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Thomas Paoletti, Managing Partner at Paoletti Law Group, provides expert opinion on ESG in the Middle East – the current situation and what still needs to be done to work towards a more sustainable future....more
The healthcare and life sciences ecosystem is witnessing significant growth in the Middle East as the GCC continues to seek economic diversification. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are...more
As creditors continue to look across the global market for strategic opportunities, the United Arab Emirates (the "UAE") is primed to emerge as a relatively untapped well of potential for private credit providers....more
To mark Riyadh International Disputes Week we wanted to share our Middle East International Dispute Resolution Compendium, which discusses recent developments in the dispute resolution landscape across the region including...more
The United Arab Emirates is the latest country in the Middle East to overhaul its competition regime. On December 29, 2023, a new competition law comes into effect, including a new merger control regime that can be triggered...more
The Middle East’s ambitions for achieving Net Zero mean there is a wealth of opportunity for projects aimed at reducing carbon emissions. However, these projects will require careful navigation of the growing labyrinth of...more
Ambitious plans for renewable energy projects will create long-term opportunities for private funds and sovereign investors in the region, say Ben Ward and Kamar Jaffer. They explore the trends in private markets and what...more
The UAE is leading the way in the Middle East in incorporating sustainability and environmental standards in construction and real estate. Ian Bevan and Ejiro Otu discuss that there is still more to be done to incentivise...more
There is a growing awareness and demand in the UAE for sustainable investment opportunities. To meet this demand, Jodi Norman and Will Tunstall-Prince explain how recent reforms are now putting sustainable finance at the...more
In the crypto world, does it really matter where you are? Is there a sunny offshore paradise perspective on the click of a button and a fintech trade? The answer lies as usual in how to unravel a problem should it arise. Both...more
The UAE has recently revised its federal Arbitration Law through Federal Decree No. (15) of 2023, which came into force on 16 September 2023. This revision comes five years after the UAE introduced the federal Arbitration...more
1. Repos in the Islamic market - In our article titled "Repos in Islamic Finance"1 we concluded that Shari'ah-compliant repurchase transactions ("Repos") could play a useful role as a liquidity management instrument to...more
Global demand for air conditioning is projected to triple over the next 30 years, with most of this demand emanating from developing countries. Given the global commitment towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and the...more
Amongst a backdrop of rising inflation and interest rates, the past two years have seen an exponential rise in the activity of private credit funds within the United Arab Emirates and the broader Middle East....more
Despite global shocks and forecasts of a global recession, economies in the Middle East showed "extraordinarily fast" growth in 2022, according to the World Bank. The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—the United...more
Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more
The Middle East’s rapidly advancing space sector has seen a slew of landmark achievements in the last few years. In 2014, the UAE established the UAE Space Agency to oversee and grow its space sector, and it has since...more
For African economies living on the edge, can the Middle East provide the much-needed boost to the under-serviced Muslim population in Africa? ...more
Middle East dealmaking has been trending up steadily over recent years, reaching the highest annual volume on record in 2021. Annual deal value, meanwhile, posted its second highest figure on record, after 2019, with US$120.7...more
Unsurprisingly, a volatile and disrupted economic climate will likely have a flow-on impact upon major infrastructure projects. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to deeply disrupt economic activities globally,...more
Talks between the U.S. and Iran to revitalize the nuclear deal may have stalled but they are far from dead. There is still optimism that the agreement to limit Iran’s ability to make weapons-grade uranium, in return for a...more
The construction and projects market in the Middle East is primed for a bumper delivery programme. The Saudi Arabian government has forecast US$160bn of investment in projects as a part of the ‘Vision 2030’ privatisation...more
As the global digital asset industry continues to grow, regulators worldwide have increased efforts to define and shape the legal landscape through various approaches. In the UAE, for example, the Financial Services...more
The United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”) has announced a new division of its court system established specifically to hear cases relating to money laundering and financial crime. This new Court, an integral element of the UAE’s...more
On September 15, 2020 the United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”) and the State of Israel officially signed the “Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab...more