Law Firm Highlights March 2016
· King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) chief operating officer (COO) for Europe and Middle East, Rachel Reid, has exited the firm to join Taylor Wessing, The Lawyer reported. The news came days after the resignation of...
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- Hadef & Partners unveils new brand identity
- Baker McKenzie advises Sunset Hospitality Group
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Middle East & International News
News from the Courts
· The DIFC Wills and Probate Registry (the Registry) has registered a total of 650 wills this past year, showing the positive response the initiative has received in Dubai. Launched in May 2015, the Registry provides...
Du head of legal appointed onto ACC’s global board
Anneliese Reinhold, the general counsel and senior vice president – legal & regulatory affairs of Du, has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). The ACC...
Iraq jumpstarts its labour legislation
The Iraqi summer is notorious for imposing scorching heat. With record temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius in August 2015, thousands of Iraqis took to the streets to direct their frustrations at the central government for abysmal...
Law firm highlights
· Al Tamimi & Company has led the first Rights Issue on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The Rights Issue, launched by DFM-listed Takaful Emarat, the Shari’ah-compliant life and health insurer, was 36.51 per cent oversubscribed,...
Court keeps freeze on Zain Iraq’s USD187 million
An Iraqi court has rejected a request by Zain Iraq to lift a freeze on USD187 million it holds in cash at local bank accounts, the telecom operator's parent firm Zain said, according to Reuters. Zain...
Push for clean energy in Dubai
Dubai is set to spend billions of dollars on generating clean energy, the government said on last month, aiming to have solar panels installed on the roofs of all buildings by 2030, according to Reuters. The...
Essar Global Fund’s GC steps down
Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL) general counsel and chief compliance officer Raminder Singh has announced he will leave the firm at the end of the year, according to The Lawyer. Singh joined Essar in 2010 from...
IP procedures to be streamlined in India
The Indian government has unveiled a new framework for approving and defending intellectual property rights. It is intended to boost innovation and remove obstacles to doing business in India for multinational corporations, particularly drugmakers, according to...
Child Rights Law in UAE
The draft Child Rights Law was returned to the FNC with reservations from President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on wording of an article of the law. The wording of article 20 of...
