Group Profile

Founded in June 2007 through its predecessor orrganization (the DCCG), the newly named Corporate Counsel Middle East Group ("CCME") was the first group for in-house counsel in the Middle East.  Led by its founding members and Board of Directors, it quickly established itself as a leading regional legal organisation.  The group expanded regionally and rebranded in 2011 to the CCME.  The CCME has more than 200  active members, a network of 500+ in-house counsel and over 1000 practicing lawyers in the Middle East, and has established valuable partnerships with leading international and national law firms, executive search firms and publishers.

The CCME was created by and continues to be managed by senior in-house counsel operating in the Middle East region, coming together to promote the in-house practice of law in the Middle East.  In recent years, legal practice in the Middle East has become increasingly sophisticated, complex, fast-paced and dynamic.  As a result, many internationally trained in-house lawyers (as well as many international law firms) have come to the region offering their expertise and legal services to the region.  Legal organisations, however, remain relatively new and undeveloped and the CCME hopes to be a part of the growth of the legal sector in this exciting, dynamic and fast-developing region.