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MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA TOP STORIES
A&O, Al Tamimi, Emirates among winners at Middle East legal awards
Al Tamimi & Company and The Emirates Group were among the big winners at the Corporate Counsel Middle East (CCME) Awards last night (16 May). The awards saw Emirates secure the Large ...
17 May 2013 | 11:08
Hogan Lovells acts for Yves Saint Laurent on Middle East JV deal
Hogan Lovells has advised Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) on the acquisition of a stake in its Middle East business through a joint ventur...
10 May 2013 | 00:00 | 
Fulbright London partners dodge Norton Rose UK remuneration system
A group of partners from Fulbright & Jaworski's London arm have secured a secondment to Norton Rose's City arm for two years, walli...
08 May 2013 | 14:07 |
NEWS
- Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Hogan Lovells and K&L Gates
- China's second largest law firm Yingke opens Israel office
- DLA and Amarchand advise Etihad on £248m Jet Airways deal
- A&O and Latham lead on $2bn landmark Islamic bond
- Bakers seals merger with top UAE law firm Habib Al Mulla
- Habib & Clydes among nominees for Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards
- Herbert Smith to end exclusive Saudi association after five years
HIGHLIGHTS
Middle East Corporate Counsel Forum
Legal Week's sixth annual Corporate Counsel Forum Middle East will take place on 15 May in Dubai
This week's editor's picks on Legal Week Law include Wragges, A&O and Bond Dicks on privacy, IP and redundancy...
JURISDICTION
ANALYSIS, OPINION AND INTERVIEWS
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Refining the rules – the lucrative East African market for natural oil and gas
East Africa's oil and gas market has transformed over the past year following significant gas finds off the coasts of Tanzania and Mozambique, the discovery of oil in Kenya and the movement of Uganda towards development and production of its petroleum...
15 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
The limits to recovery – why the UAE needs clearer and more up-to-date legislation
Dubai is back in business, and all signs point to this. The tourism industry is booming, hotels are fully occupied, retail is flourishing, stock market screens are predominantly green, the real estate market is finally improving and government finance...
01 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
The Middle East
Grant Murgatroyd looks at how the region is bouncing back after a period of retrenchment, and Habib Al Mulla argues the case for clearer and up-to-date laws to better regulate the UAE's markets.
01 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
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