- DWF expands in the Middle East with two senior appointments
- LOD adds Innovation & Design offering in the UAE
- Dentons advises Bank of Sharjah
- ADGMAC publishes Arbitration Guidelines
- Pinsent Masons launches Spark Board to promote inclusive decision-making
- Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla advises Zenath Trading Enterprises
- This week’s Movers & Shakers (September 18, 2019)
Top Stories
The Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2019 : Innovate to shineThe Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2019 honoured and recognised the landmark deals and initiatives of the year gone by. A night to remember, 2019 ended on a high note for Niche Publishers with over 350 legal...
Top Stories
TO GC Talk Series – Invest in Saudi ArabiaThe Oath GC Talk Series session on structuring foreign investments in the Kingdom by BonelliErede. As Saudi Arabia embarks on plans to transform and diversify its economy, the Kingdom holds many opportunities and benefits for foreign investors....
Top Stories
Counting on credit?The UAE’s commitment to international investors drives changes to debt recovery regime. Eversheds Sutherland elaborates. Cash collection has always been key to the success of any business, no matter what size, sector or country. The UAE is...
Top Stories
The SIM swap fraud caseCharles Russell Speechlys’ litigation team led by Ghassan El Daye, represented a client in a complex banking litigation matter in Dubai and obtained a favourable landmark judgment against one of the most prominent local banks in relation...
Top Stories
KSA’s public procurement reformStephen P. Matthews writes about the new Saudi Arabian Government Tenders and Procurement Law - introduced in line with the goals of Vision 2030. On July 16, 2019, the Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers approved the new...
Middle East & International News
The DIFC has signed individual memorandums of understanding (MoU) with two leading institutions to fuel the...
Winston & Strawn LLP announced that the firm is restructuring its Middle East operations to meet its clients’ evolving legal needs and increased...
Legal and regulatory concerns around implementing new technology are holding back real estate businesses from driving...
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), the world’s flagship free zone and Government of Dubai Authority on...
Partners at Hogan Lovells have voted to confirm current Asia Pacific and Middle East regional chief executive Miguel Zaldivar as their new global...
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is launching a Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform (Platform) to help...
Features
The UAE’s commitment to international investors drives changes to debt recovery regime. Eversheds Sutherland elaborates. Cash collection has always been...
The SIM swap fraud caseCharles Russell Speechlys’ litigation team led by Ghassan El Daye, represented a client in a complex banking litigation matter in...
Opinions
Hannah Thompson of LexisNexis writes about the importance of advancing the rule of law, the principles driving the concept and...
Building a digital economyZaid Khonji talks about the key features of the Electronic Transactions Law and Electronic Transferable Records Law and its impact...
Legal Deals
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Uber on the acquisition of Careem, the Middle Eastern mobility, delivery, and payments operator. The...
Shearman & Sterling represented Mubadala Investment CompanyShearman & Sterling represented Mubadala Investment Company in connection with its purchase of approximately 10 million shares of common stock...
Interviews
In-House Insights
In conversation with Linda Fitz-Alan of Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts on establishing...
Private Eye
Guido Labriola of Global Advocacy and Legal Consultants talks about trends...
Movers & Shakers
XXIV Old Buildings, the Chambers of Alan Steinfeld QC, has appointed Ian Moyler as its new chambers director. His appointment follows the retirement of Sue Medder in August 2019. Along with the existing excellent team, led by Paul Horsfield on an interim basis since Sue Medder’s retirement, Ian Moyler will...
Movers & Shakers
CMS has announced the appointment of Greg Sibbald as a legal director in the firm’s Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes practice in Dubai. This is the sixth hire for the global ICE Disputes group in the past 18 months and follows the appointment of Courtney Rotheray in Dubai in...
Movers & Shakers
DWF has appointed Yasser Yaqub as a partner to its Dubai banking & finance practice with a focus on project finance. Yaqub has significant experience of advising on large-scale infrastructure projects (power/renewable power and water). Yaqub also has extensive experience in general finance and M&A work for financial institutions and...
Middle East Events
February 2020
TO GC Talk Series 2020: Fast Tracking the Civil Claims Process - Options in the UAE Courts
12 February 2020
in association with Global Advocacy & Legal Counsel (by invitation only event)
8.30am - 10.30am
At Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai
