Stuart Paterson
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Articles
Corporate Crime update - May 2021 | Middle East
Middle East, United Arab Emirates - June 2 2021 The Dubai Police have arrested a “professional beggar” who was found to be scamming a number of individuals and philanthropists over WhatsApp.
Corporate Crime update - April 2021 | Middle East
Middle East - April 20 2021 A foodstuff company, Soha Arif Foodstuff Trading (“Soha Arif”), has been ordered by a court in Dubai to pay over AED 470,000 to an export company…
UAE Cabinet approves the establishment of the Executive Office for AML and CFT
United Arab Emirates - March 29 2021 The UAE Cabinet has approved the establishment of the Executive Office of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism to…
The Al-Ula Declaration - GCC diplomatic relations restored
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates - January 14 2021 In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”), Egypt and Bahrain announced that they would sever diplomatic ties with, and cut off…
DIFC Court: Whistleblowing Protections A follow-up from the Court of Appeal
United Arab Emirates - January 11 2021 The Court of Appeal reconsiders the CFI's power to grant damages for breach of whistleblowing protections Last April, we reported on the judgment of…
