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Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants appointed Bassel Ostwani as senior counsel in its Litigation practice. He has more than 15 years of UAE legal experience in private practice and in-house, including at a UAE free zone authority. Managing partner Ahmed Galadari commented on the appointment.
SourceThe Oath (Middle East)
Ontier has added Bernadette Accili as a partner in Italy, where she will set up and lead the Tax practice. She has more than 25 years of experience. Ontier says it has added eight new partners in the last year across Ibero-America, Europe and the Middle East.
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Following Oman's Advocacy and Legal Consultancy Law (Royal Decree No. 41/2024) and its Implementing Regulation (Ministerial Decision No. 66/2025), the firm will operate in Oman as Al Tamimi & Company Law Firm.
SourceThe Oath (Middle East)
Dentons, one of the first international firms granted a consultancy license in Oman last month, ended its association with its seven-lawyer litigation arm after the law took effect.
Eversheds Sutherland appointed Zeid Hanania as Middle East regional managing partner, effective January 1, 2027, succeeding Tawfiq Tabbaa after nine years. Tabbaa will focus on his role as Jordan and Iraq Managing Partner. Hanania currently heads the Middle East Corporate Finance practice.
SourceThe Oath (Middle East)
Skadden and Paul Weiss advised on Apollo's investment in Abu-Dhabi Mubadala Capital.
Linklaters advised Bank of China on offshore Renminbi notes issued by its Dubai and Frankfurt branches. The Dubai branch issued RMB 2bn 1.60 per cent Yulan notes due 2028, dual-listed on Nasdaq Dubai and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Frankfurt branch issued RMB500m FTZ offshore notes.
SourceThe Oath (Middle East)
Norton Rose Fulbright advised NeOnc Technologies Holdings, Inc. on its Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi on oncology and CNS therapeutics research and clinical capability. The team was led by partner Jonathan Burton, with counsel Michael Stevens. The MoU was signed at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit 2026.
SourceThe Oath (Middle East)
Clifford Chance advised CICC on its three-way merger with Dongxing Securities and Cinda Securities through mergers by absorption and share exchange. The combined group is expected to have assets of more than RMB1 trillion. The transaction was completed on 26 October 2026.
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