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Thereafter, subject any amendments, the Proposed Law will be published and will come into force.\r\n\r\n<b>Summary of the changes</b>\r\n\r\nThe Proposed Law sets out several key changes, a number of which we summarize below:\r\n\r\n<strong>1.  PART TIME EMPLOYEES</strong>\r\n\r\n<b>Current Law:</b>  Part time employees are entitled to the same benefits and leaves as full time employees.\r\n\r\n<b>Proposed Law: </b>Part time employees will be entitled to leave entitlements on a pro-rated basis.\r\n\r\n<strong>2.  ARTICLE 18 PENALTY</strong>\r\n\r\n<b>Current Law:</b> Employers are required to pay all wages and termination payouts to an employee within 14 days of the termination of employment. If an employer fails to pay within 14 days, the employer is required to pay the employee a penalty of the last daily wage for each day delayed. This Article 18 penalty has proven to be contentious and has been the subject of various DIFC Court decisions.\r\n\r\n<b>Proposed Law: </b>Retains an obligation to pay certain sums to the employee within 14 days of the termination of employment. However, the penalty payment is no longer automatic and the following applies:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>if the outstanding amount to be paid to the employee is less than 5% of the full amount due, no penalty shall apply;</li>\r\n 	<li>the penalty shall be capped at 6 months’ wages; and</li>\r\n 	<li>the DIFC Courts may waive or reduce the penalty in unreasonable circumstances.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>\r\n3.  SICK LEAVE PAY</strong><b>\r\n</b>\r\n<b>Current Law:</b> Employees are entitled to 60 working days of sick leave with full pay.\r\n\r\n<b>Proposed Law: </b>Sick leave remains at 60 days but sick pay will be calculated as follows:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>The first 10 working days of sick leave: Full pay</li>\r\n 	<li>The next 20 working days of sick leave: Half pay</li>\r\n 	<li>Any additional working days of sick leave: Unpaid</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>\r\n4.  DISCRIMINATION</strong>\r\n\r\n<b>Current Law:</b> Protected characteristics for discrimination include sex, marital status, race, nationality, religion and mental or physical disability. 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This article considers this important judgment and its implications.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Background</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A developer, Al Sayyah &amp; Sons Investments LLC (the \"Developer\"), sold various units off-plan in a tower it was developing in Dubai Marina. Various purchasers assigned their rights under the sale and purchase agreements they had with the Developer to a real estate finance company, Amlak.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Amlak initiated DIAC arbitration proceedings against the Developer, alleging that the units (now built) were not in conformity with the agreements.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In July 2012 DIAC appointed the sole arbitrator (\"Arbitrator No.1\"). He issued a partial award in November 2013 determining jurisdictional issues. Arbitrator No.1 resigned in December 2013 due to issues regarding impartiality. Arbitrator No.2 was subsequently appointed as the sole arbitrator by DIAC. Arbitrator No 2 issued a final award against the Developer. The award ordered that the Developer pay Amlak AED 46.5m plus interest, as well as AED 466,788 in arbitration costs. Arbitrator No 2 issued a supplemental award to correct accounting calculation errors in the final award which reduced the amount payable to AED 42.7m.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The final award was ratified by the Dubai Courts and an amount of AED 42.7m was paid in full by the Developer to Amlak.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The Claim Before the Courts</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Developer then filed a claim before the Dubai Court of First Instance alleging that the two arbitrators had committed material errors in their respective awards. It was claimed that:</p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The two arbitrators lacked capacity to decide the dispute.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Arbitrator No.1 erred in his award on jurisdiction by holding that Al Sayyah &amp; Sons Investments LLC and Al Sayyah Investments were the same legal entity. Arbitrator No.2 made the same error by relying on and adopting the terms of the partial award in issuing the final award.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The Developer was not a party to the agreements containing the arbitration clause.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Arbitrator No.2 had denied the Developer’s right to submit its defence as Amlak should have been ordered to submit the original agreements.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Arbitrator No.2 had altered the terms of the agreement in order to render the final award and had failed to address the issue of lack of jurisdiction.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Arbitrator No.2 failed to include the names of the unit owners and misrepresented the unit area data as set out in the architect’s report in his supplemental award.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Arbitrator No.2 failed to take into consideration the relevant Land Department documents delineating the gross area of the units when making the final award.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">For the above reasons the Developer asserted that they were wrongfully ordered to pay Amlak the AED 42m and sought that both arbitrators be held jointly and severally liable to repay this money to the Developer.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Court of First Instance dismissed the Developer’s claim in January 2017. This was upheld by the Dubai Court of Appeal in September 2017. The Developer appealed to the Dubai Court of Cassation.