Gowling WLG‘s Corporate Group in the United Arab Emirates has added Edward Brown (pictured) to its team as a counsel. Brown will be leading the funds and financial services practice in the Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices, drawing on the support of the wider corporate team and working in close collaboration with the technology team’s […]
Al Tamimi & Company has announced that Wesley Wood (pictured), a specialist shipping lawyer, has joined its Shipping, Aviation & Logistics team as partner in their Dubai office. With over 13 years of experience advising on
With Suzan Taha AI has been making waves recently in the legal profession, bringing with it tremendous potential to revolutionize the way in which legal services are provided. AI technology is being used more and
Shalakany has successfully defended its client, a major regional real estate developer in Egypt and the Middle East, in an ICC Arbitration case filed against the client. The dispute stemmed from four construction contracts related
Egypt-based law firm Jurisera, has promoted associate Alia Omran (pictured) to the role of senior associate effective Jan 1st,2023. Omran has a diverse legal background in multiple areas of law, including corporate and commercial matters,
International law firm Allen & Overy (“A&O”), has broken new ground by integrating Harvey, the innovative artificial intelligence platform built on a version of Open AI’s latest models enhanced for legal
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has accepted Telecom Egypt’s financial and technical offer to obtain an additional 5MHz of spectrum in the 1800MHz band using FDD technology. The 10-year spectrum allocation was competitively
Regulatory
United Arab Emirates
DLA Piper advises on UAE’s first virtual assets regulatory framework
DLA Piper has acted as exclusive global legal advisor for the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (“VARA”), on the creation of the Emirate’s virtual asset specific regulatory framework. Published on 7 February 2023, the Virtual Assets
Global law firm Shearman & Sterling has appointed prominent global energy lawyer Mona Dajani (pictured) as a partner in the Project Development & Finance (PDF) practice. Based in New York, Dajani will serve as Global
Banking & Finance
United Arab Emirates
Clifford Chance: Emirates Islamic issues AED-denominated sukuk
International law firm Clifford Chance provided advisory services to Emirates Islamic, a prominent Islamic bank in the UAE and 99.9% owned by Emirates NBD Bank, for the issuance of AED 1 billion 5.050 per cent. sukuk that matures
