This Q&A provides an overview of the key considerations and legal issues a foreign entity should consider when terminating a consultancy agreement in the United Arab Emirates.
Category: Publications
A unified arbitration hub?
This article discusses the impact of the changes brought about by Dubai Decree No. 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre.
Arrest of Vessels, Maritime Law Handbook
This handbook addresses the concerns related to the arrests of vessels in the United Arab Emirates. This concerns matters locally, regionally and internationally. Some topics discussed include; the competence of courts or other authorities, applicable international conventions, immunity of state-owned vessels, types of claims for which an arrest or attachment may be requested along with many others.
A Question of Security: Implementing Regulations (Lexis Nexis)
The 2020 UAE movable assets law raised questions, some of which have now been answered by its Implementing Regulations (‘Regulations’) as Rahat Dar of Afridi & Angell explains.
Labour & Employment (UAE chapter), 2021, Getting the Deal Through
Throughout this chapter, the same key questions are answered by Afridi & Angell’s leading practitioners in respect to the United Arab Emirates Labour & Employment regulations. Some topics include; legislation and agencies, terms of employment, post-employment restrictive covenants, data protection and many more.
Anti-corruption regulation (UAE chapter) 2021
This edition of “Anti-Corruption Regulation 2020”, provides local expert opinions in key areas of law, practice and regulation for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, and company directors and officers. This chapter focuses on the United Arab Emirates and addresses topics from; international and domestic law, foreign and domestic bribery, update, and trends along with many more.
Assessing the Impact of the New UAE Arbitration Law, Lexis Middle East Law
A new Arbitration Law, Federal Law No 6/2018 has come into force in the UAE. Chatura Randeniya, Mevan Bandara and Sulakshana Senanayake at Afridi & Angell examine the key changes and its impact.
The element of surprise- Lexis Middle East Law alert
Charles Laubach and Rahat Dar at Afridi & Angell, examine the impact of the UAE’s new Movable Assets Law which took some experts in the country by surprise.
Reinforcing business transparency
This article is an insight into the filing requirements relating to beneficial ownership introduced by the United Arab Emirates.
A Customs-free access?
The Federal Decree-Law 19 of 2018 on Foreign Direct Investment (the FDI Law) permits majority foreign investment in certain business sectors and activities. Although majority ownership is attractive, it is not the only factor that a potential foreign direct investor should consider.
One additional factor is whether the proposed business would qualify for the 5 per cent GCC customs duty exemption that is discussed below. Customs-exempt access to the larger GCC market could be a critical factor to the success of a business.