- Eversheds Sutherland advises OpenSooq.com
- This week’s Movers & Shakers (June 17, 2021)
- DIFC Courts & Emaar Properties sign cooperation agreement
- Akin Gump, AmCham Dubai and The Oath host webinar on the Biden Presidency
- This week’s Movers & Shakers (May 27, 2021)
- Ashurst advises Sojitz Corporation on acquisition of an interest in MIPCO
- Linklaters advises Etisalat on new UAE blockchain-based platform
Top Stories
Restrictive covenants: The view from the UAEThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to businesses and it is arguably more important than ever before for employers to have in place adequate protections against unlawful employee competition. In this article, we address some of...
Top Stories
Leadership focus on digital transformationThe impact of COVID-19 has accelerated digital adoption, presenting an opportunity for businesses to achieve operational resilience and a competitive advantage to secure future growth, writes Pinsent Masons. Prior to COVID-19, it was estimated that businesses in...
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Reading between the emojisKanupriya Jain of Control Risks navigates the complex world of emojis in corporate investigations and analyses their impact on the interpretation of evidence. If picture is worth a thousand words, then an emoji is worth a thousand...
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Standard 59 & MurabahasDentons analyses Murabaha financings post-AAOIFI Standard 59 and offers a couple of alternative approaches while the dust settles. The adoption of Shari’a Standard Number 59 regarding the Sale of Debt (Standard 59) by the Accounting and Auditing...
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Combating RansomwareHow should companies respond to the increasing threat of ransomware attacks? Darren Mullins of Accuracy takes a closer look at the latest trends using case examples. There’s no question that the most severe cyber threat of 2021...
Middle East & International News
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts has acquired the qualified electronic seal solution Ethaq, a paperless initiative that enables digital authenticity of documents with the support...
HFW has been appointed to the DIFC Courts Users’ Committee – an independent liaison body between the Courts and users that is tasked with...
Akin Gump, AmCham Dubai and The Oath Magazine are delighted to have hosted a webinar on...
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has issued a consultation paper proposing to issue Intellectual Property Regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) under the Intellectual Property Law...
The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of...
Emirati lawyer Abeer Sharif has launched an app to help UAE residents navigate the law quickly and affordably. Ask Legal will cover areas...
Features
Kuwait’s Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) has issued Kuwait Decision No. 42/2021, Concerning Data Privacy Protection Regulation (Data Privacy...
The UAE’s Foundations RegimesRima Mrad and Bradley Moran of BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates offer a detailed comparison of the Foundations in...
Opinions
The impact of COVID-19 has accelerated digital adoption, presenting an opportunity for businesses to achieve operational resilience and a competitive...
Planning for a new environment of disputesIt is critical for organisations to understand and plan for an increase in disputes, assessing how technology will help mitigate...
Legal Deals
Shearman & Sterling advised Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), in connection with its USD1.64 billion combined offering of existing...
Linklaters advises Etisalat on new UAE blockchain-based platformLinklaters advised Etisalat Group on contractual and compliance elements related to their roll-out of a game-changing platform in the trade...
Interviews
In-House Insights
Joanne Fischlin, head of corporate, external and legal affairs, Microsoft talks to the...
Private Eye
Guido Labriola of Global Advocacy and Legal Consultants talks about trends...
Movers & Shakers
Keystone Law Middle East continues to attract talent from across the Middle East with the recruitment of four new partners bringing the total number of partners in the UAE to 10 since its launch in July 2020. The new appointments are: Avril Cole, Corporate and Projects is joining from Clyde...
Movers & Shakers
Charles Russell Speechlys’ Top Tier Art & Luxury practice expands in the Middle East with the recruitment of senior associate, Chris Haywood, in their Dubai office. Haywood acts for a broad range of clients from artists, museums and galleries through to luxury and retail brands and leading international wine merchants....
Movers & Shakers
Accuracy has announced the hire of Darren Mullins as a partner in the Dubai office, supporting Accuracy’s expansion in the Middle East and Asia. Mullins brings 16 years of experience in the fields of Digital Forensics, Electronic Discovery, Fraud Analytics, and more recently Cyber Forensics and Incident Response. Acting as...
Middle East Events
June 2021
Webinar: Preparing for litigation - A UAE courts system guide
29 June 2021
For those unaccustomed to the UAE civil law system, litigation in the UAE can be daunting. In the next session of The Oath GC Talk Webinar Series in association with BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates, Haytham Alieh will guide the participants through the journey of preparing for litigation in the UAE courts.
11am - 12pm (UAE)
