02/07/2016
Global law firm closes down Abu Dhabi office
The office will now close down completely following "a detailed review" which may have just been made up of press clippings of other international firms to pull out of the UAE capital recently.
02/07/2016
Qatar: Draft Free Zones Law Approved
The Economic Zones Company will be granted a 50-year concession from the date of the law being issued and will be solely responsible for the management, development, operation and maintenance of the zone and zones associated with projects the state assign
02/07/2016
Hadef & Partners has announced two partner appointment
Further, Ashraf Sayed has been appointed Head of Commercial Property, and Victoria Woods has been appointed Head of Commercial.
02/07/2016
We are creating a better regulatory environment by integrating the QFC Regulatory Authority with the QCB , which means there will be common areas of regulation between both the entities
02/07/2016
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a milestone diplomatic agreement reached on 14 July 2015 between the US, UK, Russia, China, France and Germany (P5+1), and Iran, to tightly regulate Iran’s nuclear development programme in exchange for
02/05/2016
Barclays to hand Qatar deal papers to the SFO
The bank had argued that it should not give up the documents, claiming they contained legal advice protected by lawyer-client privilege and that handing them over would set a dangerous precedent about what companies could expect to keep confidential.
02/04/2016
Swiss Affiliate Bank in Middle East Responsible for Financial Mis-selling Fails to Comply With Court Ruling
The claimant will now seek to enforce the next step in securing the sum through the DIFC Court.
02/04/2016
Morgan McKinley has researched average bonus payouts in 2015 for senior compliance staff across Central Bank regulated firms, DFSA and ESCA regulated entities, local, international and Islamic banks as well as private banking and brokerage firms.
02/03/2016
The banking sector regulator has challenged a High Court order halting the liquidation of the troubled Dubai Bank.
02/03/2016
Major international law firm opens its own Iran office in Tehran
This includes the right to provide legal advice in Iran.
02/03/2016
ISO certification, established by the British Standards Institution, specifies requirements to plan and prepare for disruptive incidents, ensuring that appropriate measures are in place for business continuity.
02/03/2016
Two senior compliance staff hired by HSBC Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of the main British bank, have unaccredited business degrees, a Channel 4 News investigation finds.
02/01/2016
The ambassador added that the three branches of Iran's Bank Mellat in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara cities have resumed their activity.
02/01/2016
The signing ceremony will take place during the 10th session of the Egyptian-Russian Committee meetings.
01/31/2016
After years of discussion, the new Commercial Companies Law No 02 of 2015 has been introduced
01/31/2016
Participants in the forum called upon Arab banks and financing institutions to adopt new financing models for infrastructure projects, as they play a vital role in stimulating the economy.
01/29/2016
An appeal by the defendant banks against the initial judgement of their liability in the case was heard by the DIFC Court of Appeal in September 2015.
01/29/2016
Earlier in August 2015, a consortium led by Ali Hussain of JSCL and Alkaram Group offered Dubai Bank to purchase its 144.200 million in the BankIslami.
01/29/2016
The time may be right for the company's debts to be finally settled, CEO Simon Charlton said.
01/28/2016
International law firm bolsters Dubai office
His sectoral experience covers financial services, aerospace and defence, energy, construction and insurance.