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Middle East & International News
Firms cash in on GSK JV with Novartis
Partners at Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the 500 lawyers to have cashed in on the billion-dollar joint venture between Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), The Lawyer reported. The pharmaceutical giants will swap assets as...
CCME Group announces shortlist for the Awards
Guests and winners at the CCME Awards 2013 Legal Week and the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group (CCME) unveiled the shortlist of in-house lawyers, legal departments and law firms nominated for the Corporate Counsel Middle...
New UAE law to boost SMEs
Planned United Arab Emirates legislation aiming to boost the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises will require 10 percent of future federal government contracts to be awarded to SMEs, the economy minister said last month, as...
Courts publish 2013 annual reports
The Dubai Courts and the DIFC Courts published their 2013 annual reports at a joint ceremonyon Monday, 21 April 2014. Itattended by H.E. Taresh Al-Mansouri, Director-General of Dubai Courts, Michael Hwang, Chief Justice of DIFC...
DIFC Courts legal advocacy training
The DIFC Courts has brought English-style advocacy training, which is undertaken by all barristers in England and Wales, to the Middle East for the first time, ensuring the region’s business community can choose from a deeper...
Cabinet approves Arbitration Centre in KSA
According to The Saudi Gazette, on 14 April 2014, The Council of Ministers on Monday approved setting up of a centre to oversee arbitration procedures in business and civil disputes. It also endorsed the formation of...
Lawyers fined by Abu Dhabi Judicial Department
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has issued a ban against two lawyers to stop them from work fora month and have them pay a fine, according to the Gulf News. The ban came after complaints were...
Legal framework to regulate energy sector
According to local dailies, the UAE Government is developing a comprehensive legal framework to regulate the energy sector, according to Matar Hamed Al Neyadi, Undersecretary of the Minister of Energy. “This framework will regulate and defined...
DIFC Courts enhance access to justice with new court rules
The DIFC Courts published a revised body of rules governing court procedures, including important changes affecting document production and pro bono litigants. The Rules of the DIFC Court (RDC) help the Courts deal with cases justly...
