Indian law firm Kochhar & Co. has hired Faizal Latheef as corporate partner in its Dubai office from Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla.
Latheef focuses his practice on corporate and commercial law and has over 15 years of experience advising on foreign investment, joint ventures, M&A, corporate restructuring and employment matters in the Middle East.
With the addition of Latheef Kochhar’s Dubai office, which launched last year, now has five partners.
Sidley Austin has advised Malaysia’s Axiata Group on its Indonesian subsidiary’s acquisition of Axis Telekom Indonesia from Saudi Telecom Company (STC), which was guided by Freshfields.
Papua New Guinea energy company Oil Search Ltd launched a fight on Friday to contest French oil giant Total SA's purchase of a 40 percent stake in PNG's biggest undeveloped gas field.
Oman's central bank has set new caps on banks' credit exposure to non-residents and funds placed abroad, giving lenders six months to comply.