Region: United Arab Emirates

Shaneen Parikh and Amoga Krishnan of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas consider how India’s new bilateral investment treaty with the United Arab Emirates interacts with the current regime for enforcement of foreign awards in India in light of unique provisions in the country’s Arbitration Act.

01 November 2024

Readers are invited to join us for GAR Live Abu Dhabi in January – exploring the issues affecting international arbitration across the MENA region and beyond. 

24 October 2024

The Singapore Court of Appeal has upheld the enforcement of interim measures issued by a DIAC tribunal under an arbitration clause specifying the now-defunct DIFC-LCIA, finding that the respondent had submitted to the tribunal’s jurisdiction for the purposes of the interim relief application. 

23 October 2024

Emirati businessman Ali Saeed bin Harmal Al Dhaheri has been named as the new chairperson of the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre, or arbitrateAD, while another director has been added to its board. 

22 October 2024

The Dubai International Arbitration Centre has published its annual report for 2023, revealing an increase in its caseload and near gender parity in arbitrator appointments by its court. 

22 October 2024

Tickets are already selling out fast for the GAR Academy Live workshop in Dubai for those seeking hone their advocacy skills in international arbitration. 

17 October 2024

Canadian lawyer Nassif BouMalhab has left his role as head of the Middle East arbitration practice at Clyde & Co to join Greenberg Traurig in Dubai. 

09 October 2024

In the first case before the DIFC Courts to consider the abolition of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, a judge has continued an injunction restraining litigation filed in Sharjah in breach of an agreement to arbitrate at the defunct institution. Lawyers at Stephenson Harwood in Dubai, who acted for the successful claimant, report.

08 October 2024

Sally Kotb has left her role as head of United Arab Emirates arbitration at Habib Al Mulla & Partners to rejoin its former associate firm Baker McKenzie in Dubai. 

25 September 2024

Kuwaiti logistics group Agility says it has won an ICC award worth over US$1.17 billion in another arbitration against Iraqi mobile operator Korek Telecom.

16 September 2024