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MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA TOP STORIES
Legal Department of the Year (Small Team): China State Construction Engineering
China State Construction Engineering's (CSCE's) team of five in-house lawyers serve the legal needs of almost 5,000 staff at the real estate and construction giant, working across eight ...
14 Jun 2013 | 00:00
Achievement Award: Angel Wesley
Al Dhabi Investment general counsel and corporate secretary Angel Wesley received the Corporate Counsel Middle East Group (CCME) Ac...
14 Jun 2013 | 00:00
Legal Counsel of the Year: Wafa Derouiche
According to the judging panel, Wafa Derouiche "exhibits true leadership and initiative". She is regional and compliance counsel fo...
14 Jun 2013 | 00:00
NEWS
- Legal Department of the Year (Large Team): Emirates Group
- General Counsel of the Year: Afshan Akhtar
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year: Shearman & Sterling
- Norton Rose Fulbright wins role on $1.2bn Nigeria telecoms finance deal
- CSR Award: Clifford Chance
- Norton Rose Fulbright faces US name change conundrum
- Property and Construction Team of the Year: Hadef & Partners
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Middle East Corporate Counsel Forum
Legal Week's sixth annual Corporate Counsel Forum Middle East will take place on 15 May in Dubai
All the details of who won what - and why - at the Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2013, held in Dubai last month...
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Sharia-compliant insurance underwriting has potential for growth in Western market
In May, Cobalt Insurance Holdings launched the world's first sharia-compliant managing general agent, Cobalt Underwriting Services. The London-based entity will, among other things, underwrite a variety of global risks on behalf of major insurance com...
07 Jun 2013 | 00:00 | 
Middle East legal community out in force to celebrate region's recovery at CCME Awards
The Middle East legal community came out in force in Dubai last week to celebrate the achievements of lawyers, law firms and in-house legal teams at the Corporate Counsel Middle East (CCME) Awards. On 16 May, 300 lawyers attended the event at the W...
24 May 2013 | 00:00 |
Middle of the action – the rising influence of the Middle East's in-house lawyers
The noisy building site outside my hotel window last week gave me direct experience of Dubai's steady revival from the economic crash of 2009. The record attendance at Legal Week's Corporate Counsel Forum Middle East and a very lively awards ceremony ...
24 May 2013 | 00:00 |
Twitter Haiti earthquake photo ruling opens up worldwide intellectual property debate
There was an interesting decision in the US recently about the intellectual property (IP) implications of posting a photo on Twitter. Professional photographer Daniel Morel – a man who has apparently spent more than 25 years in Haiti – posted dram...
03 May 2013 | 00:00 |
Pan-African harmonisation efforts will boost economic growth across sub-Saharan region
In recent years, the pan-African economic and political landscape has shifted dramatically: the focus of foreign direct investment has moved to a much greater extent to sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the west-to-east 'investment corridor' in Francop...
19 Apr 2013 | 00:00 |
On the rise: Africa's new growth sectors
Africa's rise to become one of the world's fastest-growing economic regions has drawn heightened interest from investors globally, as well as from the legal market. To date, the resources sector has accounted for most of the work undertaken by law ...
22 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
Africa
Legal Week gives you a round-up of the latest legal developments taking place in the continent, as well as coverage from the 2012 Corporate Counsel Forum Africa
15 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
Lands of opportunity – charting the rise of Africa as an attractive destination for deal lawyers
With much of the world economy in the doldrums, Africa is an increasingly attractive prospect for investment. And while it's risky to generalise about 54 countries, there is a theme of increased sophistication when it comes to the deployment of legal ...
15 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
Laying the foundation for growth - a review of Legal Week's 2012 Corporate Counsel Forum Africa
At Legal Week's 2012 Corporate Counsel Forum Africa, a panel of senior South Africa-based in-house lawyers discussed ways to manage the risks associated with setting up shop in new African jurisdictions. John Malpas rounds up the discussion
15 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
More than meets the eye – shattering Western misconceptions of Africa
Africa is not one country but a large continent. Bigger than the US, China and all of Europe combined, with 54 very different sovereign states. Some African countries are as stable and transparent than some Western jurisdictions. For example, Maur...
15 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
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