Al Tamimi and Company wins international legal award

The awards celebrate the very best in the legal profession, and are consistently favoured by the industry's leading lawyers and the international business community in general as the most prestigious and highly respected award in the international legal calendar.

Middle East law firm Al Tamimi & Company were presented with the International Office of the Year Award. Al Tamimi & Company, who's head office is based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has a staff of over 360 and offices throughout the UAE in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah as well as offices in Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Up until now the International Office of the Year Award had been open only to European and Asia Pacific offices but as markets have expanded the awards have taken a more global approach so that the category now covers mainland Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Key factors taken into account by the judges included increased market share, stellar financial performance, strong management, a successful recruitment and retention strategy and a significant client development programme.

Al Tamimi & Company's Managing Partner Hoda Barakat commented, "This award is a great achievement not only for Al Tamimi & Company but also for the legal community throughout the Middle East in general. We are very proud to that we have competed and won such a prestigious award against the likes of Herbert Smith, Latham and Watkins and Skadden Arps but more importantly we have always strived to promote the legal capabilities and expertise of the region and we feel that this award serves as recognition of this."