Perella Weinberg Partners has opened its latest office in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The announcement is accompanied by the naming of Jameel Akhrass and Nabil Lahham as partners of the firm. Akhrass was most recently the vice chairman of the Middle East and North Africa region for Nomura International, while Lahham was managing director in its MENA investment banking group.

Both men will focus on further building Perella Weinberg's strategic advisory and asset management operations across the Middle East. They will work with New York-based partners Tarek Abdel-Meguid and Amr Nosseir.

Also recently appointed is Hesham Ali as head of Middle East asset management. Ali has been with Perella Weinberg for the last three years.

"We are very pleased to be opening our Abu Dhabi office. This is an important development in our firm’s continuing commitment to an exceedingly important region of the world, and we are enthusiastic about the growth prospects for both our advisory and asset management businesses," Joseph Perella, chairman and chief executive, said in a statement.

Perella Weinberg Partners is a financial services firm that provides corporate advisory and asset management services worldwide.