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New restrictions appear to limit clients' choice of counsel in UAE seated arbitrations - but is it a storm in a teacup?
On 27 November 2017, Ministerial Resolution No. 972 of 2017 (the "2017 Regulations") of the Executive Regulations to the Federal Legal Profession Law No. …
Has the pendulum swung back in favour of the DIFC courts? Two new decisions of the Judicial Tribunal
We recently reported on three decisions of the Judicial Tribunal (please click here) following our commentary on the Judicial Tribunal's controversial …
Sovereign immunity in the DIFC Court
Last week, the Dubai International Financial Centre Court issued its decision in Pearl Petroleum Company Limited & Others v The Kurdistan Regional …
ICC to open representative office in Abu Dhabi
The ICC has announced that it will be opening a representative office in the United Arab Emirates to service the Middle East and North Africa …
The Impact of the Arab Spring on International Arbitration
Laurence Franc-Menget, Avocat à la Cour and Of Counsel in Herbert Smith Freehills' Paris office, has published an article in the International Business …
New Arbitration Law in Qatar
Introduction The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, issued Law No 2 of 2017 on 16 February 2017 (the "New Arbitration Law"). The New …
The DIFC's conduit jurisdiction under attack? The Dubai Court attempts to reverse Banyan Tree
Following on from our reporting on the controversial first decision of the Judicial Tribunal in Daman Real Capital Partners Company LLC v. Oger Dubai …
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