H.E. Judge Taresh Eid Al-Mansouri, director-general of Dubai Courts, announced the launch of a unique Operating Room for Implementation of Provisions (ORIP) which is electronically connected to the local authorities in Dubai. The equipment aims to...
In an effort to improve business conditions in the country, Emir of the State of Qatar, H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has instructed the government to amend laws to make business and...
Al Wasl has moved the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) by claiming compensation from the UAE Football Association over the signing of Portuguese player Hugo Viana, despite accepting its request for a two-hour extension...
Minister of commerce and industry, Dr Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidi, announced that the government is planning to change the process for awarding concession area for mining companies. Mining companies will have to compete for getting...
DIFC Investments LLC (DIFCI) returned to the debt capital markets since its issuance in 2007 with a successfully priced USD 700 million 10 year Sukuk issued at par with a 4.325 per cent profit rate, at...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued law no. 20 and 21 for 2014. Law no. 21 concerns with establishing banking courts of first instance and appeals in all provinces for taking up lawsuits in which one part...
UBS sold four highly complex derivatives known as single tranche collateralised debt obligations (STCDOs) to Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig (KWL). KWL entered into agreements both directly with UBS and via intermediary banks Depfa Bank and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg...
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...
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...
– 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...
