Global law firms have announced partner promotions within their Middle East offices, as part of larger firm-wide promotion rounds taking effect in May 2025.
A&O Shearman
Mike Campbell and Richard Chamberlain have been promoted to partner in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure practice, based in Dubai.
Addleshaw Goddard
Philip Chalmers has been promoted to partner within the finance and restructuring group across the UAE. In Saudi Arabia, Jasem Alanizy has been named a partner in the corporate finance team.
Clifford Chance
Sohini Kar-Purkayastha has been promoted to partner in the global financial markets group, based in Dubai.
Clyde & Co
Janeen Pickering has been promoted to partner in the real estate practice based across Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Meanwhile, in Jeddah, Lamisse Bajunaid has been promoted to partner in the firm’s intellectual property, technology and commercial practice.
Since May 2024, the firm has appointed or promoted eight partners across two offices in Riyadh and Jeddah, including five internal promotions and three lateral hires.
Dentons
Hazel Shakur Quinn has been promoted to partner in the real estate practice, while Faris Shehabi has been promoted to partner in the dispute resolution practice. Both new partners are based in the firm’s Dubai office.
DLA Piper
Mapanza Nkwilimba has been promoted to partner in the firm’s Doha office. He specialises in dispute resolution across a range of construction, engineering and other related contracts in the energy and natural resources sector.
Eversheds Sutherland
Roberta Wertman has been promoted to partner in the construction litigation practice, based in Abu Dhabi. In Dubai, Steve Jennings has been promoted to partner in the corporate practice.
Freshfields
Charlotte Stevens has been promoted to partner in the firm’s global transactions group, based in Abu Dhabi.
Linklaters
Jack Allen-Fitt and Sarah Hudson have been promoted to partner in the energy & infrastructure practice, based in Abu Dhabi. In Dubai, Patrick Sutton-Mattocks has been promoted to partner in the corporate practice.
Skadden
Bora Rawcliffe, a specialist in white collar defence & investigations, has been elevated to partner in Skadden’s new Abu Dhabi office.
Stephenson Harwood
Jordan Ellis, Paul Katsouris, and Toufic Safie have been promoted to the firm’s partnership, based in Dubai. Katsouris will be relocating to Athens this summer, and will maintain strong links to the Middle East thereafter.
Ellis has been named a partner in the private wealth team, while Katsouris has been named a partner in the maritime, trade and offshore group. Safie has been named a partner in the corporate and commercial team.
WFW
Charlotte Knight has been promoted to partner, based in the Dubai office. She specialises in assets and structured finance, with a focus on maritime transactions. She joined the firm as a trainee in London, before moving to Dubai in 2018.