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The Dubai Court of Cassation judgment</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">On 21 December 2017 the Court of Cassation dismissed the appeal. The Court of Cassation explained that in order for an arbitrator to be found liable in tort, the following elements had to be proved by the claimant:</p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">There had been an act or omission by the arbitrator;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Harm was incurred by the claimant; and</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">There was a causal link between the act or omission and the harm caused.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Significantly, the Court then went further and stated that the act or omission would need to be \"a serious mistake tainted by deceit, fraud, collusion with the opponent, or refusal to act without acceptable justification. An ordinary mistake or negligence, whether in judgment or procedure, is not sufficient to hold the arbitrator liable unless it is a serious mistake or fraud\".</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Court held that it is for the trial court to examine the evidence and determine whether an arbitrator is liable. In this case the Court held that the errors which the Developer alleged were errors of judgment for which the two arbitrators could not be sued.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-8076\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_1087401539-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"328\" />A Step in the Right Direction</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Court found that it was not enough for the claimant to demonstrate that an arbitrator made an error that had caused loss to the claimant. The error has to be a ‘serious mistake’ or one tainted by fraud or deceit or otherwise inexplicable. This suggests a high-threshold and one that should give comfort to arbitrators.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">This standard of civil liability is in tune with the threshold found in other laws. Both the DIFC and the ADGM have arbitration laws stating that an arbitrator will not be liable ‘unless they are shown to have caused damage by conscious and deliberate wrongdoing’ (Article 22 of the DIFC Arbitration Law 2008; Article 23 of the ADGM Arbitration Regulations 2015).</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Many arbitral rules contain terms stating that the parties agree not to sue the arbitrator. This includes the DIAC rules which state, at Article 40, that no member of a tribunal shall be liable in connection with the arbitration. It is not clear why this was not referred to by the Court in its judgment, but its absence leaves open the question of whether an arbitrator’s liability under the law can be further limited by the consent of the parties.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">This Court of Cassation judgment is definitely a positive step forward. It should make arbitrator’s feel more confident that whilst they are not immune from suit, they are protected from spurious claims brought by disgruntled parties.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Al Tamimi uniquely possesses the capability to litigate before both of the financial free zone courts and conduct litigation before the UAE Federal Courts and the courts of each individual Emirate. <a href=\"https://www.tamimi.com/practice/arbitration/\">Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s Arbitration team</a> regularly advises on international investment and commercial arbitration. For further information, please contact Dr. Hassan Arab (<a href=\"mailto:h.arab@tamimi.com\">h.arab@tamimi.com</a>) or Dalal Al Houti (<a href=\"mailto:D.Alhouti@tamimi.com\">D.Alhouti@tamimi.com</a>).</em>'),
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While the publication of the new Law provides a considerable lead-in period within which entities subject to the Law will need to comply, the fact that the Law creates criminal offences means that compliance is all the more important and should be treated as a high priority.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #00578f;\"><strong>Application</strong></span>\r\n\r\nBahrain’s Data Protection Law describes the legal protection of personal privacy as among the main constitutional rights of the person, and notes that it should be protected, particularly in the context of the increasing use of electronic/digital means for processing information. 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Penalties generally comprise up to one year in prison and/or a fine of between BHD 1,000 and BHD 20,000 (between about USD 2,600 to about USD 53,000) (or a fine only in the case of corporate entities). The following are examples of activities that attract criminal penalties under the Law:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Processing sensitive personal data in violation of the provision specifying requirements for processing sensitive personal data;</li>\r\n 	<li>Transferring personal data outside Bahrain contrary to the provisions specifying requirements for transfers to jurisdictions that provide an adequate level of data protection, and associated exceptions;</li>\r\n 	<li>Processing personal data without notifying the new Data Protection Authority in accordance with the provision that sets out the obligation to notify the Authority before commencing any data processing activities (except where certain exceptions apply), or failing to update such notification to the Authority;</li>\r\n 	<li>Processing personal data contrary to the provision that requires prior authorization from the Authority before processing personal data in certain circumstances;</li>\r\n 	<li>Providing false or misleading information to the Authority or to a data subject, or withholding relevant information from the Authority, or otherwise hindering the Authority’s work; and</li>\r\n 	<li>Disclosing any data or information accessed due to work, or using the same for own benefit or for the benefit of others unreasonably and in violation of the provisions of this law.