Aynsley Vaughan of the TMF Group analyses the UAE’s development of trusts and foundations to enable HNWI families to structure wealth and implement succession plans. Changes to the dynamics of the modern family, consistent updates to...
ESG issues and sustainable business structures are no longer just regulatory concerns. They are board-level strategic issues. Lisa Bryson believes that companies should also be prioritising the ‘S’ and the ‘G’. She believes they are the...
Jorge Carrasco of FTI Consulting lists the top trends on the horizon for 2023 in the blockchain and digital assets space that are set to drive transformation across business sectors. On January 3, Bitcoin celebrated its...
An analysis of the emerging trends likely to shape the legal services industry this year by Farhat Ali Khan, managing partner, Century Maxim International. As the curtains come down in what was arguably one of the...
Althea Rozario sets out the relevance and explores key considerations of Intellectual Property in the UAE’s construction industry. The construction industry in the UAE has grown exponentially in the past decade. Intellectual Property rights are legal...
Henno Boshoff and Andrea Charalambous highlight reasons for the increased use of British Virgin Islands Trusts by high-net-worth families in the Middle East. We have seen that over the last few years that there has been...
An insight into the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution’s role in the growth of arbitration within the Kingdom of Bahrain’s judicial system by Gaby El Hakim of NBB and Mahmoud Alawi of Qarooni & Partners. In...
Deborah Ruff and Charles Golsong of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP explore arbitration as a form of dispute resolution in the region, with insight on key aspects such as choice of seat, drafting agreements and enforcement....
Linklaters offers insight into the recently-adopted legislative tool in the European Union that would result in further red tape for M&A deals in Europe, and on how companies should prepare for the new regime. “This is...
Olivia Darlington of Simmons & Simmons elaborates on the KSA’s mandatory inherent defects insurance for construction projects in the private sector, and some of the potential gaps that may arise with its application. In June 2018,...
