Beehive has become the first peer to peer lending platform to set up offices in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and become officially authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). The new...
A new stamp tax on stock market transactions will be introduced in May. The new tax will levy 0.3 per cent on investors acquiring more than 33 per cent of a company. This is in addition...
A draft regulation for listing real estate investment trust(REIT) funds is ready and is awaiting final approval from certain ministries, such as the Ministry of Housing, according to a top-level official at the Capital Market Authority (CMA), reported...
Thomson Reuters released the findings of the 3rd Financial Crime Report covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in collaboration with Deloitte. The report was released at the inauguration of the Thomson Reuters...
‘Women in Arab Arbitration’ (WIAR), an independent networking forum for female arbitration practitioners in the Middle East launched in Dubai with a very successful event held at La Vida Hotel on February 6, 2017. The forum...
Morgan Lewis has expanded significantly its China corporate, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity practice with the addition of 13 partners in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai. All 13 partners arrived from another global law...
Bird & Bird has relocated its Dubai office to a larger premises within the DIFC. The new office has been operational from February 19, 2017. The new address is Level 14, Burj Daman, DIFC, PO Box...
The Dubai Financial Services Authority, DFSA, and the European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, have entered into information sharing and cooperation arrangements regarding DIFC based central counterparties, CCPs, compliance with conditions set out in The European...
Reem Al Shihhe has been selected to represent the DIFC Courts on Executive Committee of International Consortium for Court Excellence. Demonstrating the global standing of the DIFC Courts’ commercial judiciary, Reem Al Shihhe, chief operating officer...
Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne & Parke are set to combine in the second quarter of 2017 and will comprise of more than 4,000 lawyers in 58 offices spanning 32 countries. Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne...