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #00578f;\"><strong>Security considerations</strong></span>\r\n\r\nGenerally, the security of processing provisions, and the confidentiality provisions, appear to be fairly standard. 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Importantly, there is an obligation on data controllers to take steps to verify compliance with such measures, and to enter into a written contract with the data processor requiring that the data processor shall only process data in accordance with the instructions of the data controller, and in accordance with the data controller’s requirements with regard to security and confidentiality.\r\n\r\nThere does not appear to be any specific obligation to notify the Authority in the event of a data breach incident. It is possible that this level of detail might be addressed in the regulations, or that the Authority is expected to address breaches only in the event that they become aware of them, and when the circumstances indicate a breach of the obligation to use suitable technical and organizational security measures.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #00578f;\"><strong>Data Protection Supervisor</strong></span>\r\n\r\nThe Law contemplates a role of ‘Data Protection Supervisor’ (not a data protection officer type role) intended to act as an independent and impartial intermediary between the data controller and the Authority. The data protection supervisor will help the data controller fulfil its rights and obligations, and coordinate between the data controller and the Authority. It will also be required to verify the data controller’s processing in compliance with the law, alert the data controller to any apparent non-compliance to enable the issue to be addressed, and alert the Authority where such non-compliance has not been addressed within a specified timeframe.\r\n\r\nThe concept of a data protection supervisor has the potential to result in a whole new industry in the Bahrain market. The regulations setting out the requirements for the registration of data protection supervisors may shed greater light on what is anticipated, in terms of who might be able to fulfil such roles. The most natural development may be for the role to be filled by consulting/audit firms with expertise in data protection related issues.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Al Tamimi &amp; Company regularly advises on data protection issues across the Middle East. 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(222848, 7930, 'content', '<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-7963 alignleft\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5000\" height=\"1427\" /></p>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">On 03 May 2018 the UAE enacted Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 (\"the New Law\"), as published in the Official Gazette No 630 of 15 May 2018. The New Law replaced certain arbitration provisions found in the UAE Civil Procedures Law No. 11 of 1992, particularly Articles 203-218 (\"the former arbitration provisions\"). The New Law took effect after a month its publication, accordingly applying from mid-June 2018.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The enactment of the New Law confirms the UAE’s commitment to bring its arbitration law in line with internationally accepted best practice. In this article we consider key provisions of the New Law, with particular focus on the enforcement of arbitration awards.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Key Aspects of the New Law</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 2 outlines the scope of application of the New Law. It states that it applies to (i) any arbitration conducted in the UAE, unless the parties agree to another law governing the arbitration proceedings; (ii) any international arbitrations conducted outside the UAE, where the parties agree to apply the New Law to govern such proceedings; and (iii) to any arbitration arising from a dispute in respect of a legal relationship governed by UAE law, save where excepted by special provision.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>A significant feature of the New Law is Article 3, which defines ‘international arbitration’. An arbitration is international if ‘the parties have, at the time of conclusion of the arbitration agreement, their places of business in different States’.</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Moreover, an arbitration is deemed to be international, if the place of arbitration, or the place of performance of the contractual obligations, or the subject matter of the dispute is connected with more than one country, or if the parties have expressly agreed that the subject matter of the arbitration agreement relates to more than one country. This new feature did not exist in the former arbitration provisions and which were limited to domestic and foreign arbitrations only. They did not consider any aspects of international arbitration, even in cases where the domestic arbitration contained elements of international arbitration. The New Law does not, however, confer any additional advantages for international arbitration in terms of the enforcement of an award, as the procedure to ratify an international award is similar to that of domestic awards. The New Law does, however, provide the parties with freedom to choose the New Law to govern the arbitration proceedings, even if the arbitration proceedings are conducted outside the UAE.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Chapter II Article 4 of the New Law deals with the parties’ capacity to enter into an arbitration agreement. Similarly, Articles 5 to 8 of the New Law cover the form, autonomy and subject matter of arbitration agreements.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Unlike the former arbitration provisions, the New Law defines arbitration institutions and confers wide powers on these institutions if the parties to the arbitration agree to apply arbitration institutional rules. The New Law accordingly covers all types of arbitrations, regardless of it being ad-hoc, institutional or arbitration conducted through the Court.