Gulf Capital’s CWB Group has announced its merger with PETOŠEVIĆ Group, forming an international intellectual property (IP) firm that will cater to clients across 52 countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. The newly formed company will offer its clients the full suite of IP services from its 24 offices […]
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
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
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
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
Private Clients
United Arab Emirates
Ammar ElBanna successfully represents client in UAE Federal Supreme Court
In a recent case, Ammar ElBanna, the Founder of Incept Legal and Of Counsel at Khodeir & Partners, represented a multinational company and succeeded in persuading the UAE Federal Supreme Court to uphold the stipulated
Deal & transactions
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Cms advises Aldar Properties on its partnership with Dubai Holding
International law firm CMS has advised Aldar Properties (“Aldar”) on its joint venture with Dubai Holding to develop three new residential communities in Dubai consisting of over 9,000 residential units. The agreement marks Aldar’s
Appointments
Real Estate, Construction & Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Waleed Shalaby named group head of legal for MOBH Group
Waleed Shalaby (pictured) has been appointed as group head of legal at Mohammad Omar Bin Haider Holding Group (“MOBH Group”), in what is his first role as an in-house counsel. Shalaby brings a wealth of
Deal & transactions
TMT
United Arab Emirates
Zero&One signs a strategic collaboration agreement with AWS
Zero&One has recently signed a long-term regional partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) to further their commitment to supporting clients across the MENA region in their transition to the cloud.
Al Tamimi & Company has appointed Nicholas Watson (pictured right) as partner and regional Head of its Corporate Commercial department. With over 25 years of international law firm experience, Watson has spent the majority of his
