The DIFC Courts are an important forum for dispute resolution in the Gulf and wider Middle East region. However, attracting potential litigants should not be taken for granted and specialist courts to deal with specific and...
Adding further diversity and international experience to its judicial bench, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts has appointed a leading Singaporean judge of appeal, Justice Judith Prakash, to the Courts’ judiciary. Justice Prakash will serve on...
Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC) has hosted the third successful seminar in the ‘Breakfast with EMAC’ series. Taking place at EMAC’s offices in DIFC on the morning of April 4, 2017, the series is accredited by...
Conyers Client Services provides corporate administration, secretarial, trust and management services to entities established in Bermuda, the BVI, the Cayman Islands and Mauritius. Conyers Dill & Pearman is rebranding the Codan group of companies to Conyers...
The collaboration will see the delivery of a specialist mediation course within the UAE, to professionals interested in commercial mediation as a dispute resolution mechanism. RICS and DIFC Academy of Law (AOL) have announced a collaboration...
The DIFC Authority and the Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department will launch initiatives to ensure that legal consultants and the firms operating in the Centre are properly registered and licensed. The Dubai International Financial Centre...
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, chaired the Supreme Council of Energy’s 44th meeting to review the progress of major energy projects, initiatives and programmes that support...
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is enhancing its contribution to Dubai’s position as the region’s leading hub for innovation through the publication of a new FinTech consultation paper today. The paper is the third in...
Beehive has become the first peer to peer lending platform to set up offices in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and become officially authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). The new...
A new stamp tax on stock market transactions will be introduced in May. The new tax will levy 0.3 per cent on investors acquiring more than 33 per cent of a company. This is in addition...
