| Name | Firm from | Firm to | Practice | Location | Date |
| Rabih Tabbara | K&L Gates | DWF | International Arbitration | Dubai | Thursday, 31 August 2017 |
| Haitham Hawashin | Simmons & Simmons | Herbert Smith Freehills | Corporate & Corporate Finance | Dubai | Monday, 31 July 2017 |
| Ben Bruton | Evershed Sutherland | Winston & Strawn | Dispute Resolution | Dubai | Monday, 31 July 2017 |
| Ghassan El-Daye | King & Wood Mallesons | Charles Russell Speechlys | Dispute Resolution | Dubai | Saturday, 15 July 2017 |
| Jonathan Brown | Hadef & Partners | Charles Russell Speechlys | Dispute Resolution | Dubai | Saturday, 15 July 2017 |
| Dino Wilkinson | Norton Rose Fulbright | Clyde & Co | TMT | Abu Dhabi | Saturday, 15 July 2017 |
| Matt Donovan | Clyde & Co | DWF | Corporate & Defence and Security | Dubai | Saturday, 15 July 2017 |
| Sophia Yazane | M-HQ Dubai | DWF | Private client and tax | Dubai | Thursday, 1 June 2017 |
| Glenn Lovell | KWM | Clyde & Co | Riyadh | Thursday, 1 June 2017 | |
| Jack Greenwald and Richard Keenan | Chadbourne & Parke | Covington & Burling | Office launch / project finance | Dubai | Monday, 1 May 2017 |
| Ghassan El Daye | KWM | Charles Russell Speechlys | Office launch / Disputes | Dubai | Monday, 1 May 2017 |
| Jane Miles | Dentons | HFW | Disputes | Dubai | Saturday, 1 April 2017 |
| Beau McLaren | Dentons | HFW | Construction disputes | Dubai | Wednesday, 1 March 2017 |
| Sarah Lawrence | DLA Piper | SPB | Labour & employment | Dubai | Wednesday, 1 February 2017 |
| Ibrahim Elsadig | Dentons | BLP | Commercial | Dubai | Wednesday, 1 February 2017 |
| Payam Beheshti | Clifford Chance | Simmons & Simmons | Disputes | Dubai | Wednesday, 1 February 2017 |
| Dentons | Office launch | Jeddah | Wednesday, 1 February 2017 | ||
| Ian Chung | HFW | Clyde & Co | Shipping | Dubai | Wednesday, 1 February 2017 |
| DWF | association with Harasani & Alkhamees | Riyadh and Jeddah | Wednesday, 1 February 2017 | ||
| John Coghlan | Addleshaw Goddard | DWF | Construction disputes | Dubai | Wednesday, 1 February 2017 |
| Haytham Alieh | Baker & McKenzie | DWF | Litigation | Dubai | Wednesday, 1 February 2017 |
| Nick Humphrey | Clyde & Co | Kennedy | Disputes | Dubai | Sunday, 1 January 2017 |
| Ravinder Bhullar | Nabarro | Dechert | International Arbitration | Dubai | Thursday, 1 December 2016 |
| Hamish Walton | KWM | Dechert | Corporate | Dubai | Tuesday, 1 November 2016 |
| Oliver Tebbit | Clyde & Co | WFW | Aviation finance | Dubai | Tuesday, 1 November 2016 |
| Alastair Glover | Gowling WLG | Trowers & Hamlins | Capital markets | Dubai | Tuesday, 1 November 2016 |
| Edward Newitt | HFW | Stephenson Harwood | Marine insurance / litigation | Dubai | Tuesday, 1 November 2016 |
| Campbell Steedman | White & case | Winston & Strawn | Managing Partner | Dubai | Saturday, 1 October 2016 |
| Nadim Khan | HSF | Jones Day | Projects & infrastructure | Dubai | Saturday, 1 October 2016 |
| Patricia Tiller | Baker Botts | Andrews Kurth | Projects & infrastructure | Dubai | Monday, 1 August 2016 |
| Amir Kordvani | Clyde & Co | CMS | Projects & infrastructure | Abu Dhabi | Monday, 1 August 2016 |
| Nabeel Ikram | Dechert | Hogan Lovells | Construction | Dubai | Friday, 1 July 2016 |
| Mayer Brown | Office launch | Dubai | Friday, 1 July 2016 | ||
| Phillip Sacks | King & Spalding | Dechert | Financial services | Dubai | Friday, 1 July 2016 |
| Romi Nayef | Greenberg Traurig (Texas) | Chadbourne & Parke | Corporate | Dubai | Friday, 1 July 2016 |
| Kelly Tymburski | Bird & Bird | Dentons | TMT | Dubai | Friday, 1 July 2016 |
| Tom Butcher | Simmons & Simmons | Allen & Overy | TMT | Abu Dhabi | Friday, 1 July 2016 |