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 11 provides mechanisms where the parties fail to agree on the appointment of an arbitrator/tribunal. Under the former arbitration provisions (Article 204), in such circumstances, parties were required to file a Court application for direction - which was effectively similar to initiating full litigation proceedings. The New Law allows the parties simply to apply to the relevant authority, which is either the body authorized to administer the arbitration, or the Court.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Under the former arbitration provisions the grounds for challenging an arbitrator were similar to the grounds for the recusal or impleading of judges. The New Law, under Articles 14 and 15, changes this - providing specific grounds and procedures for challenging an arbitrator.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The New Law recognizes key principles and practices of international commercial arbitration including the principles of severability, Article 6(1), and competence-competence - Article 19(1).</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 21 deals with the jurisdiction of the tribunal to issue interim or conservatory measures concerning arbitration proceedings, at the request of a party or on its own motion.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In contrast to the former arbitration provisions, Article 28 differentiates the ‘place of arbitration’ i.e. the seat of arbitration with which an award is legally connected, and the ‘venue of arbitration’ - where the arbitration sessions or hearings are conducted. Moreover, Article 41(6) provides that an award shall be considered as issued at the place of arbitration, as determined under Article 28, even if the tribunal signed an award outside the place of arbitration. The tribunal may conduct arbitration hearings and deliberations through modern means of communication (according to Article 28(2)(b)). Likewise, Article 35 provides an arbitral tribunal with the discretion to hear any witnesses, including expert witnesses, through modern means of communication.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Enforcement of Awards under the New Law</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 52 provides that an award issued under the New Law shall have res judicata status and be enforceable as a court judgment. 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Under Article 55(1), the Chief Justice of the Court (or any judges empowered by the Chief Justice) should issue an order confirming ratification and enforcement of the award within sixty days from the date of the submission of the application, unless any of the grounds for setting aside of the award exists under Article 53(1).</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Challenging the Decision against Enforcement of Awards</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Under Article 57, a party may challenge a decision of the Court on the ratification of the award, by filing a grievance before the Court within thirty days. Article 57 reads as follows:</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>\"A grievance may be filed against the Court’s decision to grant or deny enforcement of an arbitral award before the competent Court of Appeal within thirty days from the date following notification\".</em></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 57 does not confirm whether a decision of the ‘competent Court of Appeal’ is to be considered as final or if an aggrieved party could pursue an appeal before the Cassation Court. Considering the New Law does not provide for an appeal of the decision of the ‘competent Court of Appeal’ on the grievance presented under Article 57, it is our respectful view that the decision of the ‘competent Court of Appeal’ is likely to be deemed as final. Otherwise, this could lead to lengthy procedures and result in delays of enforcement of awards, which is against the core of objectives of the New Law.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Action to set aside Arbitration Awards</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 53 entitles a party to challenge the enforcement of an award by submitting an application before the Court under one or more grounds contained in Articles 53(1)(a) - (h). Further, Article 53(2) states that the Court shall set aside an award if the subject matter of the dispute is not capable of settlement, or if the award is in conflict with public order.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">An action to set aside an arbitration award must be submitted by a party within thirty days from the date of notification of such award, otherwise the action will be time barred under Article 54(2).</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Besides the option of filling an action to set aside an award under Article 53(1), a party seeking to challenge an award may also submit objections to ratifying the award before the Court during the process of ratification in accordance with Article 57. Accordingly, there are three options for a party to challenge the ratification and enforcement of an award:</p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">file a case seeking to set aside an award under Article 53(1) before the Court of Appeal and this decision is subject to appeal before the Court of Cassation under Article 54(1);</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">present a defence to the Court objecting to the ratification and enforcement of the award during the process of ratification initiated by the award creditor under Article 55(1); or</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">submit a grievance against the Court’s decision to grant or deny enforcement under Article 57.