Baker McKenzie makes triple hire in UAE from King…

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Trio joining as partners are M&A lawyers Osama Audi and Adnan Doha and capital markets specialist Abeer Jarrar

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Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla – Bakers’ United Arab Emirates business – has made a trio of senior hires from King & Spalding and Linklaters to bolster its corporate practice in Dubai.


The three new arrivals include Osama Audi and Adnan Doha from King & Spalding and Abeer Jarrar from Linklaters, who will all join as partners in August. Audi and Doha specialise in private equity, M&A, joint ventures, venture capital and corporate finance more broadly, while Jarrar’s practice focuses on capital markets and public M&A.


Habib Al Mulla, executive chairman of Bakers’ UAE operations, said: “Osama, Adnan and Abeer have worked on some of the UAE’s most complex and award-winning transactions. They bring a wealth of top tier transactional experience in M&A, capital markets and private equity.”


Audi had been at King & Spalding for roughly six-and-a-half years, becoming partner…