Boston-headquartered law firm Brown Rudnick has signed collaboration agreements with two UAE law firms, namely Hikmat Fayad & Associates and Walid Nasser & Associates.

According to the agreements, Brown Rudnick will partner with the two firms on transactions and disputes in the UAE. The local firms will handle Arabic-language transactional work and disputes before State Courts and in arbitration, while Brown Rudnick will focus on common law and civil law transactions, and litigation and arbitration relating to the MENA region.

Hikmat Fayad & Associates was founded in Beirut in 1970 and in Dubai in 1977, and focuses on litigation, arbitration and corporate work. Walid Nasser & Associates was founded in Beirut in the 1980s has an international transactional and disputes practice.

“We are thrilled to be joining forces with these two reputable law firms,” said Joseph Ryan, Brown Rudnick’s chairman and CEO, in a statement. “This unique collaboration brings together firms from multiple jurisdictions to offer seamless, high quality transactional and disputes services in the UAE.”

Brown Rudnick’s MENA practice is lead by partners Nicholas Tse and Sebastien Bonnard, based in London and Paris respectively.