Habib Ullah of Taylor Wessing describes the challenges and pitfalls faced by lenders involved in real estate finance. Real estate finance is typically where a borrower is advanced a loan facility from a bank or financial institution...
Rasha Belbaisi and Noor Al Taraif of Zu’bi & Partners analyse the impact of new real estate development laws in Bahrain. Investor protection law The Bahrain Development Property Association has been working hard to improve the Kingdom’s...
Steven Bainbridge considers the legal considerations for a joint Abu Dhabi/Dubai Olympic bid. The International Olympic Committee recently passed a broad plan of reforms put forward by IOC President, Thomas Bach. “Agenda 2020”[1] amends the Olympic...
Saarah Badr and Rob Kinder explore why it’s important to ensure stringent due diligence is followed in sports productions due to the increasing value of sports rights. Sports rights are a big-money game. TheMiddle East is...
Many debates and discussions later, FIFA recently amended an important legislation that could be a possible game changer. Saleh Alobeidli highlights the main aspects. In 1996, FIFA started to regulate the players' agents under the...
Beril Yayla Sapan and Neslişah Borandı of Gün + Partners examine the Turkish International Arbitration environment. November 20, 2014 saw the long-awaited Law on the Istanbul Arbitration Centre passed in Turkey, coming into force in early...
The lucky draw: When is it an acceptable marketing tool, and when is it considered illegal gambling? Chad Dowle & Corey Judson explore what counts as permissible in the GCC region. Lucky draws, raffles, sweepstakes, wheels...
Joby Beretta of Dentons considers some of the key legal issues arising from the proliferation of Big Data and questions whether the current GCC legislative framework is ready for these challenges. What is Big Data? Most...
A snapshot of what’s new and what’s next in the telecoms markets of UAE and Qatar by Kelly Tymburski of Bird & Bird. United Arab Emirates Perhaps one of the most significant regulatory developments during 2014...
Eamon Holley of DLA Piper briefly reviews some key developments in four Gulf telecoms markets during 2014 and looks to what might lie ahead in 2015. Bahrain Bahrain's TRA has a reputation for being a dynamic...
