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FIDIC; RIGID TIMEFRAME OR ANOTHER PIECEMEAL APPLICATION?

Soheyla Dad of Trench & Associates, explores how the UAE civic code sits with the FIDIC conditions of contract for construction and sets out the various circumstances in which rights of work suspensions and terminations arise....

MOVING FORWARD; NEW MARKETS LAW AND AMENDMENTS TO THE REGULATORY LAW

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has recently introduced new Markets law, designed to promote investor protection that brings the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) closer in line to international standards, particularly European Union (EU) requirements...

DLA PIPER: LAW FIRM WELCOMES DFSA’S NEW MARKETS LAW

Aryan Schoorl, legal director, DLA Piper and former DFSA regulator takes a look at the new Markets Law and the amendments to the Regulatory Law issued recently. “A s a former DFSA regulator I’ve seen a...

KUWAIT: STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING REFORM

Being one of the richest countries in the world per capita, Kuwait has seen very little movement in terms of legal reform and the introduction of new laws as compared to other countries in the Arab...

A NEW DAWN – ARE WE THERE YET?

If there is one sphere of activity – apart from oil and gas – rooted firmly in the country’s past and integral to its future, it has to be the ports and all the logistics operations...

PROPOSED BANKRUPTCY LAW; LEGAL SUSTAINABILITY OR LOOPHOLE?

Mamoon Ashraf, corporate associate, Bin Shabib and Associates (BSA) LLP provides an overview and comparison of the key provisions of the UAE insolvency regime with the equivalent provisions established in the regime of England and Wales....

QATAR LAW FORUM: THE RULE OF LAW IN A TIME OF CHANGE

When more than 400 legal professionals from 60 jurisdictions gather in one place, you know things will get interesting. When the hand-picked participants include Ministers, Supreme Court Justices from around the world, senior judges, academics and...

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