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Bird & Bird LLP | United Arab Emirates | 24 Feb 2023
The New Dubai Virtual Asset Regime
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) prides itself on being a progressive market that is open to the use of new Technologies and innovation such as…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Arab Emirates | 9 Jan 2023
DIFC Court provides further guidance on anti-suit injunctions in respect of “on-shore” Dubai Court Proceedings
Nearly two years after the DIFC Court granted an anti-suit injunction in Multiplex Constructions LLC v Elemec Electromechanical Contracting LLC…
4 Pump Court | United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom | 3 Oct 2022
A significant expansion in the DIFC Court’s jurisdictional ambit for freezing injunctions
When discussing freezing injunctions, modern lawyers of a historical bent occasionally refer to the English High Court’s “nuclear weapon” by…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Arab Emirates | 11 Jul 2022
Inside Arbitration: Arbitration in Dubai: wa hala' la wein (where do we go from here?)
Following a busy year, the consolidation of two leading Dubai arbitration centres has radically changed the UAE disputes landscape The past year has…
Serle Court | United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom | 8 Jun 2022
Wintercap confirmed: the DIFC Court’s jurisdiction to make freezing orders in support of foreign proceedings
The broad and unqualified terms of the Court Law compel the conclusion that it was the intention of the legislative authority to confer broad and…
Littleton Chambers | United Arab Emirates | 11 May 2022
Limitation and Retrospective Effect: Abdelsalam v Expresso Telecom Group Ltd
For many years employment law in the DIFC was governed primarily by DIFC Law No. 4 of 2005 (“the 2005 Law”). This granted a number of rights to…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Arab Emirates | 10 Mar 2022
DIAC publishes new rules to come into force on 21 March 2022
The wait is finally over: the updated DIAC Arbitration Rules 2022 (the "2022 Rules") were published last week and enter into force from 21 March 2022…
Afridi & Angell | United Arab Emirates | 26 Sep 2021
Yes, its groundbreaking, but what does it mean for you? A rough guide to the implications of Decree 34 for parties in arbitration in Dubai
Parties in the process of arbitrating disputes, thinking of commencing arbitration, or even thinking of including arbitration provisions in a contract…
Clyde & Co LLP | United Arab Emirates | 9 Sep 2021
The DFSA succeeds in opposing Arif Naqvi’s Judicial Review Application in the DIFC Court
The DIFC Court’s decision arises from an application made by Arif Naqvi, the founder and former CEO of the Abraaj Group, to challenge the DFSA’s…
Clyde & Co LLP | United Arab Emirates | 20 May 2021
New Dubai Law confirms that DIFC financial institutions may promote and provide their services to UAE clients outside the DIFC
This article examines the impact of the recently-announced new Dubai Law No. 5 of 2021 (the New Law) on the activities of Dubai Financial Services…
