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Hadef & Partners expands UAE offices by 10 lawyers
| Thursday, 19 May 2011
UAE law firm Hadef & Partners has grown its Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices by 10 new additions – a move that the firm says is in response to growing client requirements for specialist UAE law advice. Practice areas slated for growth include banking & finance, corporate, dispute resolution, government regulation and employment.
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Baker & McKenzie launches fifth MENA office in Qatar
| Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Despite the current social and political commotion in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region, Baker & McKenzie has launch an office in Doha, Qatar – the capital that registered the highest GDP growth globally in 2010.
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Middle East: Norton Rose promotes two to partnership
| Thursday, 21 April 2011
Norton Rose has promoted banking of counsel Joanne Emerson-Taqi and corporate finance senior associate Dino Wilkinson to the firm’s global partnership in a 15-strong promotion round that includes seven females.
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Al Tamimi hires leading power lawyer to head Doha office
| Friday, 17 December 2010
Al Tamimi, the largest independent law firm in the Middle East, has laterally hired Abu Dhabi’s Jay Fortin from Patton Boggs to lead its office in Doha, Qatar – a key jurisdiction for Al Tamimi. Fortin’s appointment is effective Jan 2011.
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Al Tamimi poaches Clydes partner to lead arbitration practice
| Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Al Tamimi & Company has appointed Paul Turner as regional head of its arbitration group. Turner joins the firm from the London office of Clyde & Co, where he was a litigation partner specialiSing in cross-border disputes across the Middle East with a particular focus on Iraq, Iran and Libya.
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Al Tamimi survives Jumeirah panel slashing
| Friday, 3 September 2010
Jumeirah chief legal officer and general counsel Robert Swade has ruthlessly culled the group’s legal panel from 12 firms to five this year – with Al Tamimi, Mayer Brown, Clyde & Co and Pinsent Masons the only firms out of the original 12 to survive unscathed.
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Latham boosts ME practice with Al Tamimi’s Qatar head
| Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Latham & Watkins is set to boost its Middle East corporate practice with the appointment of Ahmed Anani – the Qatar head of prominent regional law firm Al Tamimi & Co – in a move that strengthens Latham’s presence in the Middle East, in particular Saudi Arabia.
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DLA blames Middle East for poor ’09 performance
| Wednesday, 14 July 2010
The firm saw its profits per equity partner for the 2009/2010 financial year slide to £527,000 (US$801,514) from £645,000 (US$980,980) in the previous year- which represents an 18 percent drop.
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More responsibility for DIFC court committee lawyers
| Thursday, 18 March 2010
Dubai-based lawyers from firms including Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co and Al Tamimi who sit on the DIFC Court’s Users Committee will see their responsibilities broadened as part of a revised charter.
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Allen & Overy launches in Doha
| Wednesday, 17 February 2010
A week after breaking into the Australian market, Allen & Overy has opened an office in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)
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Al Tamimi managing partner steps down
| Monday, 25 January 2010
Al Tamimi & Co has confirmed that the firm’s managing partner since 2005, Hoda Barakat, has stepped down from the role by retiring from the partnership.
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2010: The Year Ahead
| Friday, 22 January 2010
A panel of legal industry pundits predict Tiger-Year trends and provide a guide to the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead
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Al Tamimi appoints new Abu Dhabi head
| Monday, 18 January 2010
Al Tamimi & Co has boosted its Abu Dhabi office through the appointment of a new head of office, partner and associate, raising the firm’s headcount by three.
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