Considering the many legal complexities involved in multi-jurisdictional fraud investigations, it is critical for organisations to take immediate remedial action. Raza Mithani and Robin Ganguly present seven steps to mitigate the effects of cross-border fraud. If...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
