Indian law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has brought back corporate and M&A specialist Himanshu Chahar as director of corporate transactions in its recently opened Abu Dhabi office. He becomes the office’s first partner-level hire.

UAE law firm Bin Shabib & Associates has adopted a new shareholding structure and also renamed itself as BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP (BSA), after Ahmad Bin Hezeem, former Dubai Courts Director General, came on board as a senior partner.