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The Investment Powerhouse

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In recent years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has significantly ramped up its foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa, and has emerged as the fourth-largest foreign direct investor on the continent after China, the...more

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Oil Price Cap Violations & New OFAC ‎GL for Crew Health and Safety and Safety of Blocked ‎Vessels

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On November 16, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) sanctioned three UAE-based entities and blocked three vessels that engaged Price Cap Coalition service providers to...more

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Kazakhstan Law News Digest for June 2022

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The Government of Kazakhstan has determined the conditions and procedure for designating a state-owned enterprise as JSC and LLP as the subject of a special right. It is worth a reminder that the term "special right" as a new...more

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Indonesia in Focus Newsletter - September 2021

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Construction begins on Southeast Asia's largest floating solar power plant in Indonesia - In early August 2021, plant developer PT PJB Masdar Solar Energi (PMSE) announced that it had reached financial closing for the 145...more

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Energy Newsletter - September 2020

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Climate Change Litigation on the Horizon with Trump Environmental Overhaul - On July 16, 2020, President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published the long-awaited final rule revising the implementing...more

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M&A - Emerging from Crisis

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The first half of 2020 has presented governments, business and individuals with an unprecedented set of circumstances to grapple with. As thoughts start to turn towards emerging from the crisis, people around the world have...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2020

Industry Expert Insights - We reached out to one of our Lex Mundi partners and a well-known expert in the United Arab Emirates in the energy and legal industries to get his thoughts on the current energy climate. ...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2020 #3

The UAE Gets Green Light to Operate the Arab World’s First Nuclear Power Plant - "The project, which national officials describe as a strategic and economic imperative for the UAE, is more than a decade in the making and...more

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UAE Foreign Direct Investment Law

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His Highness, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE recently issued Federal Decree-Law No. 19 of 2018 on Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI Law”), giving life to one of the most recently anticipated legal...more

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Abu Dhabi Global Market to licence “Oil and Gas” Activities

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Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Supreme Petroleum Council in Abu Dhabi (the SPC), pursuant to which ADGM will be able to grant entities that are...more

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Investment Outlook 2018: Transaction and deal trends in the GCC

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Gulf economies and markets have transformed in many ways in response to three years of low oil prices, new regional leadership and a global world order in flux. The tougher fiscal environment and renewed drive to implement...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2018 #2

Oil World Turns Upside Down as U.S. Sells Oil in Middle East - "Yet, in a trade that illustrates how the rise of the American shale industry is upending energy markets across the globe, the U.A.E. bought oil directly from...more

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Trends That Will Shape Transactions in the GCC

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Will 2017 be a boom or bust year in the Gulf region? Shah: There have been important developments in the GCC region. We are witnessing significant structural reforms in Saudi Arabia as they follow their Vision for 2030....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - April 2016 #2

CFTC Again Extends Deadlines for New OCR Compliance; Puts Pressure on FCM Clients Who Will Not Provide Adequate Information Regarding Trading Control - Late last week, staff of the Division of Market Oversight of the...more

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Africa Update - October 2015 #3

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On October 17th, members of the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council urged all Libyan parties to endorse and sign the recently finalized political agreement for the creation of a Government of National Accord. The Security...more

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UAE Expected to Issue Draft Law on Corporate Tax and VAT

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Although the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) currently has Emirate level tax legislation in place, taxation has, to date, generally only applied to the oil and banking sectors. The last decade has seen the member states of the...more

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Global Solar Energy – A Bright Future

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In 2013, the total capacity of renewable energy worldwide was 1,560 gigawatts (GW) of which hydropower accounted for approximately 1,000 GW. However, the annual increase in hydropower over the preceding year was 4% while that...more

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A vintage year for Gulf IPOs

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This year has seen a resurgence of activity in the Middle East equity capital markets, with players such as National Commercial Bank and Qatar Petroleum in the spotlight and growing interest from both regional and...more

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Oil and Gas Operations—Q and A

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The desire to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in commercial operations is steadily building. A wide variety of businesses would like to use these devices to improve efficiency and safety, and reduce costs. One field that...more

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