Middle East & International News

Middle East & International News

News from the DIFC

The memorandum between the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and DIFC Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA) creates a strategic partnership that will benefit the 60 DFM– listed companies, as well as the large number of issuers of Sukuk,...

Qatar and UNODC sign deal to fund justice projects

On November 27, an agreement between Qatar and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was signed in Vienna.Qatar will fund to deliver projects related to justice, prisoners, youth and justice education highlighted by the...

The 30% Club launches GCC Chapter

Last month,business leaders across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries announced the launch of the regional chapter of the 30% Club, a global business-led initiative committed to achieving better gender representation in senior leadership positions of...

UAE’s lawyers honoured by popular vote

The Annual Legal Gala 2015 was held on October 29, 2015 under the auspices of the Academy of Law for the DIFC, an independent entity that provides quality services to the UAE legal community designed to...

DIAC launches the Middle East’s first Arbitration Awards

Dr. Tarek Fouad Riad and Dr. Habib Al Mulla  Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) launched a first-of-its-kind award programme that will recognise the Middle East’s best performing arbitration firms and lawyers. “The UAE is one of...

Law Firm Highlights December 2015

·        Dentons, the Chinese firm Dacheng, the Singapore firm Rodyk & Davidson, and the Australian firm Gadens, are considering a combination that would secure the position of the world’s largest law firm as the dominant global...

News from the Courts

1) The DIFC Courts’ growing framework of cooperation agreements with commercial courts in Asia took a significant step forward last month with the signing of a memorandum with the Supreme Court of Korea. The document, which covers...

Legal leaders congregate

The 8th Annual Corporate Legal Counsel: A New Era forum was organised by Marcusevans conferences from 2-4 November, 2015. The theme of the conferences was on leading change, transcending boundaries and engaging legal facets to rise...

Law Firm highlights

·        Dentons has won Deal of the Year at the Seatrade Maritime Awards, held at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai on 19 October 2015. The deal was a USD550 million conventional and Islamic multi-tranche facility to...

High-level appointments at ADGM

Abu Dhabi Global Market, ADGM, announced the appointments of the chief justice, and the registrar and CEO of the ADGM Courts, reported Emirates News Agency. The Right Honourable Lord David Hope of Craighead is the chief...

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