Denton Wilde Sapte law firm news

Continued protests and political unrest in Manama have forced businesses and law firms to limit their operating hours as staff struggle to get to work due to road blockages in the CBD.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has appointed four new partners to its banking and finance team, adding significant industry weight to the practice group.

The strong currency, an increasing amount of work coming in from countries around the region, and the growing international reputation of Singapore law firms is luring foreign lawyers away from top and mid-tier international firms and has created a steady stream of Singaporean lawyers practicing overseas going home to work for local firms.

Recently merged entity SNR Denton has enticed Clifford Chance US chief operating officer Sally King to switch camps, taking up the role of global chief operating officer, effective from late October 2010.

Hogan Lovell, Latham & Watkins and Skadden acted on a US$3.5bn murabaha financing deal by Qatari Diar Finance to Barwa City Real Estate – the largest murabaha financing deal of its kind to date.

Talks of Australian law firm mergers may be continuing to simmer,but the real action is happening in the Northern hemisphere

Norton Rose has bumped up the total number of partners it has operating in Asia to 46, with the relocation of London-based partner Davide Barzilai to its Hong Kong office.

Rumours of Australian law firm mergers may be continuing to simmer, but the real action is happening in the Northern hemisphere.

The partnerships of London-based Denton Wilde Sapte and Chicago-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal have voted in favour of a merger. The new firm, to be known as SNR Denton, will officially launch on 30 September and will have over 1400 lawyers across 18 countries.

London-based Denton Wilde Sapte and Chicago-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal are in advanced merger talks and both firms will conduct partnership votes on the matter on 9 June.

Vincent Mulvey has joined the Abu Dhabi office of US energy specialist Baker Botts as a partner in its projects, infrastructure and trade finance practices.

Denton Wilde Sapte has made up only two lawyers to partner as part of its annual promotions, and both are based in the Middle East and Central Asia region.

In one of the Gulf’s most high-profile lateral moves this year, WongPartnership has secured Clyde & Co Doha-based partner Andrew Watson

ALB reports from the Gulf on what the region’s recent rejuvenation means for lawyers there

A week after breaking into the Australian market, Allen & Overy has opened an office in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)

Denton Wilde Sapte is opening a Bahrain office in March to tap into the growing Islamic finance sector

What happens when the main source of revenue for most aviation practices in Asia dries up?

Kensington Swan has sent a team of five people from its Auckland and Wellington offices to staff the firm’s new branch in Abu Dhabi

Four firms have advised on China’s first equity investment into Uzbekistan this year.

Earlier this year lawyers in the Middle East were struggling to find any precedent cases to test the UAE’s insolvency and restructuring laws. After recent events at Dubai World, however, that could be about to change.