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ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Middle East 2024

Location: Shangri-La, Dubai

Rupert Reed KC and Zoe O’Sullivan KC will once again be speaking at the ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Middle East Conference 2024 taking place at the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai from Sunday 10 November to Tuesday 12 November.

On Day 1, Monday 11th at 10:00 AM Zoe, alongside Ali Khan (AS Legal Consultants (Dubai)) and Habib Al Mulla (Founder of Habib Al Mulla & Partners (Dubai)) will be speaking from 10am on the ‘Hot Trends and Regulatory Updates for FIRE in the Middle East’ focussing on topics such as:

  • Impacts of the UAE being removed from the Financial Task Force grey list
  • Analysing the changes to the UAE Arbitration Law
  • Impacts for moving towards modern technology and expanding the scope to virtual and online arbitration proceedings
  • Using the GCC convention for cross border recovery – tips and tricks

Rupert will be speaking later on that day from 12:20 PM on “Getting The Lay of The Land – An Update on Enforcements of Judgments” delving into the following topics:

  • An update on the treaties and enforcement across the differing courts
  • What are the complications the arise when you have a court judgement
  • Honing in on the enforcement of awards within the UAE

Recognised as Middle East-Wide Dispute Resolution: Leading UK Barristers’ Set at the Chambers Middle East Awards 2024, our barristers act for clients across a variety of sectors. We cover a wide range of work including, contentious and non-contentious trusts and probate work; complex commercial litigation; international fraud, asset tracing and freezing injunctions; insolvency and financial services litigation.

Serle Court has a strong team of barristers practising in the DIFC Courts and the wider Middle East and continues to act in the leading and most significant cases litigated before the DIFC Courts and has an equally strong presence in the Middle East arbitration market (both acting as counsel and as Arbitrators). For the second year running, Serle Court is ranked a top-tier set in Chambers Global 2023 for ‘Dispute Resolution: the English Bar - UAE’.

Serle Court is delighted to be sponsoring the Day 1 drinks reception.

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