- Law firm highlights (Sep 24, 2020)
- This week’s Movers & Shakers (Sep 24, 2020)
- Jones Day advises sponsors on closing of Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP Project in Saudi Arabia
- Keystone Law launches operations in the Middle East
- CMS expands in the UAE
- Squire Patton Boggs to close Doha office
- New opportunities at DIFC through expanded prescribed company regime
Top Stories
A legacy of resilienceIn a landmark move, Law No. (9) of 2020 regulating family-owned businesses in Dubai was issued last month. The original bill was prepared by Fadi Hammadeh of Al Futtaim Group in 2013. In an exclusive to the...
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Schrems II & data privacyClyde & Co analyses the recent European Court of Justice ruling and its impact on data flow from the EU to the Middle East. A landmark data protection case in Europe last month has the potential to...
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Emerging from crisisChris Williams and Oliver Phillips share their insight on M&A in the Middle East, emphasising on current activity, future opportunities and critical points that buyers and sellers should consider. The first half of 2020 presented governments, businesses...
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Leading beyond the crisisBernadette Baynie highlights seven ways to navigate through turbulent times ahead in an evolving, ‘new’ corporate world. General counsel, senior lawyers and law firm partners are currently living and working through one of the most turbulent times...
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A Customs-free access?Charles Laubach and Saurbh Kothari of Afridi & Angell offer clarity on the UAE Foreign Direct Investment Law vs. GCC Customs Exemption. The Federal Decree-Law 19 of 2018 on Foreign Direct Investment (the FDI Law) permits majority...
Middle East & International News
Keystone Law announced last month that it has finalised the arrangements for its first office in the Middle East. The establishment of Keystone Law Middle...
CMS has announced the opening of an office in Abu Dhabi and the extension of its Dubai office lease in Burj Daman Tower,...
Squire Patton Boggs is closing its Doha office after deciding to invest in growth elsewhere on...
Dubai International Financial Centre has expanded the applicant criteria for its successful Prescribed Companies regime. The...
Myddleton Communications Ltd, one of the UK’s leading professional services communications consultancies and Noa Mayer Consulting & Business Development, one of Israel’s top...
DIFC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EC3 Brokers to implement a Group Health...
Features
The legal and regulatory landscape in the financial sector in Jordan and Iraq has continued to see a period of...
IP & e-commerce in the UAEIt is crucial for both new and existing businesses to consider the intellectual property aspects which may arise, as they...
Opinions
Can Bahrain’s off-plan developments weather the storm of the current outbreak? Simon Green and Reem Al Mahroos consider key concepts...
Emerging from crisisChris Williams and Oliver Phillips share their insight on M&A in the Middle East, emphasising on current activity, future opportunities...
Legal Deals
Dentons Abu Dhabi and Dentons London have advised a syndicate of banks (comprised of Senior Facility Agent & Security Trustee...
Clifford Chance advises Port & Free Zone WorldClifford Chance has advised Port & Free Zone World FZE (PFZW), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai World, on its...
Interviews
In-House Insights
From working on a complex aircraft financing transaction to learning how to code,...
Private Eye
Guido Labriola of Global Advocacy and Legal Consultants talks about trends...
Movers & Shakers
Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed Zayd Alathari, an intellectual property lawyer with experience in the Middle East and the US, has joined its Riyadh office as a partner. Alathari joins the Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Law Firm in association with Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP from Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), where...
Movers & Shakers
Mayer Brown further expanded its restructuring and special situation capabilities with the hire of Barry Cosgrave as a partner, who will work from the firm’s London and Dubai offices. Cosgrave joins Mayer Brown from K&L Gates, where he was a partner and the EMEA practice coordinator for the restructuring and...
Movers & Shakers
PwC Legal Middle East LLP is growing the team with the appointment of Natalie Jones as their Middle East head of employment. Jones joins PwC Legal Middle East LLP from Al Tamimi & Company in Dubai where she specialised in contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Jones is an England &...
Middle East Events
October 2020
TO GC Talk Series: Preparing for Trouble - Avoiding, preparing for and dealing with disagreements with business partners
14 October 2020
In association with Charles Russell Speechlys
8.30am - 10.30am
At Level 8, Meeting Suite 2, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai, UAE
