11/16/2013
Dubai investigates Deutsche Bank over anti-money-laundering practices
The Dubai Financial Services Authority is concerned about several potential regulatory breaches by the bank’s personal wealth management division.
11/15/2013
Lenders face suspension of products and employees could face life time ban on working in UAE’s banking sector
11/14/2013
Banking representatives said they understand the Turkish government’s cautious banking regulations and find them positive
11/13/2013
Bird & Bird has opened an office in Dubai, its second office in the United Arab Emirates following an Abu Dhabi launch in 2011.
11/12/2013
Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie is relocating corporate and transactional partner Pietro de Libero from the firm's Milan office to its Dubai office.
11/06/2013
David, who was previously head of dispute resolution and construction in the Middle East for Dentons, joins the firm on 17 November 2013.
11/06/2013
Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed a new banking of counsel Robin Balmer to its Middle East Islamic finance practice.
11/04/2013
International law firm Names New Dubai Head of Banking
Habib will spearhead Taylor Wessing Dubai’s finance practice, offering both conventional and Islamic finance expertise.
11/04/2013
The central bank of the United Arab Emirates has eased planned curbs on commercial banks' exposure to state-linked debt, giving them five years to comply after the banks complained that the rules could hurt their business.
11/04/2013
The central bank of the UAE has eased planned curbs on commercial banks' exposure to state-linked debt, giving them five years to comply after the banks complained that the rules could hurt their business.
11/03/2013
Banks in the UAE will likely be given about five years to conform to new large-exposure rules which the central bank is going to impose
11/03/2013
He joins the firm from Clyde & Co's Middle East Group
10/29/2013
Foreigners can borrow 75 percent of the value of a first home priced at 5 million dirhams ($1.36 million) or less and U.A.E. nationals can get 80 percent
10/27/2013
Conyers Dill & Pearman hosts Offshore Law Forum in Dubai
Our panel of experts will use this opportunity to discuss these changes and share their knowledge and experience with our clients and contacts here in Dubai.
10/27/2013
The office is expected to be established at the beginning of 2014 and will be branded as King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin.
10/23/2013
The Central Bank of Bahrain will be issuing the first draft of rules on Basel III standards by early next month
10/21/2013
His practice focuses on contentious and non-contentious construction and engineering law, arbitration and insurance law in the Middle East, UK and Hong Kong.
10/20/2013
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to weigh in on a case that raises whether bank secrecy laws protect Arab Bank Plc from turning over documents in lawsuits in U.S. courts.
10/16/2013
Former Bank Hapoalim chairman Danny Dankner struck a plea bargain with prosecutors on Thursday
10/12/2013
The UAE’s return to economic growth has led to an increase in legal hiring for both in-house and private practices