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Bancassurance in the GCC: The Need for Change

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...

Law à la mode

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...

THE RISE AND RISE OF SPECIAL JUDICIAL COMMITTEES

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...

OMAN: Living Up To Promises?

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...

EPCM AND EPC CONTRACTS: “CHALK AND CHEESE”

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...

AN M&A TOOLKIT FOR THE MIDDLE EAST

Hardeep Plahe, partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP takes us through the distinctive M&A landscape of the Middle East. The Middle East in recent years has been subject to political uncertainty and has not been...

BUSINESS AVIATION IN 2013: READY FOR TAKE OFF?

According to industry experts at a seminar held by Clyde & Co, despite the current challenges facing the sector, the private aviation industry in the Middle East could triple over the next 20 years. What are...

QATAR PUSHES TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS

Oil and gas have made Qatar one of the highest per-capita income countries, and one of the world’s fastest growing. Its effort in continuously enacting and updating legislation bolsters the trend of economic openness across many....

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