Beware of crypto risks
With interest in crypto-coins and NFTs on the rise, and more and more regular members of the public buying into digital assets, Riz Mughal and Henzie Healley of Mezzle Law explore the risks involved in this...
- New Lex Mundi GC Summit Report highlights harnessing the potential of GenAI
- Pinsent Masons launches Vario in the Middle East
- Clyde & Co strengthens its presence in the KSA, in line with RHQ Programme
- Launch of new law firm in the UAE by former General Counsel of Aster DM Healthcare
- Meysan Partners launches in London
- Squire Patton Boggs appoints Middle East practice co-chairs
- PwC Legal continues to strengthen Middle East service offering
Opinions
Can Kuwait become an Islamic finance centre…?
Ashley Freeman and Salim Ali of Al-Hamad Legal Group offer a summary of the twelve key elements that would help build an efficient framework. Islamic finance makes good sense on so many levels. Even the secular...
Business with a purpose
The UAE and Abu Dhabi’s evolving approach to ESG is in line with the increasing focus among consumers and investors on environmental and social issues that ever before, writes Stephen Sullivan and Hannah Chima of Trowers...
VAT in Bahrain
Jeremy Ingham and Noora Khan of Trowers and Hamlins elaborate on the four transitional rules that were set out by the National Bureau of Revenue to better understand the recent changes to Value Added Tax in...
Jurisdiction vs. Admissibility
Should tribunals have more power on issues of pre-conditions? Michelle Nelson and Soham Panchamiya of Reed Smith address this perennial issue in arbitral proceedings and review recent developments and decisions. A perennial concern that has hounded...
Meta, data breach & the rise of class actions
Norton Rose Fulbright considers the expansion of the competition collective proceedings regime and the risks that this presents to businesses. The announcement on January 14, 2022 of a proposed competition collective action against Meta (formerly Facebook)...
The right way to speak up
Clyde & Co’s Lauren Fine and Rebecca Ford explore five good reasons why companies should establish a robust whistleblowing management system. Globally, an increasing number of regulators are introducing legislation which require companies to implement whistleblowing...
A roadmap to accelerate progress
The United Arab Emirates’ largest legislative reform to attract expats and boost foreign investment, writes Marco De Leo and Nour El Shinnawi of BonelliErede. Last November, the UAE government announced a series of immediately applicable legislative...
A step towards reform?
A closer look at the main provisions and conditions of the New Public Procurement Law in Lebanon by Dr. Rita Waked Jaber. A new public procurement Law no. 244/2021 has been adopted by the Lebanese Parliament...
English Courts Post-Brexit
Richard Little, Rebecca Copley and Ahmed Abdel-Hakam of Eversheds Sutherland elaborate on the tools available to Middle Eastern litigants before the English Commercial Courts. One cannot approach the subject of English courts, the scope of their...
