Landmark reforms to UAE Maritime Law: Analysis of UAE Federal Law No. 43 of 2023

Immigrant investor programmes provide people the chance to become citizens or residents of a nation more readily and rapidly in exchange...

Residency by investment is when a foreign national invests in a country and is then granted temporary residency and will therefore have...

Citizenship by investment is a means to secure a second citizenship and passport in another country by investing in its economy. This can...

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the financial services regulator in Dubai recently issued its crypto token regime which...

The UAE Government has passed Federal Law No. 37 of 2022 on Family Businesses (“New Law”) which will go in to force three months from the...

In February of 2022, the UAE Government passed Federal Law No. 33 of 2021 (“New Labour Law”) abrogating and replacing the previous labour...

Enforcement of foreign judgments and in particular the reciprocity between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates has been a...

On 25th August 2022, VARA, Dubai’s independent regulator for Virtual Assets, launched its operations officially by issuing bespoke...

1. Common entity types or other entity choice considerations specific to foreign ownership. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a regional...

Government of Dubai has issued Decree No. 23 of 2022 (the “Decree”) to control the granting of Musataha rights in the Emirate of Dubai....

The Dubai Real Estate market has experienced a high volume of transactions during the first half of 2022 for a number of reasons. Given...

(Dubai) - Abdo Rafiq & Partners are delighted to contribute to The Legal 500: UAE Litigation Country Comparative Guide for 2022 in ...

Redomiciliation is a process whereby a company transfers its domicile from its jurisdiction of establishment to another. Currently, there...

Crypto Assets regulation & recent developments in the UAE The UAE has taken steps to recognize the use of blockchain technology which is...

(Dubai) - We are delighted to welcome Anastasia Barsukova to the ARP Law team as head of our Russian Desk. Anastasia’s role will be...

(London) - The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 has recognized Abdo Rafiq & Partners’ as a Leading Firm for its UAE Local Litigation work. The Legal...

Dubai Government has for a number of years embraced the use of innovative technology to maintain its position regionally and internationally

Dubai has in recent times taken steps to bolster its position as a forward-looking jurisdiction for set up of Family Offices, Trusts and...

As part of the Dubai government’s permanent endeavor to facilitate legal procedures for foreigners residing in the Emirate of Dubai,...

UAE Federal Law No. 32 of 2021 on Commercial Companies (“New CCL”) entirely replaces the previous Federal Commercial Companies Law No. 2...