On 5 July 2024, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) brought into force enhanced protections for whistleblowers. Under the Whistleblower Protection Regulations 2024 (the “Protection Regulations”), ADGM employers must implement...more
In a reversal of its decision in Sandra Holding v Al Saleh [2023] DIFC CA 003, the DIFC Court of Appeal has confirmed in Carmon Reestrutura-Engenharia e Servicos Tecnios Especiais , (SU) LDA v Antonio Joao Catete Lopes Cuenda...more
In DFM v DFL [2024] SGCA 41, the Singapore Court of Appeal has clarified that it is conceptually possible for a party to submit to an arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction for the purposes of an interim application, while...more
On 13 June 2024, the DIFC Court of Appeal (the "DIFC CoA") handed down a groundbreaking judgment in Huobi v Tabarak in which the Head of the Digital Economy Court, Justice Michael Black KC (the "Appeal Judge"), reviewed the...more
The overnight abolition of the DIFC-LCIA in September 2021 will be familiar to many. Although the UAE's arbitration landscape is well-serviced by other arbitral institutions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, questions remained over...more
The Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") has announced that the UAE has been removed from its 'grey list' following substantial improvement in the stringency of its anti-money laundering ("AML") and combating the financing of...more
Signing up to a contract governed by Saudi Law is about to get easier, and your rights and obligations under that contract clearer.
That's because the regime applicable to Saudi Law-governed contracts is about to change...more
Saudi Arabia has taken a number of steps over recent years to modernize its arbitration laws, as well as establishing the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (the "SCCA") in 2016. This is part of the Kingdom's vision of...more