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...
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Middle East & International News
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...
Microsoft and Google end patent battles
According to Reuters, Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have agreed to bury all patent infringement litigation against each other, the companies announced on last month, settling 18 cases in the United States and Germany. In another...
Data sharing law launched in Dubai
The Dubai Data Law was launched last month to allow the sharing of government data with the private sector, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler...
Insurance Authority to launch regulations by 2016
The UAE Insurance Authority announced that it would launch a new set of regulations around insurance policies to govern the banking sector by 2016. The Authority is currently working with the country’s Central Bank to draft...
