KUWAIT: STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING REFORM
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Features
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...
REAFFIRMING DIFC COURTS’ POSITION AS GLOBAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION HUB
While providing further evidence of Dubai’s growing role as an international business hub, the guide to enforcement recently issued by the DIFC Courts clarifies procedures for lawyers, businesses and individuals using the Courts. M ark Beer,...
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....
NEW PROPOSED DUBAI INVESTOR PROTECTION LAW MAY UNDERMINE RIGHTS OF OWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS
UAE firm Hadef & Partners gives an in-depth insight into the recently released draft Investor Protection Law Hadef & Partners has reviewed the English and Arabic versions of the recently released draft Investor Protection Law. The...
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...
THE DRAFT UAE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES LAW: COMPARATIVE CHANGES
By Mohammed El Ghul and Intisar Sadek, Habib Al Mulla & Company This year started with lively disc¬ussion on the proposed UAE Federal Law on Commercial Companies. This new law has now been approved by the...
SAUDI ARABIA’S ARBITRATION LAW REFRESHES COMMERCE
A new arbitration law for Saudi Arabia – approved in April – represents a significant step forward in the development of law, and has wide-ranging implications for businesses – both local and international – trading in the...
HAS SAUDI FOUND ITS ROSA PARKS?
Manal Al-Sharif was a name few had heard of until recent¬ly when she took a huge step forward to help change in Saudi Arabia, simply by driving a car. When she took to the wheel, officially...
A CHANGING MARKET
Dr. Adli A. Hammad is founding partner of Saudi Arabian law firm Hammad, Al-Mehdar & Co. Here he talks to The Oath about the country’s legal business, challenges and opportunities. Business is growing rapidly...
