11/03/2014
He has over 20 years' experience in senior management and leadership roles and most recentlyjoins from Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP, where he was Chief Operating Officer for the firm in the region.
10/30/2014
Burgan Bank, Kuwait’s third-largest lender by assets, has received regulatory approval to launch a KD21.6 million rights issue by the end of 2014, it said in a bourse filing on Thursday.
10/29/2014
Complying with evolving U.S. economic sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations is an existential issue for Lebanese and Arab banks, bankers and legal experts said Tuesday at the 2014 annual forum for the heads of compliance units at Arab banks and
10/24/2014
The firm scooped the 'Equity Team of the year' award in the face of strong competition from UAE-based legal powerhouses, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and Latham and Watkins.
10/22/2014
The UAE currently has four, including the Central Bank and Insurance Authority, in addition to the federal Securities and Exchange Authority and the Dubai International Financial Services Authority.
10/22/2014
Commercial Bank of Kuwait, the Gulf state’s fifth-largest lender by assets, has reached a string of debt settlements with clients that have helped to slash its non-performing loans
10/20/2014
Despite common characteristics and strong financial fundamentals, top three Gulf national banks such as Qatar National Bank National Bank of Abu Dhabi; and National Bank of Kuwait have differing risk profiles.
10/20/2014
Al Tamimi & Company, the Middle East's largest law firm, has won an impressive five awards at this year's IFLR Middle East Awards, underlining its position as the region's pre-eminent law firm for banking and finance matters, and for ca