What is Clifford Chance Doing in Saudi Arabia?

During our usual scan of business of law stories on Monday morning, we found ourselves scratching our heads over what Clifford Chance is doing in Saudi Arabia, and to our delight the business of law fairies providedsomeclarity, starting with a magical 7:43 a.m. email gift.

Indeed, the Magic Circle law firm (what’s the magic circle you ask? listen to our Brexit podcast with our man in London, Jeremy Hodges of Bloomberg News ) announced that it has entered into an association with the newly established Abuhumed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm (AS&H) in Saudi Arabia.

The association will ...