Allen & Overy has welcomed back Haris Meyer Hanif with effect from January 1, 2024. Hanif rejoins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was Head of Finance in MENA for over 11 years. Prior to that, he spent two years at Allen & Overy in Dubai, as well as having held roles in London. He is recognised as a market-leading lawyer in his field, specialised in complex restructuring and insolvency matters, leveraged and acquisition financings and private capital transactions across the Middle East and Africa. He has acted on some of the most innovative restructuring and financings in the region and, alongside Dubai partner Adam Banks, will establish a senior bench of restructuring and capital solutions specialists covering UAE, KSA and the wider Middle East region.