- Dubai International Arbitration Centre broadens reach to Vietnam
- New Lex Mundi GC Summit Report highlights harnessing the potential of GenAI
- Pinsent Masons launches Vario in the Middle East
- Clyde & Co strengthens its presence in the KSA, in line with RHQ Programme
- Launch of new law firm in the UAE by former General Counsel of Aster DM Healthcare
- Meysan Partners launches in London
- Squire Patton Boggs appoints Middle East practice co-chairs
Top Stories
The DIFC’s Digital Assets LawEnacted in March 2024, the new legislation aims to keep pace with rapid technological developments in the financial markets and provide legal certainty for investors and users of Digital Assets. A commentary by Norton Rose Fulbright. The...
Top Stories
Personal data regulation: New litigation frontiersJonathan Burns and Saeed Khunaizi of ZH Partners and Ellen Ray of Hourani & Partners discuss what businesses in KSA need to know with regard to personal data access rights under the new PDPL. “Discovery” is the...
Top Stories
The role of national courts in arbitrationThomas R. Snider and Lucy Wicksteed of Charles Russell Speechlys consider some of the different scenarios where the parties might find or want the courts involved in the arbitral process. Arbitration is, by its nature, a process operating...
Top Stories
Data, AI & constructionJulian Haslam-Jones and Janusz Oczyp of Alvarez & Marsal discuss how data management and technology assisted analytics in construction can enable companies and lead to greater efficiency, innovation and sustainable growth. The construction sector continues to be...
Top Stories
Weathering the April Storms…Chatura Randeniya, Lee Schama and Noran Al Mekhlafi of Afridi & Angell discuss the impact of the extreme weather conditions on parties in a contract and consider where the burden will fall under UAE law. When TS...
Middle East & International News
Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...
Clyde & Co has announced the opening of its Jeddah office in the Kingdom of Saudi...
A&O Shearman has announced the successful completion of the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman...
London International Disputes Week (LIDW) has unveiled the agenda for its Main Conference, taking place on...
Morgan Lewis is preparing to open an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, continuing its expansion and...
Al Tamimi & Company has published its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting the...
Features
Pamela McDonald and Sylvia Tonova of Pinsent Masons share their expert insight on global developments and current trends in arbitration...
The DIFC’s Digital Assets LawEnacted in March 2024, the new legislation aims to keep pace with rapid technological developments in the financial markets and...
Opinions
Will Large Language Models replace lawyers? Lindsay McAllister of CMS considers its impact on the legal profession by experimenting with...
The role of national courts in arbitrationThomas R. Snider and Lucy Wicksteed of Charles Russell Speechlys consider some of the different scenarios where the parties might...
Legal Deals
Clyde & Co has advised Alpha Dhabi Holding PJSC (ADH) on the sale of 49 per cent of the entire...
Morgan Lewis advises TVM Capital Healthcare on Investment into neurocareMorgan Lewis is advising its long-term client TVM Capital Healthcare in its investment into Munich-based neurocare group AG (neurocare), an...
Interviews
In-House Insights
The Conscious Lawyer, authored by Kiran Scarr, inspires leaders to embrace growth mindset...
Private Eye
Stephenson Harwood talks to the Oath about maritime decarbonisation and its...
Movers & Shakers
Bird & Bird has appointed 13 partners, 3 senior counsel, 24 counsel, 1 legal director and 1 of counsel in its annual global promotion round. All effective from May 2024. Surabhi Singhi has been promoted to partner – corporate group in the firm’s Dubai office. Graeme Maguire, chair, Bird &...
Movers & Shakers
Charles Russell Speechlys announced the appointment of Partner, Nicola Jackson, who joins the Firm’s Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency (CRI) team in Dubai. Jackson was previously co-lead of Clyde & Co’s Insolvency & Restructuring-Related Disputes and Contentious Advisory Practice in the Middle East and her arrival will further strengthen Charles Russell Speechlys’ cross-border insolvency...
Movers & Shakers
Addleshaw Goddard has announced a new leadership role for Robin Hickman who has been appointed head of Middle East. Hickman succeeds Andrew Johnston who was elected Addleshaw Goddard managing partner for a term of four years, with effect from May 1, 2024. Hickman has built a strong debt restructuring practice...
Middle East Events
June 2024
London International Disputes Week (LIDW) 2024
03 - 07 June 2024
Under the theme, ‘Uniting for Global Challenge and Opportunity’, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with leading experts and network with colleagues from around the world.
May 2024
TO GC Talk Series #51 - Bad Leavers: Whistleblowing, corporate espionage & misappropriations
22 May 2024
A breakfast seminar for in-house counsel | In association with HAS Law Firm and Legal Research Partner LexisNexis
8.30am - 10.30am
At Dubai, UAE
