02/16/2016
Dentons: growing DCM opportunities in Oman
Dentons partnered with The Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association and Standard Chartered Bank in Muscat recently to co-host a gathering of senior government officials and leaders in the corporate, finance, legal and regulatory markets. Speakers examined what Deb
02/15/2016
Clifford Chance drives Saudi healthcare deals
The Firm's strength in the Saudi market was further confirmed at the recent IFLR Middle East Awards where Clifford Chance was awarded Saudi Law Firm of the Year in 2015 for the tenth year in a row
02/15/2016
International law firm advises on over US$2 billion of funding for Saudi Electricity Company
Is well equipped to provide international and Saudi lenders as well as Saudi companies with on-the-ground expert support
02/13/2016
Abu Dhabi’s new financial free zone has signed an initial agreement with the UAE Central Bank, enabling the governance and information sharing to operate the zone.
02/10/2016
The pricing of these issuances also helps in developing a yield curve which could be a benchmark for other interest rates.
02/10/2016
The forum also examined the newly opened Abu Dhabi Global Market in the context of its future potential for dispute resolution in the Emirate through arbitration.
02/09/2016
Banks in Qatar have been relatively cautious in terms of their SME lending as they are factored in the riskiness of this sector, which is high risk and high return.
02/09/2016
Judge finds Sheikh Walid Juffali’s defence that he was shielded from courts ‘spurious’ in dispute with ex-wife Christina Estrada
02/08/2016
The new Companies Law was published by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) on 9 November 2015
02/08/2016
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange concluded a service level agreement with the Statistics Center of Abu Dhabi.
02/07/2016
NAJIB'S Arabian Nightmare Begins
In Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that he accepted the attorney general’s opinion that there had been no wrongdoing, but he also said that he did not think that the money had come from the Saudi government or that it was a politi
02/07/2016
Rising from the ashes? The UAE's insolvency dilemma
It is for these reasons, and more, that the UAE government has yet to ratify a new bankruptcy law that would enable companies to adopt and implement a recovery strategy under the supervision of the courts.
02/07/2016
British Court of Appeal freezes Al-Rajaan's bank accounts
The Public Prosecution in Kuwait is reportedly seeking the judicial assistance of Paris and Washington for a similar step to be taken against Al-Rajaan and family.
02/07/2016
International law firm in new ME Association
‘business as usual for our clients while this new arrangement is being put in place’, which is expected to be towards the end of the first quarter or early in the second quarter of the year.
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.