The UAE's Payment Token Services Regulation (PTSR), issued by the Central Bank in 2024, establishes a robust framework for regulating payment tokens like stablecoins.

Lenders in the UAE face significant risk when a property owner's title is annulled or deemed defective, potentially rendering mortgages invalid.

Federal Law Decree No 51 of 2023 concerning Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy (the New Bankruptcy Law) came into effect in the UAE on 1 May 2024 and repealed the previous bankrupcty law...

The Securities and Commodities Authority issued Decision No.25/RM/2024 on the Regulation of Special Purpose Vehicles on 19 July 2024 (the Decision). The Decision, which applies "onshore" UAE...

Article 5 states "The Registrar shall register all dispositions properties or any real estate right (principal real right, right of land development lease, usufruct and right of long term lease) inside and outside investment zones in the real estate register, including mortgage contracts in respect to properties or any real estate rights and direct contracts that are concluded with banks and financers of projects."

The economic events of 2008 sent shock waves around the world and even Dubai was not immune to the effects of the resulting financial turmoil.

A significant number of new requirements were placed on companies listed on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange and Dubai Financial Market when the SCA corporate governance guidelines became effective on 30 April 2010.

There are a variety of corporate structures available to foreign companies seeking to set up in the UAE.

The UAE Central Bank issued new Regulations No.29/2011 Regarding Bank Loans & Services Offered to Individual Customers effective as of 1 May 2011 (the Regulations).

In this article Ghalib Mahmoud, Partner, Dispute Resolution – Restructuring & Insolvency together with Abdallah Doudin, Associate, Dispute Resolution – Restructuring & Insolvency...

By revamping its commercial agency law, the UAE has levelled the playing field when it comes to import restrictions and commercial agency disputes.

The concept of foreclosure is a common law concept which is not applied in the same way in the UAE as it is in common law jurisdictions.

The Abu Dhabi Global Market ("ADGM") Whistleblowing Framework now protects good faith ‘protected disclosures', provides a right to anonymity to the whistleblower and offers protection from reprisals.

UAE authorities have the power to shut down businesses and freeze funds/assets of UAE companies which violate United Nations sanctions in the course of doing business with entities in Iran.

In this article, Walter Robinson explains the difficulties posed by the absence of certain laws pertaining to real estate in Abu Dhabi and in particular the inability of foreign nationals to acquire freehold ownership of land within the investment zones as well as the dilemma which is faced as regards the implementation of an effective strata title regime.

In Islamic Finance, the term wakala describes an agency or a delegated authority where a muwakkil (principal) appoints the wakil (agent) to carry out a specific job on behalf of the muwakkil.

Ramadan is regarded as a holy month by Muslims as it is the month in which the Quran was revealed by Allah to the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

Before 2007, the UAE insurance sector did not have its own dedicated regulator.

Brent Baldwin explains the practical implications of the Dubai JOP Law on hotel developers and branded property operators.

A Power of Attorney, or POA as it is commonly referred to, is a form of authorization from a person or entity for a third party to act on their behalf.