DOHA: Al Tamimi & Company, the largest law firm in the Middle East has announced the promotion of six new partners in Qatar, UAE and Iraq.
Rafiq Jaffer (Banking & Finance, Qatar), Jawad Khalaf (Litigation, Iraq), Mamoon Khan (Banking & Finance, UAE), Ibtissam Lassoued (Financial Crime, UAE), Frank Lucente (Corporate Commercial, Qatar) and Munir Suboh (IP, UAE) were all promoted bringing Al Tamimi partnership number to 44 across the region.
Rafiq Jaffer recently moved to the Qatar office of Al Tamimi to head the Banking & Finance practice. Previously, Rafiq was Head of Legal of Barclays Bank PLC (India) and was part of the Senior Leadership Committee responsible for management of Barclays Corporate in India.
Frank Lucente is based in the firm’s Qatar office. Frank covers all aspects of the corporate and commercial practice having previously worked in this field in Australia for over 20 years. Frank has been a key advisor to NYSE-Euronext in relation to its interest in the Qatar Exchange.
Senior Partner and founder of the firm, Essam Al Tamimi welcomed the new appointments. “I am proud to congratulate these outstanding professionals, who each demonstrate exceptional leadership in serving clients and contributing to the firms overall strategy for growth and the provision of outstanding legal services.”
Adding to this, Husam Hourani, Managing Partner at Al Tamimi said “these appointments follow what has been an excellent six months for Al Tamimi & Company. We have been delighted to have received some very high profile awards this year and to now be in a position to recognise the achievements and contributions of these individuals at the firm make me very proud.”
The appointments will take effect from July 1.
The Peninsula
