Legal Archives - Page 217 of 221 - Managers of Wealth Middle East

Norton Rose partner quits Abu Dhabi base for Standard Chartered amid spate of exits

October 19, 2011

Norton Rose has lost another Middle East partner, with Abu Dhabi corporate finance specialist Patrick Watson-Thorp leaving the firm to…

Fraud & Ethics

DFSA Withdraws Licence of Siraj Capital (Dubai) Limited

October 19, 2011

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) today announced that it has withdrawn the Licence of Siraj Capital (Dubai) Limited (Siraj)…

Fraud & Ethics

Dubai World unit sued by US-based hedge fund

October 18, 2011

A US-based hedge fund has launched legal action against Dubai’s Drydocks World for repayment of about $45.5m after the unit…

Executive Moves

Islamic finance expert joins Simmons & Simmons

October 18, 2011

Simmons & Simmons, an international law firm, has announced that Ahmed Butt has joined its Middle East financial markets practice…

Legal

Citi, Saudi Family Fight Over Hedge Fund, Private Equity Losses

October 13, 2011

Citigroup is seeking to stop a nearly $400 million arbitration claim over its handling of a Saudi family's alternative investments…

Legal

Onyx Investments seeks court ruling on Oman's Blue City

October 12, 2011

Onyx Investments, a subsidiary of Oman's sovereign wealth fund, is seeking a judgement from an Omani court that would allow…

Fraud & Ethics

Standard Chartered 'not guilty' of over lending, CEO says

October 11, 2011

Standard Chartered has said it was not guilty of over lending during the UAE’s five year real estate boom and…

Legal

BIBF Launches ‘Fundamentals of Risk Management’ programme in collaboration with CBB

October 10, 2011

BIBF’s Fundamentals of Risk Management programme has been developed in collaboration with the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) to offer…

Legal

Saudi Arabia: Leaked cable reveals how royals get rich

October 10, 2011

A secret cable sent from the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1996, released by WikiLeaks, provides an in-depth…

Legal

Saudi billionaire has $9.2bn freezing order lifted

October 7, 2011

In what was described as a "significant victory" in his ongoing and bitter legal dispute with members of his wife's…

Fraud & Ethics

Citigroup Sues to Block Arbitration of Saudi Investors’ Claim

October 7, 2011

A Citigroup Inc. unit sued two Saudi investors seeking to block Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration of their $383 million…

Executive Moves

Freshfields appoints regional managing partner for MENA

October 6, 2011

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has appointed Pervez Akhtar as MENA regional managing partner. He succeeds Bertrand Pellet,…

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