{"id":232588,"date":"2025-10-20T11:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/?post_type=event_report&#038;p=232588"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:25:31","slug":"gc-powerlist-middle-east-2025","status":"publish","type":"event_report","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/report\/gc-powerlist-middle-east-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"GC Powerlist: Middle East 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 15th October, Legal 500 returned to Dubai to launch the GC Powerlist: Middle East 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s launch was held in association with leading independent Saudi practice Omar Al-Rasheed &amp; Partners Law Firm; Bennani &amp; Associ\u00e9s, 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 &amp; 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 &amp; Associates.<\/p>\n<p>Legal 500\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>An impressive cohort of leading in-house counsel came together from throughout the Middle East to celebrate the launch of this year\u2019s edition in one of the region\u2019s key business hubs, gathering in the Grapeskin Courtyard at La Ville Hotel &amp; Suites City Walk.<\/p>\n<p>Isabel Caine, Editor \u2013 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.<\/p>\n<p>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 canap\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Legal 500 extends its sincere congratulations to everyone who successfully made it onto this year\u2019s GC Powerlist: Middle East and is honoured to celebrate such an outstanding group of in-house counsel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":232932,"template":"","class_list":["post-232588","event_report","type-event_report","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/232588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event_report"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/232588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232954,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_report\/232588\/revisions\/232954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}