Middle East
New hires and partner promotions were made across the financial services, corporate, regulatory and transaction practices in London, Riyadh and across the US
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  Reed Smith opened a new office in Riyadh and made some key hires, while Ropes & Gray promoted 21 new partners
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  More than 350 lawyers gathered in Dubai to celebrate another year of legal innovation and collaboration across the Middle East
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  Firms say there is no substitute for advice from lawyers with deep understanding of their sectors
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  PwC’s NewLaw leader Alex Rosenrauch discusses how banks are embracing GenAI, the creation of the first Arabic large language model, and why the billable hour sets law firms up for failure
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  View the 2025 Social Impact shortlist celebrating the region's change-makers.
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  The shortlist for the 2025 Middle East awards is revealed and winners will be announced in Dubai on October 22
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  The newly merged firm has added a partner to its growing corporate capabilities in the high-priority region
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  
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            Sponsored by ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & PartnersPaul Day and Steven Brown, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners
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            Sponsored by Matouk BassiounyOmar Bassiouny and Islam Saeed, Matouk Bassiouny and Hennawy
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            Sponsored by Clifford ChanceAnna Biala, Peter Chapman, Jack Hardman and Jennifer Mbaluto from Clifford Chance’s global fintech group take a bird’s eye view of fintech developments across EMEA and how regulators are responding
 
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