Law firms Freshfields head of Islamic finance to leave for Morgan Lewis Legal Business · 14 September 2015 · 2 min read Strategic recruitment Finance Freshfields Morgan Lewis Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer global head of Islamic finance Tarek El-Assra has quit the firm to join Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as a partner, as the Morgan Lewis targets the United Arab Emirates and Saudi ArabiaYour limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this category‘One engine, configured a thousand different ways’ – is Claude for Legal the next big shift in legal tech?Law firmsTom Cox28 May 2026Trading Places: Simpson continues K&E raid as Paul Weiss adds disputes in HoustonLaw firmsEliza Winter19 May 2026‘They ripped the Band-Aid off’ – why Wachtell and other elite firms are tearing up partner payLaw firmsWill Lewallen19 May 2026Paul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Feb 2025Gibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Feb 2025White & Case snaps up A&O Shearman IP trio as post-merger exits continueLaw firmsAlex Ryan14 Feb 2025‘A true win’ – Baker McKenzie on record Ecuador $1.6bn debt-for-nature swap and winning Finance Team of the YearLaw firmsElisha Juttla28 Oct 2024Financial Regulatory and Disputes Summit: Stranger than fictionLaw firmsHolly McKechnie20 Feb 2024Greenberg expands finance team in the City with Weil hireLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Nov 2023