Last month,business leaders across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries announced the launch of the regional chapter of the 30% Club, a global business-led initiative committed to achieving better gender representation in senior leadership positions of...
The Annual Legal Gala 2015 was held on October 29, 2015 under the auspices of the Academy of Law for the DIFC, an independent entity that provides quality services to the UAE legal community designed to...
Dr. Tarek Fouad Riad and Dr. Habib Al Mulla Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) launched a first-of-its-kind award programme that will recognise the Middle East’s best performing arbitration firms and lawyers. “The UAE is one of...
· Dentons, the Chinese firm Dacheng, the Singapore firm Rodyk & Davidson, and the Australian firm Gadens, are considering a combination that would secure the position of the world’s largest law firm as the dominant global...
1) The DIFC Courts’ growing framework of cooperation agreements with commercial courts in Asia took a significant step forward last month with the signing of a memorandum with the Supreme Court of Korea. The document, which covers...
The 8th Annual Corporate Legal Counsel: A New Era forum was organised by Marcusevans conferences from 2-4 November, 2015. The theme of the conferences was on leading change, transcending boundaries and engaging legal facets to rise...
· Dentons has won Deal of the Year at the Seatrade Maritime Awards, held at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai on 19 October 2015. The deal was a USD550 million conventional and Islamic multi-tranche facility to...
Abu Dhabi Global Market, ADGM, announced the appointments of the chief justice, and the registrar and CEO of the ADGM Courts, reported Emirates News Agency. The Right Honourable Lord David Hope of Craighead is the chief...
According to Reuters, Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have agreed to bury all patent infringement litigation against each other, the companies announced on last month, settling 18 cases in the United States and Germany. In another...
The Dubai Data Law was launched last month to allow the sharing of government data with the private sector, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler...
