UAE
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Regulatory Dynamics in the Card Payment Industry and its Impact on Financial Inclusion
The card payment industry has undergone significant transformations with the advent of innovative payment technologies. This paper explores the regulatory dynamics shaping the industries and their consequential effects on financial...Read more
Jesse Mudaliyar
Senior Managing Counsel, VP, Mastercard EEMEA , UAE
Enforcement of Competition Rules in the Middle East 
In this piece we address how different the Competition authorities are in the Middle East and highlight those authorities upping their game in enforcement of the competition laws looking at...Read more
Omar Obeidat
Partner, Head of IP & Competition, Al Tamimi & Company, UAE
Moutaz Abdullat
General Counsel, Fererro , UAE
Social Media 2020: Corporate Risks and Regulation
In August 2018, Elon Musk tweeted about having secured funding to make Tesla a private company at USD 420 per share. The impact of this tweet was an immediate surge...Read more
Rajat Rashmi
Senior Manager - Legal, Cognizant Technology Solutions, UAE
Being a Luxury In-House GC in the Era of Disruption
There’s no doubt luxury lawyers are working in an era of disruption. Luxury industries are witnessing changing demographics, changing tastes and increased privacy regulatory frameworks at an unheralded pace. The...Read more
Ghada Qaisi Audi
General Counsel, Seddiqi Holding , UAE
Artificial Intelligence: IPR, Liability and Ethical Issues
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) has captured our imagination and fantasies since a long time. Though we refer AI as modern technology, the first concept of an automated machine known as “Automaton...Read more
Rajat Rashmi
Senior Manager - Legal, Cognizant Technology Solutions, UAE
Regulatory Challenges in a Cross Border Voluntary Acquisition Offer
Recently, SHUAA Capital psc (the “Offeror”) was involved in a Voluntary Acquisition Offer (“VAO” or “Transaction”) of a Kuwaiti listed entity (the “Offeree” or the “Target”). Managing the challenges created...Read more
Gabriel Khoury
General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Shuaa Capital GMC , UAE
Affordable Solar Power for All
In 2015, the international community came together to reinforce the global ambition to tackle climate change. That year, the adoption of the “Paris Agreement” and the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable...Read more
Nicole Iseppi
Project Director, ENGIE & Terrawatt Initiative, UAE
In-House Counsel as a Business Partner: A Middle East Perspective
In a constantly developing commercial landscape, the role of the In-house lawyer is also adapting. Not only are in-house lawyers in every industry expected to know the law, but also...Read more
Asim Habib
Senior Legal Counsel, Abb , UAE
Saudi Arabia: Is it Still a Safe Haven for Expats?
Saudi Arabia’s discovery of oil in the 1930’s initiated its need for foreign workers to help exploit its oil reserves, which reached its peak with the oil-price boom after the...Read more
Mohamad Al Darwish
Legal Affairs Director - Middle East, UTC Climate, Controls & Security, UAE
EU Data Protection Regulation: A Concise Primer for In-House Counsels on Key Changes in the Regulatory Regime
After years of discussions, wrangling, lobbying and politicking, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”) was finalized in the spring of 2016 by EU institutions, which means that it...Read more
Shahab Ahmed
Managing Counsel, Lead Privacy Counsel, Etihad Airways and Etihad Aviation Group, UAE