To achieve business sustainability, succession planning among family businesses have to be well-managed, transparent and underpinned by good corporate governance practices, writes Kirsty Smallman of Crescent Enterprises. Family businesses are a lifeline of the region’s economy,...
The contribution of women to UAE’s workforce is on the rise, however a few challenges remain. With the country aiming for gender equality by 2021, Rita El Semaani Jansen suggests steps the country can incorporate to...
Perhaps you’re seeking a mentor. Perhaps you’re interested in passing on some of your experience to a mentee. How does the mentor-mentee relationship work in practice? And, most importantly, how do you ensure that relationship works...
Formulating terms and conditions are often given the last priority by entrepreneurs in a bid to enter the market rapidly. Sara Al Kabban of Al Kabban & Associates shines a light on why small businesses should...
Gareth Mills of Charles Russell Speechlys talks about how Force Majeure and Termination clauses have come to the fore in the region as the Qatar crisis continues. On June 5, 2017 the governments of Bahrain, Saudi...
With more quality oil & gas assets set to come onto the market in 2017, the outlook for M&A is brightening, write Paul Jones and Christopher Williams of Bracewell. For the majority of global oil &...
Mark O’Flynn of Hadef& Partners talks about the need for guidance on the new understanding between the DIFC Courts and the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department. On April 20, 2017, a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”)was entered into...
Maali Khader of EMAC shares her insight on the impact of digitalisation on arbitration case management and the benefits and pitfalls of e-arbitration services. Today, the term digital transformation is used across the business spectrum. For...
David McIlwaine reveals the findings of the survey conducted by Pinsent Masons and Queen Mary University of London on dispute resolution in the TMT industry. While Intellectual Property is predicted to continue as the reason behind...
Mojahed Al Sebae talks about the extent to which the UAE law recognises a LLC’s separate legal personality and the specific cases under which the corporate veil can be lifted. The Limited Liability Company in the...
