Abdus Samad of Afridi & Angell examines the key provisions of the Competition Law and their effect on M&A transactions in the UAE.
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Regulatory Focus: Ready for reform across the region?
A host of employment law changes have been introduced across the GCC, which mean employers will have to think again about who they recruit and retain, and the penalties for failure to comply with other new requirements. Employment law experts from across the GCC explain the points to watch in each jurisdiction.
Public-private partnerships: the changing face of infrastructure finance
Over 30 years of heavy investment in infrastructure development has seen the emirate of Dubai transformed from an under-developed backwater into a hub for project finance which is often cited as the poster child for the type of metropolis that can be created through dedicated infrastructure investment. With the growing appetite for public private partnerships (PPPs) in the UAE, Rahat Dar analyzes the role Islamic finance will play in this new era.
Convertible Sukuk for funding social welfare in the modern era
As with other countries in the heavily oil-dependent Gulf region, the UAE has taken active steps in recent years to expand its revenue streams (including the implementation of value-added tax, effective the 1st January 2018). Afterall, relying on treasury reserves, albeit substantial, to plug spending gaps in the national budget was only going to be a short-term solution to the long-term problem of low oil prices.
Assessing the Impact of the Changes to Dubai’s Interim Property Registration Law
Shahram Safai, Partner and Anna White, Associate at Afridi & Angell assess the impact of the changes to Dubai’s Interim Property Registration Law which were announced in November.
Blockchain and Crypto Currencies, Lexis Middle East Law
Blockchain technology is attracting the attention of Governments, business people, and consumers. The headline-grabbing cryptocurrency, ‘Bitcoin’, is the best-known application, but the implications and potential uses of Blockchain technology and, more broadly, distributed ledger technology (DLT), are much broader than Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
UAE Excise Tax: What you need to know! The Oath
Afridi & Angell offers a primer on the new excise tax regime in the UAE,
focusing on the key provisions of the law, its impact and on what to expect
from the region.
Real estate litigation and arbitration, Property Weekly
Real estate litigation and arbitration: the mechanisms available to settle property disputes.
Evolution of the UAE, Legal Business
Afridi & Angell’s Bashir Ahmed and Abdus Samad discuss the ways the UAE is positioning itself in the global market.
Financing Islamic Banks in the UAE, Islamic Finance News
While it is now abundantly clear that the Sukuk market has failed to realize the predicted surge in sovereign Sukuk issuances following the drop in the prices of oil in 2014, when it was assumed that oil revenue-dependent GCC
countries would rush to the Sukuk market in order to fill shortfalls in their spending budgets, the current Sukuk market still presents a mixed picture. Against the backdrop of the current uncertainty in the Sukuk market, Rahat Dar looks at some of the likely drivers, challenges, and prospects for UAE Islamic banks looking to issue Sukuk in 2017 and beyond.