As Legal Week editor Alex Novarese pointed out in a recent Comment, this organ isn’t only there for the nasty things in life (or practice). In fact, we can even be useful from time to time, as demonstrated by the top 10 City firm that was finally granted its licence to open in Abu Dhabi within 24 hours of a chat with The Diary.
Your correspondent was recently in conversation with one high-profile Middle East lawyer, who was surprised to learn that other firms were being granted their own licences left, right and centre. The revelation prompted a subtle shift in strategy from the ‘waiting politely in the corner’ school of inaction.
