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K&L Gates Opens Dubai Office [UPDATE]

K&L Gates Opens Dubai Office [UPDATE]

Pittsburgh’s K&L Gates, which in March opened a Singapore office, has launched a footprint in Dubai, UAE. It’s the firm’s first office in the Middle East, and its 33rd overall.…

SJ Berwin Expands into Dubai

SJ Berwin Expands into Dubai

SJ Berwin, which announced a new Hong Kong office in March, will open an office in Dubai later this year. It’s the firm’s first expansion into the Middle East. Private…

Eversheds Expands into Saudi Arabia

Eversheds Expands into Saudi Arabia

Eversheds has formalized an alliance with Saudi Arabia’s Hani Qurashi. The 20-lawyer firm in the Middle Eastern dictatorship has offices in the Red Sea coastal town of Jeddah and in…

Update: DLA Piper Puts Dubai Lawyers on ‘Sabbatical’

Update: DLA Piper Puts Dubai Lawyers on ‘Sabbatical’

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 Opens Dubai Office

Jones Day Opens Dubai Office

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 Lays Off Lawyers

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 and McKenzie Open In Abu Dhabi

Baker and McKenzie Open In Abu Dhabi

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…

Latham & Watkins Profits Plummet 21%

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 Firing 20 Moscow Lawyers; Other Int’l Layoffs Underway

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.…

King & Spalding Expands Middle East Property Practice

King & Spalding Expands Middle East Property Practice

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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