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Find out moreReal estate, construction, and hospitality are at the forefront of transformation across the Middle East – reshaping cities, driving investment, and demanding increasingly sophisticated legal frameworks.
In the June edition of Law Update, we take a closer look at the legal shifts influencing the sector – from Dubai’s new Real Estate Investment Funds Law and major reforms in Qatar, to Bahrain’s push toward digitalisation in property and timeshare regulation. We also explore practical issues around strata, zoning, joint ventures, and hotel management agreements that are critical to navigating today’s market.
As the landscape becomes more complex, understanding the legal dynamics behind these developments is key to making informed, strategic decisions.
2025 is set to be a game-changer for the MENA region, with legal and regulatory shifts from 2024 continuing to reshape its economic landscape. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain are all implementing groundbreaking reforms in sustainable financing, investment laws, labor regulations, and dispute resolution. As the region positions itself for deeper global integration, businesses must adapt to a rapidly evolving legal environment.
Our Eyes on 2025 publication provides essential insights and practical guidance on the key legal updates shaping the year ahead—equipping you with the knowledge to stay ahead in this dynamic market.
Max is a Senior Counsel in the firm’s international dispute resolution team with 16 years’ experience in the fields of complex multi-jurisdictional fraud litigation, asset recovery and arbitration. Max leads the firm’s digital assets disputes practice.
Max has a deep understanding of the complexities involved in digital asset disputes having played a pivotal role in the landmark cryptocurrency recovery case, which was the first of its kind before the DIFC Court of Appeal, and which is helping to shape the digital assets legal framework in the region.
As a founding member of the Middle East chapter of the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery network, co-author of the UAE chapter of LexHost’s Digital Assets Law and Regulations, and a regular speaker on all aspects of digital assets and fraud, Max is a recognized thought leader in digital asset disputes across the region.
Max’s reputation in the market and his experience of proceedings in the courts of the Cayman Islands, England and Wales., Hong Kong, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Singapore, Tanzania and the UAE means that he has a truly international network of contacts.
Max is regularly approached by financial institutions, virtual asset service providers, venture capital and private equity investors, family offices, tech entrepreneurs, specialist insurers, insolvency practitioners, professional services firms and contacts from law firms in other jurisdictions to assist on matters that touch on all aspects of the digital assets sector, and in relation to claims for fraud and asset recovery where individuals or assets have been traced to the UAE.
Digital Asset Disputes
Fraud and Asset Recovery, UAE
Fraud and Asset Recovery, International
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