- HFW launches insurance practice in Abu Dhabi with partner hire
- Partner promotions at DLA Piper
- 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
- Al Otaiba & Hamdan Budebes and Banks Legal partner to launch legal practice
Top Stories
The way forwardHerbert Smith Freehills’ Craig Shepherd, Stuart Paterson and Caroline Kehoe talk about key developments for 2018 in Middle East dispute resolution, arbitration and anti-corruption and trends for 2019. The year 2018 saw significant positive developments in arbitration...
Top Stories
TO GC Talk Series: The GC’s role in shaping legislationA session on how in-house counsel can effectively contribute to law-making mechanisms of a country. In the recent years, we have often heard of how general counsel need to be more like business leaders rather than just...
Top Stories
A nod to the futureEversheds Sutherland and Smart Dubai consider the future of AI governance and how a proactive approach can create a trusted ecosystem and address ethical concerns. Could 2019 be the year Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) takes off? Around the world,...
Top Stories
Bahrain’s personal data lawEamon Holley and Mohamed Toorani of DLA Piper shine a light on the main features of the new data protection law and its impact on businesses. On July 12, 2018, the Kingdom of Bahrain issued Law No....
Top Stories
Oman’s evolving legislative landscapeOman has recently seen a spate of legislative change against a backdrop of regional declining oil revenues and a reinforced desire to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbon dependency. Sadaf Buchanan of Dentons elaborates on some of...
Middle East & International News
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...
The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has issued for consultation draft directives on “Digital Financial Advice” (also known...
Features
A comparative view on succession planning and transfer of ownership in family enterprises. How to manage diversity in the context...
The way forwardHerbert Smith Freehills’ Craig Shepherd, Stuart Paterson and Caroline Kehoe talk about key developments for 2018 in Middle East dispute...
Opinions
Gregor Pannike provides an in-depth analysis of the current economic and political determinators that have a consequential impact on the...
Taking the lead…Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world considering the recent developments in legislation, infrastructure and increase...
Legal Deals
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on the first ever conventional Basel III-compliant additional tier 1 (AT1) transaction in the UAE....
Pinsent Masons Advises First Equity Crowdfunding Platform Licensed in the DIFCPinsent Masons, has acted as the sole legal adviser to the first equity crowdfunding platform licensed under the new DFSA crowdfunding...
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
Omani law firm, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co (AMJ), has appointed Asad Qayyum as a partner to head up its Natural Resource and Islamic Finance teams. Qayyum is a dual-qualified corporate – commercial lawyer with particular expertise in the Oil and Gas, Mining and Islamic Finance sector. Qayyum’s work...
Movers & Shakers
Al Tamimi & Company has announced the appointment of Abdullah Mutawi as the joint head of the firm’s Corporate Commercial practice. Mutawi will co-lead the practice with Gary Watts, the current head of Al Tamimi’s Corporate Commercial practice, who is expected to retire from the firm at the end of...
Movers & Shakers
Bracewell LLP announced that Andrej Kormuth has joined the firm as a partner in the Dubai office. Kormuth comes to Bracewell from Clifford Chance, where he advised on a range of infrastructure projects for regional and international clients. “Andrej is an outstanding projects lawyer. His extensive knowledge of projects opportunities in the MENA region complements the...
Middle East Events
May 2019
TO GC Talk Series: Understanding Debt Recovery in the UAE
01 May 2019
In the next GC Talk Series session in association with Afridi & Angell, partner Chatura Randeniya will discuss the modalities of debt recovery in the UAE, and potential strategies that can be pursued to make the process more efficient. (By Invitation only)
At Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai
