Global law firm makes two senior appointments in the Middle East
• Ben Bruton appointed as Head of the UAE practice • Nayiri Boghossian appointed as Head of Litigation and Alternative…
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Prosecutors from UK’s CPS sent to Dubai, Spain to recover criminal assets
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service is to base two specialist prosecutors in Spain and the United Arab Emirates to recover…
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund loses Citigroup appeal
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the world’s second largest sovereign wealth fund, with an estimated $773bn in assets under management, has…
Iranian bank sues UK government for $4 billion over sanctions
Iran's largest private bank is suing the British government for almost $4 billion in damages after the Supreme Court quashed…
Deutsche Bank ordered to hand over client info to Dubai regulator
A Dubai court has ordered the local unit of Deutsche Bank to hand over documents relating to its wealth management…
Big money-laundering racket busted in Bahrain
Twelve men have been accused of being part of a money laundering ring that illegally transferred SR400 million ($106.6 million)…
SocGen the next target for Libyan Investment Authority
Société Générale is next on the Libyan Investment Authority’s (LIA) legal hitlist, The Independent has learnt. The newspaper reports…
Libya’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Sues Goldman Sachs
Libya’s sovereign wealth fund is suing American multinational investment bank, Goldman Sachs for what it considers deliberate exploitation of Advisory…
Dubai’s Mashreq in settlement talks with ING over investment ‘trickery’
Dubai’s Mashreq has agreed to settlement discussions in a lawsuit that it brought against ING Group in a New York…
Global law firm launches new association in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Global law firm King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin celebrated its exclusive association with the Law Office of Majed Almarshad…
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin appoints ME Real Estate group head
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin has hired Tom Calnan as head of Real Estate in the Middle East. Tom…
Taylor Wessing acts for AJIB in connection with HSBC acquisition
The transaction is expected to complete during the first half of 2014. It is one of the biggest banking deals…