Staying on course…
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Features
New frontiers
Paul Fisher and Alexander Whyatt consider the expanding jurisdiction of the QFC Civil and Commercial Court based on a recent landmark judgment issued in Qatar. In March 2022, the Qatar Financial Centre Civil and Commercial Court...
The turning point?
Climate change – A decisive decade for the Middle East and North Africa in riding the green wave, writes Zaneta Sedilekova and Aparajita Mishra. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region takes a precarious spot...
New era, new rules
In its first update since 2007, DIAC has unveiled a new set of arbitration rules this year. Patrick Gearon and Peter Smith of Charles Russell Speechlys analyse the context of the changes to the rules and...
E-commerce contract considerations
Priyasha Corrie of Keystone Law highlights the key provisions of a standard e-commerce agreement and the T&C’s that must be available to the user on the website. An e-commerce aggregator or a marketplace is essentially an...
Against all odds
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...
Designed to thrive
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...
An enhanced framework
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...
The modern family business – Building a flourishing legacy
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...
Be prepared
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...
