GC Powerlist: Middle East 2025

On Wednesday 15th October, Legal 500 returned to Dubai to launch the GC Powerlist: Middle East 2025.

This year’s launch was held in association with leading independent Saudi practice Omar Al-Rasheed & Partners Law Firm; Bennani & Associés, a top independent business law firm in North, West and Central Africa; Nami Associates, the largest top-tier law firm in Iran; full-service Bangladeshi law firm TANJIB ALAM & ASSOCIATES; IP specialists Audiri Vox; HAS Law Firm, established leading law firm in Dubai; SSQ; tier-one Nigerian firm Olaniwun Ajayi LP; experienced Pakistani firm Liaquat Merchant Associates; and Lebanon-based Alem & Associates.

Legal 500’s GC Powerlist: Middle East 2025 recognises top in-house counsel from seven countries across the region, marking their achievements and the vital contributions they make to their organisations.

An impressive cohort of leading in-house counsel came together from throughout the Middle East to celebrate the launch of this year’s edition in one of the region’s key business hubs, gathering in the Grapeskin Courtyard at La Ville Hotel & Suites City Walk.

Isabel Caine, Editor – Corporate Counsel at Legal 500, opened the evening, highlighting the integral role that modern in-house counsel play and how this position has evolved and developed across the Middle East.

Honourees were then invited to collect their certificates and have official photographs taken to commemorate their achievement. Guests continued lively discussions and networking, while enjoying cooling refreshments and canapés.

Legal 500 extends its sincere congratulations to everyone who successfully made it onto this year’s GC Powerlist: Middle East and is honoured to celebrate such an outstanding group of in-house counsel.