Cleary Gottlieb's David Billington discusses the key issues of a recent judgement passed by the English Courts with regard to schemes of arrangement for foreign companies. A recent judgment has confirmed that English courts are willing...
KUWAIT Having a majority in the National Assembly during the current legislative term, the government of Kuwait has been able to push through a myriad of legislations in 2014, most of which relate to the business...
Natasha Kavanagh of Norton Rose Fulbright outlines the typical structures of Islamic project finance in the Middle East. The Islamic finance market is going from strength to strength on a global scale. In the Middle East,...
With an ever-growing supply of talent and alternatives for clients to consider, competition is rapidly increasing in the legal industry and a greater emphasis is being placed on the marketing and publicising of our professional services. How do we find clients...
Tim Watkins of Hadef & Partners identifies and addresses the real challenges businesses have to deal with in the region. A recent study into global M&A trends undertaken by a prominent global law firm identified and...
A review of the legal and regulatory framework governing the licensing and importation of telecoms equipment in Saudi Arabia. The telecommunications sector is a vital component of any economy and has gained further significance in this...
Rob Deans and Rachel Armstrong highlight the key provisions of the most recent draft of the GCC Trade Mark Law. The reality of a regional trademark law in the Middle East has moved forward during 2014,...
Amidst the crisis currently faced by the Middle East, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Jordan) struggles in the eye of the storm. Between waves of Syrian refugees, spill-overs from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the continued cut...
An innovation is as good as its protection. Rouse & Co emphasises on the growing need for organisations to safeguard their intellectual property. Our world continues to change. Corporations rise and fall faster than ever before....
Chatura Randeniya of Afridi & Angell provides an overview of the law relating to provisional arrest of vessels in the country. The law relating to the arrest of vessels in the UAE is found in the...
