Middle East & International News

Middle East & International News

Thomson Reuters & DFSA’s MENA Regulatory Summit

  Thomson Reuters released the findings of the 3rd Financial Crime Report covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in collaboration with Deloitte. The report was released at the inauguration of the Thomson Reuters...

Women in Arab Arbitration (WIAR) launch in Dubai

‘Women in Arab Arbitration’ (WIAR), an independent networking forum for female arbitration practitioners in the Middle East launched in Dubai with a very successful event held at La Vida Hotel on February 6, 2017. The forum...

Morgan Lewis expands in China

Morgan Lewis has expanded significantly its China corporate, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity practice with the addition of 13 partners in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai. All 13 partners arrived from another global law...

Bird & Bird’s new office in Dubai

Bird & Bird has relocated its Dubai office to a larger premises within the DIFC. The new office has been operational from February 19, 2017. The new address is Level 14, Burj Daman, DIFC, PO Box...

DFSA signs MoU with ESMA

The Dubai Financial Services Authority, DFSA, and the European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, have entered into information sharing and cooperation arrangements regarding DIFC based central counterparties, CCPs, compliance with conditions set out in The European...

DIFC Courts joins top table of global court excellence

Reem Al Shihhe has been selected to represent the DIFC Courts on Executive Committee of International Consortium for Court Excellence.  Demonstrating the global standing of the DIFC Courts’ commercial judiciary, Reem Al Shihhe, chief operating officer...

Firms seal merger deal

Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne & Parke are set to combine in the second quarter of 2017 and will comprise of more than 4,000 lawyers in 58 offices spanning 32 countries.  Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne...

Landmark publication by the DRA

‘Commentaries on the DIFC Laws’ sets the groundwork for further evolution in commercial law, fixing a reference point for long-term development in line with leading common law courts.  The Dispute Resolution Authority Academy of Law has...

DWF continues international expansion with French merger

DWF has merged with Heenan Paris, an established office in Paris with an international outlook. Four partners from Heenan Paris have joined DWF as part of the merger. DWF managing partner and CEO Andrew Leaitherland said, “We are committed...

Dubai Industrial Strategy set in motion

Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, issued directives last month to boost efforts to accelerate the implementation of the Dubai Industrial Strategy 2030, according to...

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