Category: Publications

Hotel Reforms in Dubai: Setting the stage for 2020, India Business Law Journal

While Dubai is already home to numerous hotels, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) estimates approximately 45,000 new hotel rooms will need to be constructed by 2020. With foreign hotel project investors and operators seeking to capitalize on the numerous opportunities, an overview of the legal aspects concerning hotels within the emirate of Dubai is provided in this publication.

Making Monetary Sense: Understand Your VC Term Sheet, Entrepreneur Middle East

During the course of startup maturation, founders seek financing alternatives outside of banking, family, and friends. As a result, venture capital funding has been on the rise in the Middle East as trips in this region pursue greater and more sophisticated sources of capital, with Dubai thus far serving as the funding epicenter. This publication reveals everything you need to know.

Anti-Money Laundering Regulation in the UAE, India Business Law Journal

Money laundering was formally criminalized under the AML Law of 2002, but it had long been a crime to knowingly possess the proceeds of criminal activity, at least as regards criminal activity carried out in the UAE. Moreover, many techniques used to conceal the origins of funds (like forging documents) are themselves crimes under the UAE’s
Penal Code. Charles Laubach reveals everything you need to know about the new regulations in place.

Cyber Security 2014, A Virtual Roundtable, Corporate Live Wire

Cyber Security has presented itself as a major thorn in the side of many companies in recent years, which has demanded firms go the extra
length to mitigate any potential risks. In this Roundtable, we take a look at some of the trends of the past year as well taking a look at what the
future holds. Nine experts from around the world have come together to offer opinions on the prevalent issues surrounding the topic.