The new FIDIC Yellow Book
Key changes in the FIDIC 2017 Yellow Book related to Plant and Design Build are expected to have a ‘wide-reaching’ impact on the industry. The second edition of the Yellow Book for Plant and Design Build...
- Charles Russell Speechlys opens New York office and launches Connecticut practice
- Gowling WLG strengthens Middle East IP practice with James Dunne appointment
- TLA advises Beehive on majority investment in Themar Al Aamal Commercial Company
- Dentons advises NEMA Education on landmark UAE expansion partnership with Epsom College
- Linklaters acts on OMIFCO’s USD2.7 billion IPO on Muscat Stock Exchange
- Dentons supports Zenobē on landmark Coalburn battery storage project
- Baker Botts advises on Amlak’s Shari’ah‑compliant portfolio sale to Saudi National Bank
Features
Building a legacy
Yann Mrazek and Celia Titouni talk about the main characteristics of the UAE’s foundations regime and the application in practice. Over the past twelve months, both the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)[1] and the Dubai International Financial...
21st Century Silk Road
The Middle East is set to gain significantly from increased trade and investment from China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), especially in the technology, infrastructure and energy sectors. David Pang of Bracewell LLP elaborates. What is...
Shifting Sands: From Cayman to Khobar
Based on a recent landmark judgment, Charles Russell Speechlys talks about dealing with discovery, tracing and “virtual” witness evidence in a complex, cross-border litigation. On May 31, 2018, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands found...
The turnaround plan
DWF’s Umera Ali and Leanie van de Merwe talks about the key elements of restructuring under UAE laws: protecting creditors’ and investors’ rights. The financial landscape in the Middle East has drastically changed since the economic...
Gig economy on trial
The UK Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the landmark Pimlico Plumbers case has an impact on organisations that have a large self-employed workforce. The UK Supreme Court has recently held in Pimlico Plumbers v Smith that...
Resolving a shareholder dispute: Formal action
DLA Piper sets out the issues to be addressed when a dispute between shareholders cannot be resolved informally, and the parties must resort to litigation or arbitration. Corporate disputes can emerge in many forms – including...
To market, to market
Bernadette Baynie lists the top seven components of a comprehensive advertising and marketing policy that are key for an effective marketing campaign Maintaining your market leadership, in an ever increasing digital and agile world, is imperative...
The new frontier for Middle East energy
Chadi Salloum and Julian Nichol of Akin Gump offer insight into the latest developments in energy storage deployment to cope with the rise of renewable energy projects in the region. With renewable energy targets being publicised...
The shifting sands of energy supply
Mhairi Main Garcia will consider recent developments in the renewable energy sector in the region and whether we are seeing a real shift towards the development of a sustainable renewable energy industry, as well as some...
