Middle East & International News

Middle East & International News

Visa secures judgement in claims by retailers

Linklaters and Milbank represented Visa in a major competition case and ruled that the claim issued by retailers Arcadia, Argos, Asda, and B&Q should be dismissed because it was out of time. The retailers, represented by...

Lawyers hit back at golfer over USD 3 million lawsuit

PGA Tour golfer Dustin Johnson has been struck back for maligning two lawyers whose firm he had sued last month for USD 3 million. Mark Wittstadt and Gerard Wittstadt struck back on the allegations and asked...

Law firm highlights

– Dentons addressed a gathering of Islamic finance practitioners at the IFN Forum: Turkey 2014 held recently in Istanbul. The annual forum was first held in 2009 and presents an ideal platform for those looking to...

Gulf region labelled as target for money laundering

The 2014 Basel AML Index Report revealed two ME countries as the targets for money laundering in their top 10 highest risk countries. Iran ranked 1 on the list while Iraq was placed at the 6th...

Goldman Sachs compensates LIA for legal costs

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) is to be compensated for legal costs amounting to GBP 200,000 by Goldman Sachs as part of a lawsuit filed by LIA. LIA filed the case in January in London’s High...

GSK investigates into corruption charges in UAE

Global healthcare company, GlaxoSmithKline, is investigating into allegations of corruption regarding improper payments in the UAE. The allegations were sent to the top management of the company in a whistleblower’s email. The company is looking into...

Shoura Council to amend petroleum trade law

The Council of Ministers have drafted an amended law on trade in oil and petroleum products and sent it to the Shoura Council for review. The articles in the draft define commercial activities related to the...

Guernsey Finance announces new Chief Executive

Fiona Le Poidevin will be resigning to be replaced by Dominic Wheatley as Chief Executive for Guernsey Finance starting December 1, 2014. With more than 25 years of experience in UK and Guerney’s International financial markets,...

KWM drops ‘SJ Berwin’ from title

King & Wood Mallesons started its collaboration with SJ Berwin on Novermber 1, 2013 giving birth to a USD 1 billion law firm based in Asia. The title “King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB)” was...

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