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Mechanism to Recognise and Enforce Foreign Awards</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The New Law does not expressly provide for the procedures applicable to the recognition and enforcement of foreign awards in the UAE. This begs the question - what procedures are applicable to the recognition of foreign arbitral awards in the UAE? Should a party seeking recognition apply to the Court of First Instance (the position prior to the enactment of the New Law) or should the parties follow the new procedures for ratifying awards as laid down under the New Law?</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Considering that Article 3 of the New York Convention requires Contracting States not to impose substantially more onerous conditions on the recognition and enforcement of foreign awards than are imposed on the enforcement of domestic awards, it is our view that the provisions of the New Law will apply for the recognition and enforcement of foreign awards. Further, the UAE is committed to fulfilling its obligations under applicable international conventions and treaties. It is accordingly inferred that a party seeking recognition of a foreign award should be required to submit an application to the Chief Justice of the Court in accordance with Article 55(1), together with the documents detailed in Article 4 of the New York Convention.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Since the UAE is a signatory to the New York Convention, UAE Courts should take into consideration Article 5, which provides the grounds for refusing recognition of foreign awards, rather than the grounds contained in Article 53(1), as the provisions of the Convention, we suggest, supersede the New Law.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A party seeking to challenge the recognition and enforcement of a foreign award could submit their defence, objecting to enforcement of the foreign award, to the Court during the ratification process initiated by the award creditor under Article 55(1). However, the option for filling an action to set aside an award under Article 53(1) will not be available for foreign awards, as the UAE Courts do not have jurisdiction, in our view, to set aside foreign awards.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></p>\r\nThe New Law is undoubtedly a great milestone in the progression of international commercial arbitration in the UAE. It has taken into account the particular features and requirements of international commercial arbitration in the UAE. Thus, the New Law should contribute to making the UAE an arbitration hub in the region. However, certain elements of its enforcement provisions may still require clarity.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;'),
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The main contractor almost completed the project, and was ready to initiate the testing and commissioning for the project. According to the last interim payment certificate, the consultant had certified that around 87% of the main contractor’s works had been successfully completed.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Due to the existence of several disputes between the employer and the contractor relating to the latter’s claim for variations, extension of time, prolongation costs, and overdue payments related to work done on site, the employer terminated the contract. Following the termination, the main contractor applied to DUMC to appoint engineering experts to visit the site, evaluate the percentage of work done, record the status of the work done and scope of the material and equipment on site.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The main contractor sought legal representation when the employer tried to evict the main contractor from the site. Following our advice, a notice was served on the employer warning the employer that, among other things, the site status should remain as is until the DUMC appoints an engineering experts’ committee to visit the site and record the work done and material and equipment on site. The notice also made it clear to the employer that no new contactor should enter the site, pending the inspection by the aforesaid engineering experts committee.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The employer opted to disregard the notice, and decided to appoint a new main contractor. Consequently, the employer applied to the appropriate authority in Dubai to substitute the main contractor with another one in the records of the authority.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Al Tamimi &amp; Company, as legal counsel for the main contractor, immediately drafted a request to the DUMC highlighting the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the certification by the project’s consultant confirmed that construction was approximately 87% completed;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the employer had purportedly terminated the contract, and alleged that the main contractor had breached its contractual obligations;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">following the purported termination, the main contractor had applied to the DUMC to appoint an engineering experts’ committee to record the work done on site and the material and equipment on site;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the employer had attempted to evict the main contractor from the site, and the employer had accordingly been notified that the site’s status should remain as is and no new main contractor should be appointed until the DUMC appointed engineering experts committee had examined and recorded the works done on site and the material and equipment on site; and</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the employer had not responded to the notice, and had applied to the relevant authority to change the main contractor with a new one which would allow this new contractor to enter upon and disturb the site.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Having regard to the above, the DUMC were requested to issue an order addressed to the relevant authority rejecting the employer’s request to substitute the main contractor with a new one thereby preventing the new main contractor from interfering with the site.