Dewey & LeBoeuf raids Akin Gump to secure Dubai base

Dewey & LeBoeuf has raided the Dubai office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld for its first launch since last October's merger between Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae. The firm has launched a Dubai office under partners Gavin Watson and Chris Sioufi, Akin Gump's only partners in the emirate, with the intention of attracting at least some of their team of associates. Dewey & LeBoeuf London-based partner Federico Salinas, who joined LeBoeuf from Baker & McKenzie last May, will relocate to Dubai in the coming weeks.

Dewey & LeBoeuf raids Akin Gump to secure Dubai base thelawyer.com Sat, Jan 5, 2008