Partners at Hogan Lovells have voted to confirm current Asia Pacific and Middle East regional chief executive Miguel Zaldivar as their new global CEO from July 1, 2020. Current head of the Litigation Arbitration and Employment...
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is launching a Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform (Platform) to help firms in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) implement appropriate safeguards to mitigate against cyber risks. The Platform is a...
The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) has prohibited combining insurance and reinsurance brokerage activities in the same company, effective immediately, it said in a statement last month. The agency said it had taken the decision to...
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts has signed a cooperation agreement with the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) to launch the world’s first Court Tech Lab. In exploring how judicial systems can be strengthened through technology,...
Pinsent Masons, and Constructing Excellence Qatar have revealed the results of their 2019 Qatar Construction Improvement Survey – which is the first-of-its-kind ever produced for Qatar’s construction industry. The event was held at the Intercontinental City...
Litigation and disputes funder IMF Bentham Limited (IMF Bentham) announces that it is acquiring Omni Bridgeway Holdings BV (Omni Bridgeway) to create a truly global diversified funder with over ASD2.2 billion in capital to fund disputes and enforcement proceedings of...
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) enhanced their relationship on November 5, 2019 when Saeb Eigner, chairman of the DFSA, met HE Ahmed Al-Kholifey, governor of SAMA, and signed...
The new division helps organisations succeed through delivering operational improvement, technology and change projects relating to legal, governance, risk and compliance. LOD has announced the launch of their LOD Innovation & Design offering in the United...
Clyde & Co has released its 2019 Middle East Deal Study, which shows that both deal volumes and aggregate values have increased since 2017 despite relatively tougher market conditions: deal value is up 57 per cent to USD3.15...
Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Matthew Kelsall as its new chief executive officer (CEO) with effect from January 1, 2020. Kelsall replaces Peter Hasson, who will step down having been CEO since 2005....