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8133\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Main-Contractor-Quote-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"275\" /></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Dubai Urgent Matters Court’s Decision</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The DUMC issued its decision within 72 hours, and accepted Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s request that the site should be left undisturbed pending the appointment of the engineering experts’ committee in accordance with the main contractor’s case before Dubai Court and addressed an order to the relevant authority to suspend the employer’s request to change the main contractor.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Although employers may have the right to terminate a construction contract entered into with the main contractor, an employer should not engage a new main contractor until the work done on site and the material and equipment on site have been recorded by an expert agreed between the parties or appointed by the UAE Courts.</p>\r\n<em>For further information please contact <a href=\"https://www.tamimi.com/lawyer/ahmad-ghoneim/\">Ahmad Ghoneim</a> (<a href=\"mailto:a.ghoneim@tamimi.com\">a.ghoneim@tamimi.com</a>).</em>'),
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In those cases, the courts held that there was no evidence reflecting the existence of the contractual relationship between the parties.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">However, in reliance on Law No. 16 of 2010 Promulgation of the Electronic Commerce and Transactions Law (\"The Electronic Commerce Law\"), the Court of Cassation has introduced a new principle which is considered to be a turning point for the admissibility and reliability of electronic evidence in litigation cases in Qatar.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4 dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Background to the Case</strong></h4>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Claimant had supplied and installed some medical equipment for the Defendant. The Claimant requested the Defendant to pay the outstanding amount for such service. However, the Defendant failed to pay any of the outstanding amounts. The Claimant sent email reminders to the Defendant requesting the Defendant to respect their agreement and pay the outstanding amounts, but the Defendant failed to respond and failed to pay the outstanding amounts.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4 dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"></h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4 dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The Case at First Instance:</strong></h4>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In 2012, the Claimant filed a civil case against the Defendant claiming the outstanding amount in addition to compensation as result of the non-payment.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Defendant argued that the case must be dismissed, alleging that there was no existing contractual relationship with the Claimant. In addition, the Defendant challenged the validity of the photocopies of the supporting documents submitted by the Claimant to substantiate the case.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Court of First Instance appointed an expert to review the case. He reported that there was correspondence which proved the existence of the contractual relationship between the parties, in addition to bank statements evidencing the partial payment of the outstanding amount made by the Defendant.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The First Instance Court dismissed the case based on the following grounds:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The absence of evidence proving the existence of the contractual relationship between the Claimant and Defendant.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The Claimant’s inability to provide any original documents, all the submitted documentary evidence being photocopies - accepting the Defendant’s challenge to the validity of the same.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4 dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Ruling of the Court of Appeal</strong></h4>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Claimant appealed the decision of the Court of First Instance before the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal upheld the finding of the Court of First Instance and dismissed the appeal in 2016.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4 dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-7988 alignleft\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3125\" height=\"1011\" /></h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4 dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Judgment of the Court of Cassation</strong></h4>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Claimant challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal before the Court of Cassation. The Claimant relied on the ground that the Court of First Instance erred in its reasoning and application of the law on the facts of the case. The Claimant submitted that the Court of Appeal dismissed the case in contradiction of the following documents:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The Claimant submitted documentary evidence such as photocopies of emails to prove the contractual relationship between the parties.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">In addition, the \"copy\" document submitted by the Claimant was only copy of the bank statement to prove that the Defendant had already made partial payment for the outstanding amount due to the Claimant.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8134\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Admissibility-Quote-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"173\" />\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Court of Cassation accepted the Claimant’s argument and reversed the judgment of the Court of Appeal and confirmed the following important rules related to the enforcement of The Electronic Commerce Law :</p>\r\n<strong>1) The validity and the admissibility of the electronic transaction as evidence before the Court.