Termination of Commercial Agency in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”) issued Federal Law No. 3 of 2022 on regulating commercial agencies (the “Law”), which will come into force next month (i.e., 16 June 2023). This Law is assumed to...
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Powerhouse Alliance Formed: Habib Al Mulla & Partners and GLA & Company Join Forces to Propel Legal Excellence
Dubai, UAE – 18th May 2023 – Habib Al Mulla and Partners and GLA & Company have announced yesterday the formation of a strategic association between the two firms. This will enable the two firms...
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GLA & Co leads on M&A deal regarding Automak
In another M&A transaction feather in its cap, GLA & Co led a group owned by members of the Al Kharafi merchant family in acquiring Investcorp’s 35% stake in Automak Automotive Company, a vehicle leasing...
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Corporate Governance of Non-banking Financial Companies in Egypt
In Egypt, the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (“GAFI”) and the Financial Regulatory Authority (“FRA”) are taking significant steps to establish and improve Corporate Governance (“CG”) regulations to facilitate effective, entrepreneurial and prudent...
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Winds of change and the New Evidence Law in UAE
Introduction The main work of a legal system is deciding matters of past fact. Evidence is the path that each litigant walks through to make the existence of a fact more or less probable. Evidence...
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Statute of Limitations in Kuwait
Introduction Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, once asked, “What is the justification for depriving a man of his rights, a pure evil as far as...
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GLA & Co Ranked by Legal500 After First Year of Operations
GLA & Company is proud to announce the results of the firm’s continued growth and development with the release of the latest rankings by Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2023. In the latest...
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Amendments to the KSA Personal Data Protection Law
Introduction In the 21st century of humankind, where modernization and globalization have hit their all-time high and while the emergence of communication instruments has connected humans throughout the globe, personal, corporate, and governmental data are...
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Overview of Construction Disputes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“Kingdom” or “Saudi Arabia”) has initiated an extraordinary national infrastructure and development program as part of the Vision 2030 initiative. The main goal of the program is to diversify the...
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