Region: United Arab Emirates

The Dubai Court of Cassation has annulled the findings of an ICC award that ordered a party to pay the other’s legal costs – one of a trio of recent rulings that have led practitioners to question the emirate’s credentials as an arbitration-friendly jurisdiction.

19 March 2024

The Maldives has reportedly prevailed in an arbitration against a Dubai-based trading group over its failure to deliver ventilators during the covid-19 pandemic.   

26 February 2024

Alain Farhad, the head of Mayer Brown’s disputes practice in the United Arab Emirates, is retiring from the firm to practise as an independent arbitrator.

23 February 2024

A panel at GAR Live Abu Dhabi discussed fact witnesses in international arbitration – including the problem with lawyers drafting witness statements, whether tribunals should be more interventionist in selecting witnesses and the approaches taken in different jurisdictions.

06 February 2024

Bryan Dayton has left the partnership at Obeid & Partners to join Squire Patton Boggs as of counsel in Dubai. 

26 January 2024

The Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre has announced the members of its first arbitration court, presided over by Maria Chedid of Arnold & Porter.   

25 January 2024

An Emirati conglomerate has threatened to bring a treaty claim against Lebanon over the alleged freezing of its funds by the state’s embattled central bank.

10 January 2024

The Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC) will be shut down and replaced with a new centre, known as the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre.

21 December 2023

A panel at GAR Live Dubai discussed the successes and shortcomings of the United Arab Emirates’ arbitration law since it was enacted half a decade ago, and the amendments to it adopted earlier this year.

01 December 2023

The ICC Court has disqualified Swiss arbitrator Charles Poncet from hearing Crescent Petroleum’s US$32 billion arbitration against the National Iranian Oil Company after he was accused of displaying anti-Muslim bias during a television broadcast about swimwear.

30 November 2023