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BigLaw firms in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Every firm in our directory with an office in Abu Dhabi, UAE, best-known first, with first-year pay and where it comes from.

Firms
15
Offices
15
Median first-year base
$225,000
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15 firms in Abu Dhabi, UAE

  1. Vault #3Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #5

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  2. Vault #8Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #4

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  3. Vault #14Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #20

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  4. Vault #16Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #32

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  5. Vault #18White & Case LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #9

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  6. Vault #21Paul Hastings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #22

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  7. Vault #36King & Spalding LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #23

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  8. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  9. Vault #41Clifford Chance US LLP

    Office here

    $255,000+

  10. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  11. Vault #50Freshfields US LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  12. Vault #52Linklaters LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  13. Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #17

    Varies by office

  14. Vault #56A&O Shearman LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  15. Vault #82Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #45

    $200,000

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