Middle East & International News

Middle East & International News

Law firm highlights – April 2015

·        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 to combine with Stamford Law in Singapore

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...

Billion dollar solar plant in Dubai

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...

Banks tighten due diligence to check bad debts

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...

3rd Annual International Arbitration Summit

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...

Law Firm Highlights – March 2015

Law Firm Highlights ·        Al Tamimi & Company will be one of the first firms in the UAE to offer Private Notary Services, following a decree issued towards the end of last year. Under the new...

Raising the bar for legal excellence

Chief Justice Michael Hwang and HE Dr. Lowai Mohammed Belhoul of Legal Affairs Department As part of the continuing efforts of the Legal Affairs Department to promote the legal profession in Dubai, the Government of Dubai...

Corporate funding options multiplied

Allen & Overy reported that while the total value of finance, across loans, bonds and equity, provided to business globally has hit a record level, exceeding USD6 trillion for the first time in 2014, this is...

Brown Rudnck collaborates with two UAE law firms

Brown Rudnick LLP, an international law firm, has signed collaboration agreements with two UAE law firms, Hikmat Fayad & Associates and Walid Nasser & Associates. Brown Rudnick will partner with both firms on transactions and disputesled...

UAE to comply with Int’l Humanitarian Law

UAE is considering introducing wide-ranging reforms to fully comply with the International Humanitarian Law, according to local dailies.“These reforms include issuing legislations, revising laws in force and introducing the International Humanitarian Law in military training and...

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