- This week’s Movers & Shakers
- Dentons advises IsDB on the issuance of USD1.5 billion sukuk
- Clifford Chance pilots new approach to evaluating performance
- Legal deals of the week (April 10, 2019)
- Ashurst strengthens infrastructure and construction disputes capability
- Morgan Lewis launches ML Well
- Norton Rose Fulbright advises on regulatory capital bond issuance
Top Stories
TO GC Talk Series: Future-proofing your business in 2019As the role of the general counsel grows in value within companies, they are increasingly called to effectively manage risk and drive strategic development within their organisations. The Oath GC Talk Series in association with Pinsent Masons...
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Dispute: To resolve or manage?How relevant is the litigation system or the alternative dispute resolution processes to resolve or manage commercial and corporate disputes? An analysis by Dr. Omar S I Abasheikh, barrister, Paragon Chambers. Dispute resolution In the determination of...
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Travel ban in the UAECorporate facilities in the UAE require a guarantee contract or a personal guarantee to be executed by the principal partner of the debtor company, obliging the guarantor to repay the full or part of the facility granted...
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The fight against financial crime continuesEversheds Sutherland highlights the recent changes to the UAE’s anti-money laundering landscape, the new law and the forthcoming FATF mutual evaluation. There can be no question that anti-money laundering (“AML”), counter-terrorist financing (“CTF”) and illegal organisation financing...
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UAE’s enhanced banking rulesZouhdi Yakan and Sameer Goel offer insight into the compilation of provisions under the new Banking Law, aimed at strengthening the Central Bank’s supervisory powers, governance and consumer protection in the country. One of the latest law...
Middle East & International News
The Courts are the first in the region to initiate and enact a comprehensive framework for third party financing of proceedings in the...
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) hosted a recent event in Dubai International Financial Centre to shed...
Andrew McManus and Anusia E. Gillespie will a team dedicated to working with clients to address their most pressing priorities through creative and...
The DIFC Courts and DHCA have signed an agreement that will see Dubai’s leading healthcare free zone become the first government entity to...
FundedByMe MENA was granted DFSA final approval in January 2019. The firm helped the company devise a bespoke funding model that protects investors by...
Bill Nash will lead an eight-lawyer, 21-person team in the Emirate, set to open on March 1, 2019. He will be joined by partners Alishia...
Features
How relevant is the litigation system or the alternative dispute resolution processes to resolve or manage commercial and corporate disputes?...
Product safety firstA new Federal Law on product safety has been published in the UAE Official Gazette and will come into force...
Opinions
Soumya George and Akshata Namjoshi of Karm Legal Consultants analyses the key features of the crypto asset framework under the...
The future of Iran-related US SanctionsGregor Pannike provides an in-depth analysis of the current economic and political determinators that have a consequential impact on the...
Legal Deals
Network International’s IPO is the UK’s biggest initial public offering by a technology company since Worldpay in 2015, and the...
CC and AS&H advises Saudi chemicals producer Cristal on cross-border saleThe transaction, with an overall value of over USD2 billion in cash and share consideration involved complex restructurings in various...
Interviews
In-House Insights
John Knox and Brett Menadue talk about how Lawyers On Demand is changing...
Private Eye
It has become critical for businesses to have an effective diversity...
Movers & Shakers
Pinsent Masons has announced the promotion of Construction disputes lawyer, Nesreen Osman to partner as of May 1, 2019 in its 23 strong specialist construction and engineering team in the Middle East. Osman, who is based in the firm’s Dubai office, specialises in construction, engineering and large-scale infrastructure disputes. Osman has acted...
Movers & Shakers
Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its finance practice with the appointment of Nicholas Robinson as a partner in its Dubai office. Robinson has a track record in advising major regional and international financial institutions and corporates on high value – and often high profile and award–winning – financings in the...
Movers & Shakers
DWF has announced the appointments of corporate legal director, Jonathan Burton and senior associate Ali Al Assad as the business further enhances its corporate and employment offering across the Middle East. Burton joins DWF from a leading international law firm and comes with over 10 years’ experience providing advice to...
