Eversheds Sutherland’s Rebecca Copley and Shibani Kapur analyse the UAE’s consistent anti-corruption efforts, in the light of the recently published 2021 Corruption Perception Index Report. The start of the new year saw Transparency International publish its...
With the UAE set to introduce federal Corporate Income Tax from June 2023, Ton van Doremalen of DLA Piper takes a closer look at the new regime and its impact on business activity. The United Arab...
In a landmark move, Oman has issued a new Personal Data Protection Law by Royal Decree No. 6 of 2022. Arsalan Tariq and Yasin Chowdhury set out the key aspects of the law and its impact...
Essam Al Tamimi, the founding partner of Al Tamimi & Company, considers the impact and the wider significance of the new family business governance law in Abu Dhabi. The new family business governance law in Abu...
Philip Clarke of Stephenson Harwood reviews Volume 18 of The DFSA in Action and offers a snapshot of the regulatory outlook for the year ahead. In what has become a familiar theme as we enter a...
Althea Edwina Rozario analyses the key differences between three-dimensional and industrial design trademarks, with an insight into the scope of protection, rights and registration process. Every individual sets up his business with the main goal of...
An insight into the UAE’s new labour law, coming into force in February 2022, by Ben Brown and David True. 2021 was a busy year in the employment sector in the UAE; updates to the DIFC...
The proper application of limitation rights as provided for by both international conventions and local laws has long been a topic of discussion in the UAE and the wider GCC. This has recently been considered again...
A commentary by Eamon Holley of DLA Piper on the key features of the recently enacted Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021, which was issued on September 26, 2021. The Protection of Personal Data Protection Law (“PDPL”)...
Human rights as a pillar of corporate social responsibility: In the third part, Catherine Gilfedder and John Balouziyeh of Dentons highlights the positive developments of the UN Working Group’s latest report and on the vision for...
