- Allen & Overy advises GEMS education
- Clyde & Co to use innovative tool in development of machine learning projects
- DIFC Courts expand scope of wills services across the UAE
- AS&H in cooperation with CC advises on the IPO of Arabian Centres Company
- Mayer Brown expands arbitration capabilities in the Middle East
- CC and AS&H advise consortium led by Marubeni Corporation
- Italian firms set to merge
Top Stories
TO GC Talk Series: Navigating the new DIFC Employment LawThe Oath GC Talk Series hosted a session on the salient features of the new DIFC Employment law and potential steps that employers should take to avoid penalties. The session on ‘Navigating the new DIFC Employment Law’...
Top Stories
A promising startAltynay Tanasheva and Ana Severova talk about the key considerations involved in doing business in the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) in Kazakhstan. With stories of Brexit and trade wars between the US, China and the EU...
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New law, massive impactThe new Insolvency Law aims to balance the needs of all stakeholders in the context of insolvency-related situations in the DIFC, to facilitate a more efficient and effective restructuring regime. On June 13, 2019, the much anticipated...
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The GCC solar power boom: Powering on after sunsetMhairi Main Garcia looks at recent developments in the renewable energy sector in the GCC and the implications of large amounts of solar power entering the power generation mix, considering some of the options and challenges surrounding...
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What clients (really) want…Would you pay your lawyer USD1000 to clean your bathroom? Here’s why Tim Jenkins at Tap the Market thinks it might not be such a bad idea. In this article, we look at possible ways (old school...
Middle East & International News
The Omani Government is considering a new Securities Law to help the securities market grow in...
Berkeley Assets has signed a contract with DLA Piper which places the global business law firm in charge of the company’s legal matters...
The UAE Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has approved...
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has issued its regulatory...
The firm has entered into an arrangement with Neural Vision Technologies (NVT), an AI company, to assist its Data Lab with the process....
Changes have been made to the rules of wills registrations, which will now accommodate all resident...
Features
Jordan is heavily reliant on imported energy, which accounts for more than 90 per cent of energy needs. Zeina Al...
A promising startAltynay Tanasheva and Ana Severova talk about the key considerations involved in doing business in the Astana International Financial Centre...
Opinions
The new Insolvency Law aims to balance the needs of all stakeholders in the context of insolvency-related situations in the...
What clients (really) want…Would you pay your lawyer USD1000 to clean your bathroom? Here’s why Tim Jenkins at Tap the Market thinks it...
Legal Deals
Clifford Chance is advising DP World Limited on its acquisition of Topaz Energy and Marine Limited from Renaissance Services SAOG...
BonelliErede represented the shareholders of Medica Group Holding Inc. in the sale of 70 per cent stake to Gulf CapitalBonelliErede announced that it has represented the shareholders of Medica Group Holding Inc. (“Medica”) in the sale of 70 per...
Interviews
In-House Insights
Gaby El Hakim, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of the National Bank...
Private Eye
In conversation with Tim Taylor QC, managing partner at King &...
Movers & Shakers
Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Matthew Shanahan as partner in its global Regulatory & Investigations practice. Matthew will be based in Dubai and will head up the practice across the Middle East. Shanahan is a financial services and regulation expert with over 10 years’ experience in the...
Movers & Shakers
The Bench FZE has announced the addition of John Stamper, Nadia Barton and Gerard Hobby to its team of legal consultants. Stamper joins the Bench from beIN Media Group where he was senior legal counsel, international legal affairs. Prior to that he worked in the employment teams of Al Tamimi...
Movers & Shakers
Akin Gump has announced that Rizwan H. Kanji has joined the firm as a partner in its Dubai office. He comes to Akin Gump from another large international law firm in Dubai, where he served as the lead of that firm’s global capital markets working group and as one of...
Middle East Events
September 2019
TO GC Talk Series: Changing Contractual Landscape of Hotel & Hospitality Agreements
23 September 2019
in association with Charles Russell Speechlys
8.30am - 10.30am
At Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai
