- DLA Piper advises Zip Co on its investment in Spotii
- Dentons advises Burgan Bank and KIB on Tier 2 issuances
- New global interactive risk-mapping tool for GCs
- Legal deals of the week (Nov 30, 2020)
- This week’s Movers & Shakers (Nov 30, 2020)
- Al Tamimi & Co. launches its unique Trainee Solicitor Programme
- Legal deals of the week (Nov 26, 2020)
Top Stories
Incentivise innovativelyNatalie Jones of PwC Legal Middle East explores non-traditional, cost-effective methods to reward and motivate employees at the workplace. 2020 has undoubtedly been a difficult year for most employers, with many being required to implement cost saving...
Top Stories
Widening the scopeA jurisdiction guide to Third Party Funding in UAE arbitration by Jed Savager and Angus Frean of Pinsent Masons. Third party funding (TPF) for international arbitrations and court proceedings related to international arbitrations is now permitted in...
Top Stories
A major change of approachThe UAE has introduced fundamental amendments to its Commercial Companies Law to boost FDI and enhance the ease of doing business. Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla highlights the key changes. In November 2020, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed...
Top Stories
New order, new alliancesMatthew Burnard of Control Risks shares his take on what lies ahead for the Middle East region in 2021, highlighting the trends, challenges and opportunities that will shape the next 12 months. Three sets of dynamics will shape...
Top Stories
A viable alternativeA commentary by Charles Russell Speechlys on the legal considerations for the use of Electronic Signatures in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The prevalence and shift towards the use of digital documents in day-to-day transactions is both timely...
Middle East & International News
ADGM that it has published a public consultation paper on its proposed new Data Protection Regulations,...
Leveraging the expertise of its member firms, Lex Mundi has created an interactive guide that identifies high-level regulatory and legislative developments expected in the first half of 2021. Lex...
Trainees at the firm can now qualify as England and Wales solicitors. The current selection of trainees is based across Bahrain, Jordan, Abu...
The initiative adopts and promotes a culture of openness about mental wellbeing and encourages working arrangements...
Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Gerry Pecht has assumed the role of Global Chief Executive of Norton Rose Fulbright, effective October 1, 2020....
ArbitralWomen and the Abu Dhabi Global Market Arbitration Centre (ADGMAC) are pleased to announce that they have agreed to partner with the shared goal of raising...
Features
Natalie Jones of PwC Legal Middle East explores non-traditional, cost-effective methods to reward and motivate employees at the workplace. 2020...
Widening the scopeA jurisdiction guide to Third Party Funding in UAE arbitration by Jed Savager and Angus Frean of Pinsent Masons. Third...
Opinions
As the use and scope of digital payments continues to grow exponentially in the Middle East, regulators have the unenviable...
The path to debt recoveryDr. Rita Waked Jaber shares her thoughts on the effectively legal course that can be initiated to enable creditors recover...
Legal Deals
Pinsent Masons has advised the sponsors on the Taif independent wastewater treatment plant project in Saudi Arabia, with assistance from the firm’s...
Legal Advisors Abdulaziz Alajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited advises the Ministry of Finance of KSALegal Advisors Abdulaziz Alajlan & Partners in association with Baker & McKenzie Limited has acted as legal counsel to the...
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
Charles Russell Speechlys has further strengthened its Middle East offering with the hire of dispute resolution partner Sara Sheffield. Sara acts in complex commercial litigation in the UAE’s common law courts in the Dubai International Financial Centre and the Abu Dhabi Global Market, and in international arbitration. Sara advises clients...
Movers & Shakers
The Bench has appointed Aston Benjamin-Taylor to head-up the growing Hotels & Leisure team. Aston has over 12 years’ experience gained initially in the UK in some of the leading sports and media law firms (Olswang and Lewis Silkin) before moving to Dubai in 2013. He was subsequently senior legal counsel at Jumeirah...
Movers & Shakers
Norton Rose Fulbright has strengthened its corporate offering in the Middle East with the hire of new partner Kayaan Unwalla. Kayaan joins from DWF, where he was partner and head of corporate (Middle East). He advises clients on matters including cross-border transactional M&A, joint ventures, government contracts, commercial agreements and regulatory...
