SAUDI ARABIA: Law firm Vinson & Elkins (V&E) has appointed Looaye M Al-Akkas as partner at its newly established office in Riyadh, set up in association with the Law Office of Looaye M Al-Akkas.
The Riyadh office marks V&E’s Middle East expansion and will focus on conventional and Islamic banking and finance, project development and finance, construction/infrastructure, corporate/mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and energy.
It will be managed by Looaye, who was previously with Legal Advisors in association with Baker & McKenzie in Riyadh.