UAE firm Habib Al Mulla has appointed Nicholas Diacos to head its burgeoning Abu Dhabi office.

A banking & finance and corporate law specialist, Diacos joins the firm from fellow local heavyweight Al Tamimi & Company where he was in-charge of launching and heading up the firm’s Saudi Arabia office.

The hire of Diacos follows the appointment of Ghassan El Daye as head of litigation at the firm’s Abu Dhabi office.