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Emirates Investment Authority’s Rima Hadid: Our Legacy Will Be What We Did for Others

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Rima Hadid, General Counsel for the Emirates Investment Authority, has more than two decades of in-house experience, most notably at two key sovereign wealth funds. Rima moved to Bahrain from Australia in 2003 and has built a...more

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SCA’s Additional Guidance on Marketing of Foreign Funds in Mainland UAE: June 2023 Update

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As a continuation of our series of updates issued in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), we set out below a summary of additional guidance on marketing of foreign...more

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2021 Venture Capital Guide - UAE

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World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Venture Capital Guide that covers more than 30 jurisdictions on investment approval processes, typical investment sectors and investment structures on Venture...more

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UAE Regulator Updates "Qualified Investor" Definition

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has issued a decision (No. 37 (R.M) of 2019), effective December 1, 2019, amending the definition of Qualified Investor in all regulations issued by...more

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UAE Economic Substance Regulations: Five Things You Need to Know

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Entities carrying on “Relevant Activities,” including banking, insurance, and investment fund management, among others, in the United Arab Emirates will need to meet an economic substance test from April 30, 2019, and from...more

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Financial Services Quarterly Report - First Quarter 2017: DIFC Lowers Cost of Entry for Fund Managers

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The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is one of the leading financial hubs in the Middle East. Its funds regime – administered and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) – has been updated a...more

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Regime for Marketing Foreign Funds in the UAE

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Exploring the rules governing marketing in the UAE of interests in foreign (non-UAE) funds, and in particular the various exemptions from the general requirement that such foreign funds be registered with the Securities and...more

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MEasure - Winter 2017

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Amendments to Foreign Fund Private Placement Exemptions in the UAE - In August 2016, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the federal securities regulator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adopted...more

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Loss of Foreign Fund Private Placement Exemptions in the UAE

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In August 2016, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the federal securities regulator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adopted new investment funds regulations (the 2016 Fund Regulations), which repealed...more

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Financial Services Quarterly Report - Fourth Quarter 2016: UAE and Saudi Arabia Overhaul Fund Distribution Rules

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Financial services regulators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have recently made – independently of each other – extensive changes to the rules governing the regulation and distribution...more

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Financial Services Quarterly Report - Third Quarter 2016: DIFC Funds: 2016 and Beyond

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The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is a financial free-zone located in Dubai with its own established set of laws and regulations as well as a financial regulator and court system. Established in 2004, the DIFC...more

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Dubai International Financial Centre Introduces New Qualified Investor Funds Regime

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As a result of an extensive benchmarking process against established fund regimes in Luxembourg, Cayman Islands and Ireland, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (the DFSA) has recently implemented a new Qualified Investor...more

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