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BigLaw firms in Dubai, UAE

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

Firms
23
Offices
23
Median first-year base
$225,000
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23 firms in Dubai, UAE

  1. Vault #4Latham & Watkins LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #2

    $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 #12Covington & Burling LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #30

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

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

    Office here · AmLaw #20

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  5. Vault #18White & Case LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #9

    $225,000+

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

  6. Vault #26Jones Day

    Office here · AmLaw #15

    $225,000+

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

  7. Vault #30Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    Office here · AmLaw #12

    $225,000+

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

  8. Vault #36King & Spalding LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #23

    $225,000+

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

  9. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

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

  10. Vault #41Clifford Chance US LLP

    Office here

    $255,000+

  11. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

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

  12. Vault #44Mayer Brown LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #27

    $225,000+

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

  13. Vault #45Baker McKenzie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #8

    $225,000+

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

  14. Vault #50Freshfields US LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  15. Vault #51Dechert LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #39

    $255,000+

  16. Vault #52Linklaters LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  17. Vault #53Vinson & Elkins LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #58

    $225,000+

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

  18. Vault #54Baker Botts L.L.P.

    Office here · AmLaw #75

    $225,000+

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

  19. Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #17

    Varies by office

  20. Vault #56A&O Shearman LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  21. Vault #57Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #19

    $235,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  22. Vault #62Dentons US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #18

    $225,000+

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

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

    Office here · AmLaw #45

    $200,000

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