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Baker Botts Launches Abu Dhabi Office

Baker Botts Launches Abu Dhabi Office

Baker Botts, which in March laid off an undisclosed number of attorneys, has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and is expanding its other two Middle…

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.…

Norton Rose Hires Lawyers for Dubai Office

Norton Rose Hires Lawyers for Dubai Office

Norton Rose has brought on two laterals for its Dubai office. Andrew Lewis, formerly of New Zealand’s Simpson Grierson, and Andrew Abernethy of Bell Gully, also in New Zealand, join…

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…

DLA Piper Lays Off 8 Dubai Associates

DLA Piper Lays Off 8 Dubai Associates

DLA Piper has laid off eight associates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, about 8% of the office’s legal staff. The lawyers were cut from the office’s corporate, finance and projects…

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…

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…