An overview of Alternative Dispute Resolution methods across the region by Henry Quinlan of DLA Piper. Adapt, and adapt fast, is what is required of the legal systems of ambitious, rapidly-expanding countries – especially when it...
Herbert Smith Freehills analyses anti-corruption developments in the UAE and the possible implications of the GSK investigation. In April, 2014 a number of publications, including Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal, reported that pharmaceutical manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline PLC...
The first of its kind in the Middle East, the Netting legislation recently enacted in the DIFC enforces close-out netting in case of insolvency. Hadef & Partners highlights the main provisions of this new law. After...
Simmons & Simmons provides a brief summary of some of the recent changes in Qatar law as part of the Qatar 2030 National Vision and in the run up to the 2022 Football World Cup. The...
Dubai was filled with a fresh breeze of cutting edge arbitration practitioners last November as the city played host to Dubai Arbitration Week. Antonios Dimitracopoulos summarises the subjects discussed. At the Arbitration Week , GAR Live,...
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...
