The Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA)has enlarged the scope of its companies' regulation and rules to include limited guarantee entities with a view to foster private sector development in the country. This update aims to further diversify the QFC platform...
Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Kate Cheetham as its new general counsel as reported in The Lawyer. Cheetham was previously deputy general counsel to Andrew Whittaker who took on the role on a fixed two-year term...
Andrew Leaitherland, managing partner & CEO, DWF To support its clients across the construction, energy, insurance and transport sectors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, UK legal business DWF is opening an office...
A new law aimed at regulating the use of drones and robotics and selling them for scientific and commercial purposes will be issued soon, said a top judicial official according to Gulf News. UAE is geared...
· The DIFC Courts has introduced a new innovative Practice Direction (procedural guideline) that will facilitate greater international enforcement of judgments and increase the speed of settling commercial disputes. The Practice Direction is the first of its...
· A team from global business law firm DLA Piper delivered a successful two-day workshop last month in Beirut, Lebanon, on the topics of legal drafting and negotiations skills for Arab law students and trainees, in...
Morgan Lewis and Singapore’s Stamford Law Corporation announced last month they are joining forces to create the only fully integrated law firm in Singapore that can practice across all legal service areas. The combination will establish...
A consortium of Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power and Spain's TSK has won a bid to build a 1.2 billion dirhams (USD327 million) solar power plant in Dubai, as the emirate looks to diversify to meet its growing...
A number of banks in the UAE are preparing for lower credit growth and are implementing stricter due diligence on both retail and corporate customers. At least three leading banks in the country have initiated tighter...
Kluwer Law International and Wolter Kluwer Hong organised the 3rd Annual International Arbitration Summit in Dubai on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at the Park Hyatt. The one-day seminar saw the region’s experts congregate together to discuss...
