Google’s long-standing competition adviser Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has helped the search giant avoid a fine of up to £3bn from the EU’s Competition Commission according to The Lawyer.The European Commission announced last month an agreement with Google in order...
The Lawyer reported that Speechly Bircham is in preliminary merger talks with six-office firm Charles Russell in a move that would propel the combined outfit into the top 25 firms by turnover according to The Lawyer UK200.The...
Last month, A US appeals court rejected the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s effort to void Citigroup Inc’s arbitration win in a dispute over USD7.5 bliion investment in the bank less than a year before the 2008...
Local dailies reported that strict rules curbing the sale and advertisement of tobacco come into force last month in UAE. The legislation makes it illegal to smoke in a vehicle when a child under 12 is...
The UAE’s position as a global dispute resolution hub was strengthened with the launch of the DIFC Courts Enforcement Department. Operating under the leadership of HE Judge Omar Al Muhairi, the newly formed department has been...
Legal Week and the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group (CCME announced that the third annual Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2014 will take place in Dubai on Thursday,15th May 2014 at The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Hotel....
Clifford Chance launched a joint Saudi and foreign owned law firm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a team of 30 permanently based Saudi and foreign lawyers. It is the first international law firm to...
WFES 2014 The 2014 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week anchored by the 7th World Future Energy Summit and including the 2nd International Water Summit, both hosted by Masdar, ended having received an estimated 30,000 attendees...
Fırat – İzgi announced the launch of its new law firm. The firm will focus primarily on the business and legal needs of companies within the industries of life sciences and healthcare, energy and natural resources,...
