Taylor Wessing has expanded its Dubai office by hiring construction partner Nick Carnell from Kennedys Solicitors.
Carnell, who will head Wessing’s Dubai construction practice, specialises in dispute resolution and contract drafting, and has advised property developers, funders, contractors, specialist sub-contractors, and insurers.
Carnell’s appointment follows the hire of finance partner Habib Ullah, and means Taylor Wessing now has seven partners at its Dubai office.
One Essex Court, a commercial set of barristers' chambers in London, has announced that Paul Tan, former partner and head of arbitration for Asia at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, has joined its ranks as an international counsel and arbitrator.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells has hired international arbitration expert Rob Palmer as a partner from rival Ashurst to boost its dispute resolution practice in Southeast Asia.
Anglo-German law firm CMS has strengthened its Hong Kong funds practice with the hire of Helen Wang as a partner from Mayer Brown, where she was a counsel.