King & Spalding has expanded its Middle East practice by making an affiliation agreement with the Law Offices of Mohammed Al-Ammar in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The firm has also announced the appointment of Tariq Abbadi, who specializes in corporate and Saudi regulatory work and has been practising in Riyadh for three years. He comes to King & Spalding from Baker Botts.
King & Spalding now has seven lawyers in the UAE, and the firm expects to add five more lawyers to its Dubai office shortly.