DIAC’s new chairman
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla annoucned that the firm's Chairman, Dr. Habib Al Mulla, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees (the Board) of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) by decree of...
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Middle East & International News
News from the Courts – February 2015
Chief Justices Michael Hwang and Sundaresh Menon Trade ties between Dubai and Singapore, two of the world’s leading business hubs, have been strengthened following the signing of a Memorandum of Guidance by the DIFC Courts and...
Law firm highlights – February 2015
Ince & Co organised their first shipping brief for the year 2015 on January 14th. The Briefing comprised of four short presentations on the current legal issues affecting the shipping market. Stephen Jarvis, partner, talked about the...
EU Court srikes down sanctions against Bank Tejarat of Iran
Last month, General Court of the European Union delivered its Judgment in respect of Bank Tejarat’s application to annul the restrictive measures imposed against the Bank by the EU, as part of the EU’s programme of...
Meysan Partners launches first Middle East office
Meysan Partners, a law firm specialising in Bank Finance & Restructuring, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Development & Finance, and Dispute Resolution, announced the launch of its first office in the Gulf region located in...
Kain Knight appoints GM for SettleFirst
Kain Knight has appointed Nadia Blinova as general manager of its costs and debt management subsidiary company SettleFirst Consulting JLT, based in Dubai. SettleFirst specialises in advising insurance companies, banks and other institutions on debt recovery...
Mansoori appointed director general of TRA
Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori has been appointed as director general of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. Al Mansoori has served as the director general of UAE Smart Government since April 2014 and was deputy director general of...
FNC passes amendments to environment law
Members of the Federal National Council passed a draft law that will crack down on environmental offences and regulate radiation and level of radioactive elements in air, water, food and soil. The bill will also set...
Citibank sued for inventor losses
According to a Gulf News report, Citibank has been accused of self-dealing, defrauding investors, and attempting to initiate a global cover-up of investor losses. The bank was sued by investor Dr. Sami Abbas Hussein Ali before the...
Microsoft receives support from Irish government
The Irish government has taken the unusual step of filing a supporting legal brief to the Microsoft case as the giant IT company battles an order to hand over private emails stored on an Irish server....
