Texas giant Fulbright & Jaworski has launched a Middle East practice after swooping on Bryan Cave’s local network – taking the firm’s head of international, John Lonsberg, and the firm’s affiliated Dubai and Riyadh offices.

The 800-lawyer firm this week finalised formal alliance agreements with Dubai’s Al-Mehairi Legal Consultants and Saudi Arabia Kadasah Law Firm after the two firms severed their associations with Bryan Cave.