-serving lawyer David Kultgen, reports Corporate Counsel. The US-trained lawyer has been with Saudi Aramco, one of the world's largest oil companies, for 37 years, having joined the company from law school in 1973.
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Latham seals Saudi launch via link-up with former White & Case ally

Latham & Watkins has officially launched in Saudi Arabia via an association with the Law Office of Mohammed Al-Sheikh in Riyadh. As previously reported by Legal Week, Al-Sheikh split from previous alliance firm White & Case earlier this year when Latham recruited a total of 13 partners from the US rival's London and Middle East practices.
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