Herbert Smith Freehills shuts Abu Dhabi office as firm consolidates Middle East presence Legal Business17 June 2015Middle East and Africa Reduced to just one partner in Abu Dhabi, Herbert Smith Freehills is shutting the office and shifting its five-lawyer team to Dubai just six years after opening.Your 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‘The merger is working’ – HSF Kramer on its US corporate pushTrading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retiresHSF Kramer picks up three-partner corporate team from Paul Hastings in New YorkHSF launches Riyadh office in the wake of Saudi legal reformsMiddle East Focus: Light on the horizonAfrica rising – Foreign firms strive to cover the booming continentRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry