- HFW launches new sustainability strategy
- Bracewell represents Marubeni Corporation and Aljomaih Energy & Water Company
- Dentons advises the Islamic Development Bank
- Ashurst advises ADES Investments
- Diales launches new service for the Middle East
- Herbert Smith Freehills advises on KSA’s Yanbu 4 IWP
- This week’s Movers & Shakers (March 17, 2021)
Top Stories
A renewed regional alliance?Bracewell’s Andrej Kormuth and Shayan Najib talk about the latest developments in Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia, and their individual drive towards internationalisation since the end of the embargo. With the lifting of the Qatar embargo previously...
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Towards a cashless future?A commentary by Tribonian Law Advisors on the surge of digital payment transactions in the UAE and how the latest legal developments secure the country as a regional leader in adopting new payment technologies. The UAE,...
Top Stories
The ‘zero-tolerance’ policyAn insight into the UAE’s continuous efforts to combat corruption during unprecedented times by Rebecca Copley and Shibani Kapur of Eversheds Sutherland. At the start of the year, Transparency International issued its Corruption Perception Index report for...
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Tech-forward investigationsRejil Kumar Rajan of Control Risks analyses how changing technology is challenging traditional investigation methodology. He offers practical considerations organisations should focus on to apply and integrate technology more effectively in corporate investigations. In this digital era,...
Top Stories
EFC in the UAEKeith Hutchison and Michael Morris of Clyde & Co highlight the impact of the recent change to the Bankruptcy Law on debtors and creditors in the United Arab Emirates. On October 22, 2020, the UAE government made...
Middle East & International News
Emirati lawyer Abeer Sharif has launched an app to help UAE residents navigate the law quickly and affordably. Ask Legal will cover areas...
ADGM has enacted the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2021. The objective of these Regulations is to confirm that electronic signatures, contracts, records and documents...
In 2021, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts and the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) will embark on a new Courts of the...
Abu Dhabi Global Market has announced that it has enacted the Data Protection Regulations 2021, which...
Lex Mundi has launched a new report on the key trends for global mergers & acquisitions (M&A). The...
Saleh Alobeidli & Co and International Consultant Law Office (ICLO), two law firms based in the...
Features
COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on the financial position of countless businesses worldwide. Can insurance provide relief under a...
Embracing the New LawA commentary by Walid S. Chiniara on the recently enacted Dubai Law No. 9/2020 dealing with the organisation of family property ownership in...
Opinions
Bracewell’s Andrej Kormuth and Shayan Najib talk about the latest developments in Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia, and their individual...
Harvesting lightA commentary on the state of solar power in the Middle East by Abdul-Haq Mohammed and Sam O’Doherty of Trowers...
Legal Deals
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Tribonian Law Advisors (TLA) acted as legal counsel on the sale of Bakemart to Almarai. On...
Pinsent Masons advises Speedy Hire PLC on sale to ADNOCPinsent Masons has advised Speedy Hire PLC/Speedy International Asset Services Equipment Rental LLC on the sale of its UAE equipment...
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
Brian Boahene has joined DWF in April 2021 from Ince where he was a partner in the firm’s insurance, transportation & trade practices. At DWF, he will establish the insurance practice in the Dubai office and lead development of premium complex claims work in the region. Boahene is a dispute resolution specialist...
Movers & Shakers
Dentons has appointed Dubai-based partner Mhairi Main Garcia as head of Energy, Transport and Infrastructure (ETI) for the Middle East. A corporate and commercial lawyer specialising in project development and M&A in the energy and infrastructure sectors, Garcia has advised sponsors, lenders, contractors and public sector clients on a number of leading...
Movers & Shakers
Simmons & Simmons announced that its Middle East team has expanded with the appointment of Tina Blazquez-Lopez as MEA Head Energy & Infrastructure on January 4, 2021 in its Dubai office. Blazquez-Lopez will be working closely with the Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Groups in the UK and Paris. Blazquez-Lopez...
