The arrival and effects of COVID-19 have impacted a variety of companies and businesses in our region. To assist members of the construction, projects, maritime and logistics sectors, we are pleased to host a webinar on the law of Force Majeure in the UAE, as well as issues unique to the aforementioned industries. Listeners of our webinar can look forward to a discussion of the following issues.

April 3, 2020. By Law 129 of 17 March 2020 (hereinafter, the “Law”) the Republic of Panama established the regulatory framework for a restricted database named “Sistema Privado y Único de Registro de Beneficiarios Finales de Personas Jurídicas” (in English, Private and Unique System of Beneficial Owners of Legal Persons and hereinafter, the “Registry”) to collect certain basic information of the beneficial owner(s) of trusts and legal entities...

CGA Bulletin - April 2020

The 2016 Federal Medical Liability Law (‘Medical Liability Law’) was supplemented in 2019 by a cabinet resolution (‘Cabinet Resolution’) that, among other issues, provided the long awaited definition of 'gross medical error', the criteria to be examined in assessing gross medical malpractice, and the framework for the formation of medical liability com

Unlike in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain’s personal status law is uncodified, and the Sharia courts are responsible for applying the Islamic principles of inheritance on a case by case basis. This means that when a senior member of a family business passes away, family members who disagree on matters of succession, find themselves embroiled in lengthy and costly court proceedings.

In January 2019 the Qatari Civil Court of First Instance issued an interesting judgment in relation to the enforcement of possessive mortgages in which it confirmed a very important principle related to the recognition of the expeditious enforcement of possessive mortgages.

The Central Bank of Bahrain (‘CBB’) issued Directive No. OG/499/2018 concerning the economic substance requirements for certain financial institutions (defined as the ‘Relevant Entities’ below) in the Kingdom of Bahrain (‘Bahrain’) that came into force on 1 January 2019 (‘Economic Substance Directive’) pursuant to Article 38 of the CBB and Financial Institutions Law No. 64 of 2006 (‘CBB Law’).

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The validity of all permits, authorizations, certificates, clearances with an expiry date between January 31, 2020 and April 15, 2020 has been extended until June 15, 2020. As a consequence, residence permits (permessi di soggiorno) with an expiration date between January 31, 2020 and April 15, 2020 will be valid until June 15, 2020. Applications for renewal can therefore be applied until after 60 days from June 15, 2020.

While seeing the unexpected COVID-19 outbreak expanding worldwide and the first cases being identified in Cyprus, the commercial sector does not remain unaffected.