Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2014
The Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2014 was held on Thursday, May 16, 2014 at The Westin Mina Seyahi hotel in Dubai. Jointly hosted by Legal Week and the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group (CCME),...
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Middle East & International News
Company secretaries congregate
Marcus Evans Conferences organised the 6th Annual Board Secretary at The Address Dubai Marina on 4 – 6 May, 2014. The event was produced in collaboration with Corporate Counsel Middle East. Corporate governance has gained importance...
BBC’s litigation head moves on
BBC’s head of litigation Nadia Banno is leaving to join Baker & McKenzie just two years after taking up the head role at the BBC, according to The Lawyer. The lawyer is joining the firm as...
Costs in Commercial Litigation
The DIFC Courts organised Lecture Series No. 2 on May 5, 2014 at the DIFC Conference Centre. Senior costs Judge from the UK, Judge Peter Hurst shared an engaging presentation on the trends in relation to...
ISFIN signs MoU with ICIEC
The ISFIN Middle East, Islamic Finance Advisors, announced that ISFIN has agreed on a MoU partnership with ICIEC – Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit. As a creation of the Islamic Bank...
Deutsche Bank refused SC permission to appeal in Libor battle
Indian property company Unitech will pursue Libor-based claims against Deutsche Bank after the Supreme Court refused the bank permission to appeal (PTA) a claim amendment accepted by the Court of Appeal (CoA), according to The Lawyer....
Law firm highlights
· Conyers Dill & Pearman has surpassed seven offshore firms to be named Offshore Law Firm of the Year by Chambers & Partners, publisher of the world’s foremost guides to the legal profession. In its announcement...
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...
