Denton Wilde Sapte law firm news

Bahrain: law firms cut operating hours to avoid protests
| Thursday, 24 February 2011

Continued protests and political unrest in Manama have forced businesses and law firms to limit their operating hours as staff struggle to get to work due to road blockages in the CBD.

Corrs swoops on Blake Dawson and Freehills partners
| Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has appointed four new partners to its banking and finance team, adding significant industry weight to the practice group.

Singapore lawyers increasingly going local as currency improves
| Wednesday, 1 December 2010

The strong currency, an increasing amount of work coming in from countries around the region, and the growing international reputation of Singapore law firms is luring foreign lawyers away from top and mid-tier international firms and has created a steady stream of Singaporean lawyers practicing overseas going home to work for local firms.

SNR Denton announces Clifford Chance COO coup
| Monday, 8 November 2010

Recently merged entity SNR Denton has enticed Clifford Chance US chief operating officer Sally King to switch camps, taking up the role of global chief operating officer, effective from late October 2010.

Hogan Lovells, Skadden, Latham advise on US$3.5bn Islamic finance deal
| Friday, 20 August 2010

Hogan Lovell, Latham & Watkins and Skadden acted on a US$3.5bn murabaha financing deal by Qatari Diar Finance to Barwa City Real Estate – the largest murabaha financing deal of its kind to date.

ANALYSIS: The real North face
| Thursday, 5 August 2010

Talks of Australian law firm mergers may be continuing to simmer,but the real action is happening in the Northern hemisphere

Partners shifts to Hong Kong for Norton Rose Islamic banking push
| Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Norton Rose has bumped up the total number of partners it has operating in Asia to 46, with the relocation of London-based partner Davide Barzilai to its Hong Kong office.

ANALYSIS: The real North Face
| Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Rumours of Australian law firm mergers may be continuing to simmer, but the real action is happening in the Northern hemisphere.

Watch out Hogan Lovells: new trans-Atlantic merger to proceed
| Thursday, 10 June 2010

The partnerships of London-based Denton Wilde Sapte and Chicago-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal have voted in favour of a merger. The new firm, to be known as SNR Denton, will officially launch on 30 September and will have over 1400 lawyers across 18 countries.

Another Trans-Atlantic merger on cards
| Monday, 31 May 2010

London-based Denton Wilde Sapte and Chicago-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal are in advanced merger talks and both firms will conduct partnership votes on the matter on 9 June.

Mulvey jumps from Dentons to Baker Botts in Abu Dhabi
| Thursday, 6 May 2010

Vincent Mulvey has joined the Abu Dhabi office of US energy specialist Baker Botts as a partner in its projects, infrastructure and trade finance practices.

Dentons looks to Middle East and Central Asia for promotions
| Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Denton Wilde Sapte has made up only two lawyers to partner as part of its annual promotions, and both are based in the Middle East and Central Asia region.

Clyde & Co loses high-profile partner to WongPartnership
| Tuesday, 27 April 2010

In one of the Gulf’s most high-profile lateral moves this year, WongPartnership has secured Clyde & Co Doha-based partner Andrew Watson

Middle East 2010
| Friday, 26 March 2010

ALB reports from the Gulf on what the region’s recent rejuvenation means for lawyers there

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)

Denton Wilde Sapte taps into Islamic finance market with Bahrain launch
| Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Denton Wilde Sapte is opening a Bahrain office in March to tap into the growing Islamic finance sector

Diversify to fly: Asia’s aviation firms
| Friday, 5 February 2010

What happens when the main source of revenue for most aviation practices in Asia dries up?

Kensington Swan sends staff to new UAE office
| Thursday, 21 January 2010

Kensington Swan has sent a team of five people from its Auckland and Wellington offices to staff the firm’s new branch in Abu Dhabi

Firms facilitate debut investment into Uzbekistan
| Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Four firms have advised on China’s first equity investment into Uzbekistan this year.

Dubai World to have silver lining for restructuring law
| Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Earlier this year lawyers in the Middle East were struggling to find any precedent cases to test the UAE’s insolvency and restructuring laws. After recent events at Dubai World, however, that could be about to change.