Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added arbitration and dispute resolution partner Jonathan Sutcliffe to its Dubai office. He has been based in Dubai for over eight years and joins K&L Gates from Baker Botts LLP. More >>

International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed leading infrastructure and energy specialists, Tim Armsby and Gurmeet Kaur, to its finance & projects practice in the Middle East. Both join from Eversheds Sutherland, where Tim was a partner in Abu Dhabi and head of Energy & Infrastructure for the Middle East. More >>

Lee Irvine was previously counsel at Latham & Watkins and has extensive experience in advising sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and public and private companies on all aspects of conventional and Islamic debt capital markets, equity capital markets and liability management. Lee has been in the Gulf for over ten years and his clients include sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and public and private companies. Lee has been ranked as an expert by Chambers Global 2018 for capital markets. More >>

Dentons has bolstered its UAE Corporate practice with the hire of partner Ziad Saad who has been based in Dubai for over seven years. More >>

Dentons has strengthened its Energy and Infrastructure practice in Dubai with the hire of partner Mhairi Main Garcia. Mhairi joins the Firm from Ashurst, where she was Counsel. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Shane Wilson as partner in the Public & Infrastructure Finance Practice Group in the Dubai office. More >>

Dentons has added to its UAE Corporate practice with the hire of partner Ghassan Shuhaibar in Dubai. Ghassan joins from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Dubai office and has been based in Dubai for five years. More >>

International law firm Pinsent Masons has further enhanced its financial services sector capability with the appointment of Tom Bicknell, who will lead the firm’s insurance and wealth management offering in Dubai. Bicknell, who joins as a partner, was previously a legal director in the corporate insurance and financial services team at Clyde & Co in Dubai. He has worked as a corporate and financial services lawyer for over ten years and has a deep understanding of the financial services market in the region. More >>

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the appointment of leading corporate lawyer Haitham Hawashin to join as a partner, based in Dubai. More >>