Myddleton Communications

March 2012

Myddleton Communications appointed as a Communications Partner by Incisive Media for Inaugural Middle East Awards

Myddleton Communications, the leading specialist professional and legal services PR consultancy, has been appointed as a Communications Partner by Legal Week, the leading UK legal weekly magazine, published by Incisive Media, to provide PR and media support for the Corporate Counsel Awards in Dubai, UAE.

The inaugural Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2012, co-hosted by Legal Week and the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group (CCME), will take place in Dubai on Thursday 17th May 2012 and follows the Legal Week Corporate Counsel Forum Middle East which takes place in Dubai on 16th May 2012.

The awards, which celebrate legal excellence in the Middle East, are open to in-house legal teams and law firms operating throughout the region. The awards will be hotly contested and the winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Thursday 17 May 2012 at The Westin Dubai Beach Resort & Spa, Dubai. The evening will be co-hosted by Richard Dean, presenter of Dubai Eye's Business Tonight and by CCME president Elias Hayek.

Commenting on the appointment of a Communications Partner, Legal Week executive editor John Malpas said: "We were impressed by Myddleton's work in the Middle East and their specialist EMEA team. We intend the awards should become a key fixture in the Middle East legal calendar and Myddleton will help position the awards as part of our wider commitment to the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group and to the region."

Myddleton Communications' managing director Paul Jaffa said: "We are delighted that the leading UK legal magazine has chosen us for our specialist Middle East expertise. The awards will help to recognise the excellence and scope of the work done by in-house counsel and law firms across the Middle East."

August 2010

Thought Leadership

Integrating a powerful communications tool into the business development programmes of professional services firms

Nicola Stokes, director of Myddleton Communications analyses how best to succeed

Thought Leadership is an ideal business development tool for professional service firms specifically because it plays to their strengths by harnessing their existing intellectual capital.

Professional firms endlessly debate the value of airing their views publically however, if implemented correctly, a thought leadership campaign will augment an existing marketing and business development strategy to broaden awareness of the firm, position as a solution provider as well as a technical expert and allow it to communicate effectively, and at the right level with existing and prospective clients.

June 2010

Myddleton Communications retained as Middle East PR advisors by world's largest executive search firm

Myddleton Communications, the leading specialist professional and legal services PR consultancy, has been appointed to provide PR and media support for a major research project on "Leadership in the Arab world", by the Middle East office of Korn/Ferry International, the world's largest executive search firm.

Myddleton's specialist Middle East team will work with Dubai based Metin Mitchell, MENA managing director of Korn/Ferry International, to raise profile in key business sectors in the Middle East and promote the research findings with a strategic communications campaign.

Myddleton Communications' managing director Paul Jaffa said: "We are delighted to be working with Korn/Ferry International on this exciting project to define leadership in the Arab World and shape the business, social and economic policy trends in the region".

Korn/Ferry International is the world's largest executive search firm with 89 offices in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America and South Africa as well as an extensive presence in Middle East markets.

January 2010

Top Middle East lawyers Al Tamimi & Company appoint Myddleton Communications as PR advisors in the UAE

Specialist London based public relations consultancy Myddleton Communications has been appointed to act for the UAE offices of Dubai based Al Tamimi & Company, the largest independent law firm In the Middle East.

The appointment adds to Myddleton's existing work for Al Tamimi's offices outside the UAE, as the consultancy has represented Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait offices since January 2009. The move will ensure the integration of its key messages of growth, high level expertise and its market leading position across the Middle East.

Al Tamimi's lawyers are able to provide expert comment, background information and articles on banking & finance, Islamic finance, business & regulatory, dispute resolution, real estate, construction & engineering, media, telecommunications & intellectual property issues across the key Middle East financial and business markets.

In addition, senior and founding partner Essam Al Tamimi and managing partner Husam Hourani are available for interview on local, regional and international business news stories.

Al Tamimi & Company was established in 1989 and is now one of the premier law firms in the Middle East and the largest independent law firm in the region. With 27 partners, over 160 fee earners and 360 staff in 10 offices across the Middle East. The firm is located throughout the UAE in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah and in Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait.

In November 2009 UAE legal publication The Brief named the firm as Gulf Law Firm of the Year and awarded founding partner Essam Al Tamimi the inaugural Gulf Lifetime Achievement Award. The firm also won Middle East and African Law Firm 2009 at the British Legal Awards and has been named United Arab Emirates Law Firm of the Year in the Whos Who Legal Awards.

January 2009

Myddleton Communications represents Al Tamimi & Company International - the largest independent law firm in the Middle East

Myddleton Communications, the leading UK specialist legal and professional services PR consultancy, has been retained to represent Al Tamimi & Company International, the largest independent law firm in the Middle East, in the UK and Europe.

Headquartered in Dubai, Al Tamimi & Company international has just announced the opening of its latest office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the only foreign law firm licensed to practice in the Kingdom. The firm now has over 150 lawyers and 8 offices across the Middle East.

The firms lawyers are amongst the leading commentators on trends, market background, legal and commercial issues across the Middle East, and specifically within the following jurisdictions: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Qatar, Baghdad, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

In addition to regional market trends and analysis, Al Tamimi's lawyers can provide expert comment in the following specialist business areas: