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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Legal Department of the UAE’s integrated telecommunications service provider – Du has become the first organisation in the UAE to be awarded with the prestigious Lexcel quality standard by the Law Society of England &...
