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Legal Visions, Healing Touch: Shaping the Future of Healthcare
The first Law Update of 2024 is here, and our first focus of the year spotlights Healthcare and Lifesciences, a sector that is undergoing significant growth and development across the MENA region.
Our focus provides an insight into some of the most important regulatory updates across the region, such as the UAE’s groundbreaking law on the use of human genome, Kuwait’s resolution on nuclear and radioactive materials, the new regulations for healthcare services in Qatar, Egypt’s healthcare regulatory framework, and the impact of the Saudi Civil Transactions Law on the healthcare and life sciences sector … and there is so much more!
Beyond the healthcare pages our lawyers share with you multi-sector insights where you will discover articles on Dubai’s DIFC regulatory framework for startups, Bahrain’s commercial agencies law, and we also shed light on Kuwaiti civil code and the advantages of setting up a joint stock company in Saudi Arabia.
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Biography
Wesley has over 14 years’ experience advising on a wide range of shipping and international trade matters focused primarily on disputes. He has significant experience acting for clients in ship arrests and attachments relating to charterparty disputes, bunker, cargo, mortgage and crew claims amongst many others.
Wesley also specialises in large complex international trade, trade finance and commodity disputes. He is a member of the Transport & Insurance group.
Wesley is ranked by Chambers & Partners and recognised by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner and he is the International Bar Association’s Maritime and Transport Law Committee Regional Representative for the Middle East.
Recent Experience
- Acted for a Swiss Bank against whom a multimillion US Dollar fraud had been perpetrated by a large petrochemicals supplier to whom the bank had extended credit facilities.
- Acted for the DIFC branch of a large State-owned bank in a claim of almost USD40m under a ship mortgage and made a significant recovery after arresting and judicially selling the vessel. The litigation involved onshore (Khorfakkan Court) proceedings as well as proceedings in the DIFC Courts, including a freezing order injunction.
- Advised a Swiss Bank, as lender, in respect of a multimillion US Dollar claim relating to a complex fraud by the borrower in the context of a trade finance arrangement.
- Arrested various ships (including sister ships) on behalf of one of the world’s largest bunker suppliers for claims for unpaid bunkers.
Language(s)
- English
Education
2013 – LLM (Business Law), University of KwaZulu-Natal
2010 – LLB, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Admission
2012 – Attorney, South Africa
2023 – Solicitor, England and Wales
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