Organisation: Dubai International Financial Centre
United Arab Emirates
Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2023
21 April 2023
Iraqi state entity faces US discovery bid
A Dutch salvage company is seeking US discovery from seven banks as it tries to enforce an ICC award worth US$107 million against an Iraqi state oil company.
27 March 2023
Agility wins bribery claim against Iraqi mobile operator
Kuwaiti logistics group Agility says two of its affiliates have won US$1.65 billion in an ICC claim against an Iraqi mobile operator that was found to have engaged in bribery and corruption.
21 March 2023
Kurdistan mobile operator gets US discovery from Dechert
A mobile operator in Iraqi Kurdistan has won a US court order requiring Dechert to turn over documents for use in a US$1 billion ICC arbitration with an Orange subsidiary over an alleged fraud.
10 March 2023
DIFC court upholds award against Iraqi state entity
UPDATED: A court in the Dubai International Financial Centre has rejected an Iraqi state oil company’s challenge to an ICC award despite the arbitrators’ finding that the claimant engaged in “unethical and illicit” conduct by making payments to a member of parliament.
13 February 2023
Saudi centre shares annulment data
There is only an 8% annulment rate for arbitral awards in Saudi Arabia and there was no example of a foreign arbitral award being annulled because of violation of public policy or shariah law in the first nine months of this year, the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration has revealed at an event held as part of Dubai Arbitration Week.
02 December 2022
Covington recruits from Vinson in Dubai
A former managing partner of Vinson & Elkins’ Dubai office, Joseph Chedrawe, has joined the partnership at Covington & Burling in the emirate.
22 November 2022
Saudi centre launches in Dubai
The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration has launched "SCCA Dubai", its first office outside Saudi Arabia.
13 November 2022
DIFC court refuses to injunct onshore lawsuit
A court in the Dubai International Financial Centre has refused to restrain a Dubai contractor from pursuing litigation in the emirate’s onshore courts, despite arguments it is in breach of an agreement to arbitrate in the DIFC.
25 October 2022
Four new names at 39 Essex
London set 39 Essex Chambers has welcomed four new members with an international arbitration focus, including former judges of the Indian Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
16 September 2022