Against the backdrop of a July 2025 resolution by the Council of Ministers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the "KSA") to further develop arbitration in the KSA (the "Resolution"), a new draft KSA arbitration law has been...more
10/14/2025
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The Kingdom of Bahrain is the latest jurisdiction to ratify the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005 ("Hague 2005"), with the treaty coming into force in the Kingdom on 1 July 2025....more
On 18 July 2025, Dubai Chambers launched the Dubai Hub in London. The Dubai Hub consolidates various legal and administrative services provided by multiple Dubai government entities under one international service centre....more
In the second episode of Season 2 of our 'Across the Pond' podcast, Charles and Kwadwo are joined by colleague Gerard Moore, who leads the International Arbitration and Construction & Engineering practice in our Dubai office,...more
Split or “asymmetric” arbitration clauses, commonly referred to as “unilateral option clauses” (“UOCs”), provide one party (or a group of parties, but not all the parties) with the exclusive option to elect between...more
We recently reported on the newly launched Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre branded as "arbitrateAD" (the "Centre"), which replaced the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Center ("ADCCAC") on 1...more