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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MENA BUSINESS LAW REVIEW!
As the MENA Business Law Review celebrates its second year of existence, the first edition of 2018 promises once again to be very rich in content.Rich in authors, all experienced legal professionals....
EDITORIAL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MENA BUSINESS LAW REVIEW!
As the MENA Business Law Review celebrates its second year of existence, the first edition of 2018 promises once again to be very rich in content.Rich in authors, all experienced legal professionals....
INTERVIEW
Data Privacy Protection in the Region and Worldwide: Stakes and Challenges
INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT A. WARREN Partner, Squire Patton Boggs With the advent of the digital age and the unprecedented increase in data production, regulations have multiplied. These regulations seek...
LEGAL ROUND UP
Loi de finances algérienne pour 2018 : maîtrise des dépenses et amélioration des recettes de l'Etat
La loi n° 17-11 du 27 décembre 2017 portant loi de finances pour 2018 (ci-après, la « LF 2018 ») a été publiée au Journal Officiel n° 76 en date du 28 décembre 2017. Cette loi de finances 2018...
United Arab Emirates
UAE Removed From Tax Haven Blacklist On 23 January 2018, eight jurisdictions, including the United Arab Emirates have been removed from the European Union's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for...
LEGAL ROUND UP News
Saudi Arabia
Enforcement Court Orders Saudi Company to Pay over SAR 280 million to Two Japanese Companies The Enforcement Court of Jeddah Province has ordered a Saudi company to pay more than SAR 280 million to...
FEATURES
Blockchain Technology: Between High Hopes and Challenging Implications
Imagine a technology that eradicated poverty,2 stopped human trafficking, tracked the origin of tuna from the seas to your plate,3 significantly lowered the amount of fraud in the insurance industry,...
Introducing Mediation in Egypt: The Promise of a Positive Impact on Investment Landscape
In a world where business transactions are no longer confined to physical borders, risks associated therewith have become more complicated and harder to detect. Business disputes are therefore...
The Qatar International Court: Judicial Update
Although the Qatar International Court1 (also known as the Civil and Commercial Court of Qatar Financial Centre) has existed since 2009, questions have persisted regarding its ability to independently...
The Bid Protest System in Iraq: A Potential Tool for Combatting Corruption
Corruption in Iraq has reached such a high level that it is now preventing Iraq from obtaining the funds it needs to rebuild cities that have been devastated by three years of war with ISIS. Despite...
Le partenariat public-privé saisi par le droit des investissements
A la faveur de la loi d'orientation relative au développement des PME1, le concept de partenariat public-privé (PPP) vient de faire son entrée dans le langage juridique algérien, encore qu'aucune...
RULE OF LAW
Don't Believe the Hype: All Business IS Local
Striking deals abroad is not always easy. While legal deal frameworks and priorities are converging to a set of common global business approaches and forms, a big part of getting the deal done relies...
UNIVERSITY
Middlesex University Department of Law in Dubai Defying the Odds: Teaching the Common Law in a Civil Law Reality
London, Mauritius and now Dubai, Middlesex University introduced in 2014 the first and only British Qualifying Law degree in the Middle East. Since then, the Department of Law and Politics in Dubai...
LEGAL EVENTS
Legal Conferences
MOROCCO 6-7 April 2018 Fès Evolution of the Legal Profession The International Association of Lawyers, in partnership with LexisNexis, will be holding a seminar on developments in the legal profession...
LexisNexis on the Ground
Official Launch of the Paris MENA Legal Club More than 100 person attended the inaugural lecture of the Paris MENA Legal Club. The conference focused on the recent developments in the current...
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