Middle East & International News

Middle East & International News

QATAR – Hogan Lovells advises Qatar’s QInvest

HOGAN Lovells advised longstanding client QInvest on the acquisition by way of joint venture of a 60 per cent stake in the investment banking, asset management and brokerage business of EFG Hermes. This is one of the...

SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi’s smoking ban

  SAUDI Arabia is taking firm steps to try and stamp out underage smoking. The Kingdom has launched a ban on the sale of tobacco to teenagers.   The new law, which recently came into effect,...

SAUDI ARABIA – Chadbourne’s powerful project

  CHADBOURNE & Parke represented the winning consortium, comprising ACWA Power International, Samsung C+T Corporation and MENA Infrastructure Fund, in relation to the development and US$2 billion debt financing of the Qurayyah independent power project in...

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – UAE orders Child Protection Law

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has recently ordered the legislation of a federal child protection law aiming to ensure the safety of children in...

SAUDI ARABIA – TLA advises on Zaatar w Zeit Saudi expansion

  TRIBONIAN Law Advisors (TLA) represented Cravia Holding, the UAE-based parent company of Cinnabon, Seattle’s Best Coffee and Zaatar w Zeit franchises, in its joint venture with Saudi Arabia’s Rawawet al Oukhouwa company, to expand the...

OMAN – Omani British Lawyers Association launches

  A new bilateral group, the Omani British Lawyers’ Association (OBLA) held its inaugural event recently, attended by the Law Society’s vice-president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, who spoke on the role of the Law Society in a diverse...

QATAR COLLEGE OF LAW’S EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS GAINS

Students of LAWC gained understanding of ethics working with legal professionals at an Externship Fair held recently Sadef & Students of Qatar University’s College of Law (LAWC) met with a number of legal sector representatives in...

EGYPT – Mubarak sentenced to life, Egypt protests

FORMER Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in killing protesters, after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account.   His sentence was not...

Corporate counsels recognised and rewarded

  MORE than 300 leading legal professionals – both in-house and from local, regional and international law firms – attended the inaugural Corporate Counsel Middle East awards 2012 at The Westin Hotel Dubai on May 17....

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