08 Sep 2026
Hourani & Partners appoints Julia Snyder as partner in corporate and M&A
"Hourani & Partners has hired Julia Snyder as a partner in its corporate and M&A practice in Dubai; she joins from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and will advise on M&A and joint ventures."
Snyder spent six years with Hourani & Partners’ former affiliate firm and subsequently with Hourani & Partners in Dubai, joining as a senior associate in 2017 and rising to counsel in 2019 before moving to PIF in 2023. At PIF she advised on some of the fund’s international investments, helping to execute strategic investment decisions across cross-border transactions.
Before relocating to Riyadh in 2017, Snyder practised at Hunton Andrews Kurth in New York, Charltons Law in Hong Kong and Bingham McCutchen in Los Angeles.
Snyder’s appointment is the firm’s second lateral partner hire this year, following Daniel Xu, who joined from Eversheds Sutherland in January 2026 to lead the arbitration practice. She joins the team led by Salim Sader, partner and head of corporate and M&A, which advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings across the Middle East.