HFW wins two awards at The Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2025

Global, sector-focussed law firm HFW took home two awards at The Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2025.

The firm won in the Arbitration Team of the Year and Infrastructure and Energy Team of the Year categories at the ceremony, which took place on 26 November 2025 at the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah.

This year marked the 10^th anniversary of The Oath Middle East Legal Awards. Since its launch in 2015, the Awards champion excellence across the legal landscape – recognising law firms, legal support providers, general counsel and in-house teams driving meaningful transformation across the region.

These wins recognise HFW’s expertise in global infrastructure projects and international arbitration.

Having won in the Infrastructure and Energy Team of the Year category in 2024, HFW acts for many of the largest international construction companies, with a particular focus on infrastructure projects in the energy and transport sectors.

With arbitration specialists based in key hubs in the Middle East, Europe and the APAC region, the firm advises on high-value, complex and multi-jurisdictional arbitrations across a wide range of sectors, including aerospace, energy, construction, shipping, commodities and insurance.

HFW is one of the fastest-growing law firms in the Middle East, with its revenue in the region increasing by more than 60 percent between 2022 and 2024. The firm has been in the Middle East since 2006 and has 22 partners and 62 lawyers in total across its offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait City, and Riyadh, making it one of the largest and longest-standing practices of any international law firm in the region.