Kerri L. Lefebvre and Stephen V. Scali of Conyers Dill & Pearman share their expertise on why Mauritius is an ‘ideal investment platform’ for the MENA region. A ttendees at the recent African Global Business Forum...
Kuwait is positioning itself as an important market for privately developed infrastructure in the region. All eyes are currently on the Az-Zour North IWPP, Kuwait’s first project under its Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme, which may...
In the light of the unrest in Bahrain, the country has taken a step forward with the New Labour Law. Qays H. Zu’bi, senior partner of Zu’bi & Partners analyses and highlights various clauses of the...
As businesses operate on an increasingly global scale, so does the risk of being caught out by another jurisdiction’s laws and coming under the spotlight of their regulators. Rebecca Kelly and Laura Chicken of Clyde &...
Content creation is a growing business in the Middle East. Not just filmmaking, which is the high end category of content creation, but animation, television, on-line content and even branded short form content are all being...
With its growing trend in the GCC, Michael Kortbawi and Nadim Bardawil of Bin Shabib & Associates (BSA) LLP define Bancassurance and propose amendments that can revolutionize the insurance industry. Bancassurance allows banks to sell insurance...
Think fashion and the law rarely comes to mind. the Oath talks about what’s trending in the legal industry right now with inputs from fashion law experts Musthafa & Almana. I mitation is not the highest...
Nicholas Tse and Ravinder Thukral of Brown Rudnick LLP consider the increasing importance of Special Judicial Committees in resolving commercial disputes and ask whether recent cases demonstrate any need for reconsideration or reform. I. The jurisdicti...
Adrian Jones, partner at Trowers & Hamlins LLP looks back at the past two years and shares his views on the challenges and opportunities that have arisen in Oman following the Arab Spring. The popular protests...
Jon Nash and Christina Kersey, partner and associate at Vinson & Elkins LLP Abu Dhabi, make a comparison between EPCM and EPC contracts. WHAT IS EPC AND EPCM? We regularly advise clients on both types of...
