Pamela McDonald of Pinsent Masons explores the option of third-party funding in high-value climate change arbitrations. Disputes relating to climate change are becoming more frequent and can cut across all sectors, private and public bodies, and...
From AI to neural networks, forensic technology looks to the future: Janusz Oczyp of Alvarez & Marsal highlights the latest developments and on why litigators and investigators should take on a bespoke approach to eDiscovery. The...
The UAE continues to be a critical hub for global shipping. It, like all other major centres for maritime trade, has had to respond to significant changes and disruption in recent years. An analysis of key...
Paul Fisher and Alexander Whyatt consider the expanding jurisdiction of the QFC Civil and Commercial Court based on a recent landmark judgment issued in Qatar. In March 2022, the Qatar Financial Centre Civil and Commercial Court...
Climate change – A decisive decade for the Middle East and North Africa in riding the green wave, writes Zaneta Sedilekova and Aparajita Mishra. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region takes a precarious spot...
In its first update since 2007, DIAC has unveiled a new set of arbitration rules this year. Patrick Gearon and Peter Smith of Charles Russell Speechlys analyse the context of the changes to the rules and...
Priyasha Corrie of Keystone Law highlights the key provisions of a standard e-commerce agreement and the T&C’s that must be available to the user on the website. An e-commerce aggregator or a marketplace is essentially an...
Eversheds Sutherland’s Rebecca Copley and Shibani Kapur analyse the UAE’s consistent anti-corruption efforts, in the light of the recently published 2021 Corruption Perception Index Report. The start of the new year saw Transparency International publish its...
With the UAE set to introduce federal Corporate Income Tax from June 2023, Ton van Doremalen of DLA Piper takes a closer look at the new regime and its impact on business activity. The United Arab...
In a landmark move, Oman has issued a new Personal Data Protection Law by Royal Decree No. 6 of 2022. Arsalan Tariq and Yasin Chowdhury set out the key aspects of the law and its impact...
