Member News

• Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2023: we won the following awards: UAE Law Firm of the Year, Bahrain Law Firm of the Year, honourable mentions for Qatar Law Firm of the Year, Intellectual Property Team of the Year, Real Estate and Construction Team of the Year, and Infrastructure and Energy Team of the Year.  
• Media Law International 2022: ranked Tier 1 firm for Bahrain & UAE 2022.
• IP STARS (Managing IP) 2022: Mark Hill ranked as an IP Expert and Chris Haywood recognised as a Rising Star for the UAE.
• Sara Sheffield ranked in Who's Who: Asset Tracing and Recovery UAE consecutively in the years 2018-2022.
• Legal 100 Asia 2022: Ghassan El Daye, Partner, awarded Best in Litigation (UAE). 
• LexisNexis Middle East 2022: Charlotte Jackson awarded Rising Star Author Award 2022, Middle East team awarded Practical Guidance Award 2022. 
• LexisNexis Women in Law Awards 2022:  Sara Sheffield received honourable mention.
• Paula Boast awarded MBE in recognition of her long-term dedication to UK-Bahrain business relations. 
• We welcomed to the Middle East team Alex Reid (Partner, Corporate and Commercial), Alim Khamis (Partner and Head of Qatar office), Rebecca Davies (Legal Director, Banking and Finance), Karl Masi (Senior Associate, Financial Crime), and Max Davis (Legal Director, Dispute Resolution, moved from our London office to Dubai). We have two new disputes partners joining our Dubai team within the next 3 months.

In this Newsletter you will find a range of articles, including:

• The English Courts view on litigating in the UAE
• The ADGM principles on whistleblowing
• The state of UAE family business law
• Financial crime challenges as we enter internet 3.0

Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our clients, contacts and friends for contributing to our continued success and we look forward to working with you in what I am sure will be a busy 2023.

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