Partner Udayan Mukherjee and Senior Associate Carina Onzer have written a Q&A guide to project finance in the United Arab Emirates.

What are the key difference in the legislation in the UAE and other key international jurisdiction?

Speaking at the Sport Accord conference in Dubai in late April 2010, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister and Vice President of United Arab Emirates, stated that Dubai is conducting feasibility studies to evaluate the costs and benefits of a bid, and its ability to meet the criteria to host an Olympic Games.

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are in the top 10 countries worldwide to be facing 'extremely high water stress' - meaning 80% or more of all available surface and groundwater in an average year being consumed.

The rolling sand dunes of the Middle Eastern desert have historically only been negotiated by Bedouin, dromedary and Wilfred Thesiger and, more recently, by the ubiquitous 4x4.