- Covid-19 and Force Majeure in the UAE: A Legal Perspective
- Charles Russell Speechlys launches Feesible
- Addleshaw Goddard’s new construction partner
- Ashurst advises PIC on major petrochemical joint venture with SKC
- Government of RAK awards Banks Legal with the 2019 Julphar Finance Award for Excellence
- Clyde & Co report: Global insurance M&A at a four-year high
- Eversheds Sutherland’s new Dubai managing partner
Top Stories
The path to board diversityStephanie Williams – Quinn and Nadia Taousi of PwC Middle East takes a closer look at what it takes to implement change to increase the presence of women on boards and to ensure a gender diverse composition....
Top Stories
A double blowThe contractual repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and oil price war on oil and gas contracts by Richard Devine and Ana Severova. The economies of the GCC countries and public spending budgets depend heavily on oil. At...
Top Stories
Secondment arrangements – whose liability is it anyway?The DWF Employment team in Dubai explores how secondment arrangements are dealt with across the DIFC and the ADGM in order to analyse the feasibility of and the resulting implications arising from the implementation of secondment arrangements....
Top Stories
Uncharted watersMarco De Leo and Enrico Vergani of BonelliErede share their insight on COVID-19 and its impact on the cruise industry. The UAE was quick to respond to the threat of COVID-19, as evidenced by the authorities’ decisions...
Top Stories
A journey towards responsible AIAn in-depth look into the decision-making capability of artificial intelligence by FICO’s chief analytics officer Scott Zoldi. It was just over a year ago that I wrote an article for the Oath about data being a commodity...
Middle East & International News
According to a new report by Marsh, evaluating property insurance policies during the outbreak of COVID-19...
Lex Mundi, in conjunction with members of the Lex Mundi Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Group, has...
Uncertainty due to ambiguous laws has been identified as the top regulatory challenge facing business leaders...
Abu Dhabi Global Market announced amendments to its founding law, Abu Dhabi Law No. (4) of...
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (“FSRA”) of Abu Dhabi...
The DFSA has announced a number of initiatives aimed to provide significant assistance and regulatory relief...
Features
Stephanie Williams – Quinn and Nadia Taousi of PwC Middle East takes a closer look at what it takes to...
Prospects, challenges & measuresCharles Russell Speechlys explores the impact of COVID-19 on the regional real estate sector. These are turbulent times and things...
Opinions
As the ICMA set their eyes on Dubai, Majid Obaid bin Bashir of EMAC talks about the uptake of maritime...
China’s Corporate Social Credit System – A model for the UAE?Dr. Constantin Frank-Fahle of Germela Law LLP considers whether China’s Corporate Social Credit System is a role model for the...
Legal Deals
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised HSBC and Mizuho Bank on a Shari’ah-compliant USD1bn Islamic finance facility, the first cross-border transaction...
HFW assists Abu Dhabi Ports On ship purchase with remote closing by video conferenceHFW assisted Abu Dhabi Ports on its purchase of bulk carrier Mv NIKI. The firm also provided completion services to...
Interviews
In-House Insights
From working on a complex aircraft financing transaction to learning how to code,...
Private Eye
Guido Labriola of Global Advocacy and Legal Consultants talks about trends...
Movers & Shakers
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that banking and finance lawyer Nick Robinson has joined the firm as partner in its Dubai office. Robinson, who joins from Stephenson Harwood, has been based in Dubai since 2010. He advises regional and international financial institutions and corporates on secured lending transactions, and has particular expertise in...
Movers & Shakers
HFW has strengthened its Middle East construction practice with the hire of Maria Deus in Abu Dhabi and the relocation of Kijong Nam from London to Dubai. Deus is a construction disputes expert and joins HFW as a legal director from DWF, having previously worked in-house as legal counsel for an international...
Movers & Shakers
Jeremy Scott joins Addleshaw Goddard from regional firm, Al Tamimi and Company, where he was a real estate partner. Scott’s appointment follows a number of recent hires in the GCC, he is the sixth partner to join the firm in the GCC in the past four months. Scott is a...
Middle East Events
October 2020
TO GC Talk Series: Preparing for Trouble - Avoiding, preparing for and dealing with disagreements with business partners
14 October 2020
In association with Charles Russell Speechlys
8.30am - 10.30am
At Level 8, Meeting Suite 2, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai, UAE
