DLA Piper, which just laid off 8 associates in Dubai, has additionally placed almost 20% of the remaining Dubai-based lawyers on either a six-month “sabbatical” or a secondment. Those taking…
Jones Day opened an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates this week. The office is the 32nd location of the biglaw firm, which has been doing work in the Middle…
Trowers & Hamlins held a second round of redundancies this week, with four jobs in the firm’s UK offices affected. The layoffs are in the firm’s real estate team; three…
Baker & McKenzie has officially opened its Abu Dhabi office, having received a professional license from the Abu Dhabi Department of Planning & Economy. With the addition of this fourth…
Profits for Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins fell 21% in 2008, one of the biggest falls so far reported by an Am Law 100 firm. Profits per equity partner fell…
Clifford Chance will cut 20% of its lawyer head count in its Moscow office in the current financial year, with the firm’s Middle East offices also set for potential layoffs.…
Atlanta’s King & Spalding has expanded its Middle East property practice, with the deployment of two senior lawyers to its Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, office. This brings the number…
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