A federal law to make it compulsory for Emirati children to remain in school until they have completed Grade 12 is undergoing its final approval stage. Currently, pupils may leave school at 14. … (read more here…)
When San Francisco law firm operations director Jeffrey Lais was due for a well-earned vacation, he booked himself a first-class ticket to Munich on Lufthansa. (get the story…)
A new law has been drafted in the UAE to regulate the domestic workers industry in the country. (read more here…)
CAIRO (Reuters) – Proposed amendments to an Egyptian law requiring mobile telecom operators to give a percentage of their shares to Egyptians would apply only to new licence operators, a communications ministry official said on Tuesday. Orascom Telecom Media and Technology said in February it had reached a preliminary accord to sell most of...
* Drydocks turns to Decree 57 special tribunal * Drydocks in talks to restructure $2.2 bln debt * Company files proceedings in Singapore to push throughdebt plan * Says no haircuts for lenders on principle, firm has $318mln cash DUBAI, April 2 (Reuters) – Dubai World's shipbuilding unit is to test a form of...
The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to introduce a draft law that will impose severe penalties on sponsors of domestic helpers if they breach the contract of employment and ask their domestic (read more here…)
The UAE expects its first ever federal sovereign bond issue to be around $1bn after a public debt law is approved, a senior finance ministry official yesterday was quoted as saying. (read on here…)
Bond anticipated following approval of public debt law (read on here…)
The new law will not include government entities an expert said (read more…)
LONDON (Reuters) – Mid-tier British-based law firms Pinsent Masons and McGrigors have agreed to merge following a partner vote, the companies said in a statement on Monday. The combined firm, which will use the Pinsent Masons name, will employ more than 2,500 people and have offices across Britain as well as in Asia Pacific,...
