Clifford Chance opens an office in Abu Dhabi

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1. Clifford Chance celebrated its 30th anniversary in the United Arab Emirates in 2005, having opened its first office in Dubai in 1975.
2. Clifford Chance was named 'Middle East Law Firm of the Year' in the 2007 IFLR Middle East awards. The Dubai office has grown significantly over the past four years, from a two partner, 26 lawyer office in 2004 to a nine partner, 61 lawyer office today.
3. Al Jadaan & Partners Law Firm was founded in 1996 and specializes in providing legal advice on a wide range of practice areas including privatisations, finance including Islamic Finance, commercial and corporate matters and litigation. Al Jadaan & Partners is one of the largest law firms in Saudi Arabia with five partners and 16 associates.
4. In April this year the ten-year association between Clifford Chance and Riyadh's leading legal practice Al-Jadaan & Partners was consolidated with an enhancement of the existing co-operation agreement. The two firms have worked together on large-scale energy, infrastructure and project finance projects, and on regulatory, general banking, capital markets, corporate and litigation matters. At the same time Clifford Chance banking and projects partner Mohamed Hamra-Krouha relocated from the Dubai office to Riyadh in order to support the increasing volume of client work in the region.
5. Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the key markets of the Americas, Asia, Middle East and Europe and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution. Clifford Chance has 29 offices in 21 countries and 3,800 legal advisers.
6. Clifford Chance achieved the highest number of top tier rankings of any firm in the Chambers Global 2008 Directory, cited in 20 international tables. This independent analysis focuses on firms' legal ability, professional conduct, client service, and commercial awareness, and these rankings provide outstanding recognition for the firm's breadth of expertise and consistency of quality across global markets.

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