Current practices in the reinsurance industry of the UAE impede its growth and development. Bin Shabib & Associates recommends measures that need to be implemented to tackle the challenges. The dynamic nature of the insurance industry...
The lesser known IP insurance is gaining importance in the region as companies seek to protect themselves from infringement. Farzana Hirani of UTPS shares her observations. Intellectual property insurance. A relatively unknown concept, but on the...
What is the likely impact of the Expo 2020 on Dubai’s economy and its real estate market? Tom Calnan explores the benefits in store for the city. Since the Expo win was announced in November last year...
Sarmad Hasan Manto of UTPS explains the necessity and legalities involved in the registration and protection of trademarks in Arabic language in the Middle Eastern countries. Use and consequential infringement of rights in local languages had...
Owen Delaney of Charles Russell LLP takes a practical approach to conducting litigation by looking into the mindset of litigators and arbitrators. To this day I clearly remember my first instructions on a litigation matter; I...
Can poor risk-management dramatically hit the new-born Islamic economy? Laurent Marliere of IsFin shares his concerns. The Enron scandal that was exposed in October 2001, eventually led to the bankruptcy of one of the largest American energy companies and the dissolution of the accounting...
Umair Hameed of Deloitte Corporate Finance Limited offers a comprehensive view on managing the burden and legal complexities of financial regulations. Since the Obama administration first came to power, the US government has added over 11,000...
What role does Intellectual Property have to play in the socio-economic development across the globe? Nevin Jacob Koshy of UTPS briefs. I ntellectual Property! The concept seems to some individuals to represent ambiguous abstraction. To others...
Kerri Lefebvre of Conyers Dill & Pearman explores why using a British Virgin Islands company for acquisitions and acquisition financing in the Gulf Region is a popular choice for local corporate groups, international banks and other...
Farzana Hirani of UTPS outlines the benefits of registering intellectual property assets in the name of an offshore company. The term ‘offshore company’ immediately conjures up images of tax havens, but offshore companies have many other...
