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Find out moreThe 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.
Read the full editionby Neil Morgan / Omar Sharief
Sport and sponsorship go hand in hand; a multi-million-dollar industry. Seldom will you see sports stadia unbranded, an athlete competing in unbranded apparel, or a globally recognized brand without an affiliation to sport in some form. Brands first began to sponsor major sporting events, athletes, and sports clubs during the early 1900s.
Read MoreSport continues to attract more viewers than any other genre of programme. The popularity of women’s sport is ever growing, resulting in greater attendance, increased viewer figures, more sponsors and wider media coverage.
Read Moreby Neil Morgan / Minal Sapra
In the past few years, we have seen an active and growing gaming population across the Middle East region, particularly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Read MoreThe implementation of specific event laws is increasingly becoming a key requirement in the hosting of major sports events. It is now common practice for major rights holders such as FIFA and the IOC, as part of the relevant bidding process, to oblige the successful bidder to introduce new event laws (also known as enabling laws) and/or update existing legislation to facilitate the hosting and staging of the event.
Read MoreWith not much time left to go before the FIFA 2022 Football World Cup (“WC22”) begins in Qatar in November 2022, excitement is building and preparations are being finalised.
Read Moreby Hussain Osman / Shouq Al Majali
The Kingdom of Bahrain is home to one of the leading, state of the art, motorsport venues in the world – the Bahrain International Circuit. Thus, it is understandable that laws are being introduced to bring the legal field of sports since the leap taken in 2004.
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