The President of the United Arab Emirates has issued Federal Law
No. 6 of 2018, promulgating the much anticipated new federal
arbitration law in the UAE. As we reported in
March, the new federal law, which is based on the UNCITRAL
Model Law, will replace and supersede Articles 203 to 218 of the
Civil Procedures Law No. 11 of 1992, which currently govern
arbitrations seated onshore UAE, and will provide a properly
structured procedural framework for domestic and international
arbitrations seated in the UAE. The law will be published in the
Official Gazette of the Union, and will come into effect one month
after the date of publication.
Craig Shepherd, Head of the Global Contentious Construction
Practice at Herbert Smith Freehills and Head of the Dubai Dispute
Resolution team, commented: "The new Federal Arbitration
Law is a very exciting development for the whole of the UAE. While
the state has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent seat in the
Middle East for
