Keeping the faith
Pavlo Samothrakis considers the implications of the recent English law cases on good faith for the offshore industry and compares the position with the UAE law. Over the last few years there have been a number...
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Features
Introducing the Bermuda LLC
Oliver J. Simpson of Conyers Dill & Pearman on Bermuda’s latest offering and why it promises to be popular in the Middle East and North Africa. While the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the Cayman Islands...
Sustainable infrastructure: A path for the future
Norton Rose Fulbright takes a look at how cities are planned and financed is changing as people demand economically, socially and environmentally sustainable infrastructure. A staggering USD90 trillion is needed to finance infrastructure over the next...
The Islamic Finance Renaissance
Tarek El-Assra and Shah M. Nizami talk about the effect of global economic downturn on Islamic Finance highlighting areas of resurgence and on how it is an alternative to conventional finance. After the great recession...
M&A preliminary agreements demystified
Nabarro’s Mohammed Majid and Ahmed Gmati focus on the key initial documentation required for preliminary agreements in regional M&A. Preliminary agreements are agreements that are entered into early on in the course of an acquisition or...
Shining a light on funding
Rosemary Ioannou of Vannin Capital takes a closer look at the practice direction on third party funding in the DIFC Courts. Knowledge, experience and use of dispute resolution funding across the globe has grown exponentially in...
Getting a grip on movables
The Federal Law No. 20 of 2016 introduces a whole new regime for registering a security interest over movable assets in the UAE. Federal Law No. 20 of 2016 (the New Law) on Mortgaging Movable Property...
Enforcing contracts in the Middle East
Richard Ward of Eversheds Sutherland provides an overview of ‘The World Bank Flagship Report – Doing Business 2017’, with a focus on time, cost and procedural quality in the region. The World Bank annual reports on...
Creating a competitive advantage
A series of new laws have been implemented over the past 12 months with the principal aim of promoting business in Bahrain and encouraging investors to choose Bahrain as their destination of choice when doing business...
Countdown to compliance
Kelly Tymburski takes a closer look at the new E-payment regulations issued in the UAE and on the key aspects businesses need to comply with. On January 1, 2017, the Central Bank of the United Arab...