</strong>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In principle, in order for electronic evidence to be admissible before the court, it must:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">First take the form of a data message which, according to Article 1(4) of the Electronic Commerce Law is any type of information that was sent, received, displayed or stored by any means of electronic communications; and</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Secondly, comply with the requirements of Article 26 of the Electronic Commerce Law, which states the following:</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>\"In assessing the evidential weight of information or document in the form of a data message, regard shall be had to the following:</em></p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The processes and circumstances under which the data message was generated, stored or communicated.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The processes and circumstances under which the integrity of the Information or document contained in the data message was maintained.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The processes and circumstances under which the originator of the data message was identified.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Any other relevant process or circumstances.\"</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 26 of the Electronic Commerce Law requires certainty of the origin of the data message and the identity of its receiver to ensure that the data message was not manipulated by the parties or was not a counterfeit. The court in some cases can appoint specialized experts to verify the accuracy of the data messages. As such, if such requirements are applied, then all electronic transactions made in the form of data message are equal to the written and signed documents, with regards to legal effect and admissibility in the court as reliable evidence.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Further, Article 20(1) of the Electronic Commerce Law explicitly states that any information in the form of a data message is legally admissible before a court, the legal effect of which cannot be denied.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Based on the above principles, the Court of Cassation held that all the information that was in the corresponding emails, the receipts and the bank letters are indeed data messages in terms of Article 1(4) and Article 26 of the Electronic Commerce Law.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Therefore, the Court of Cassation ruled that the documents submitted by the Claimant were legally effective and admissible before Court.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4 dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">2) Electronic transactions such as emails are a reliable means to constitute a valid offer and acceptance for the formation of an agreement.</h4>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Court of Cassation held that, as the corresponding emails between the parties showed without a doubt that the parties intended to enter into an agreement, the judge could recognize the offer and acceptance from the electronic correspondence without the need of written documents. The fact that parties had not physically signed an agreement was not imperative. The Court supported its opinion by Article 4(1) of the Electronic Commerce Law which states:</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>\"An offer or acceptance of an offer may be expressed, in whole or in part, by means of electronic communications.\"</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Court of Cassation ruled that electronic transactions have become essential as a means of conducting business or entering an agreement. The use of a paperless mechanism has become the most favourable means of communication between parties for expressing their intention to enter an agreement; therefore, it has become essential to regulate electronic transactions by issuing the Electronic Commerce Law.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4 dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></h4>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">This judgment issued by the Court of Cassation constitutes a reform of the methods of submitting proof before courts. The Court of Cassation gives evidential weight to electronic transactions which is equal to written documents in admissibility and reliability before the Qatari courts. In addition, the content of the electronic transactions can itself provide evidence of formation of binding agreements between parties.</p>'),
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(223002, 7934, 'content', '<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-7990 size-full\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/shutterstock_555491044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3868\" height=\"1481\" /></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The long-awaited Federal arbitration law of the UAE – Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 on Arbitration (\"New Arbitration Law\" or the \"Law\") – was published in the Federal Official Gazette no. 630 of 15 May 2018 and came into effect last June. This standalone piece of legislation repeals the previous outdated and non-comprehensive UAE Chapter on Arbitration contained in articles 203 to 218 of the UAE Civil Procedures Law No. 11 of 1992 (\"CPC\").</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The New Arbitration Law was long overdue, as the sporadic articles of the CPC did not provide much needed detail and clarity on some of the major points arising out of, or in connection with, arbitral proceedings. Furthermore, the provisions did not conform to the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration as adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law of 1985 and amended in 2006 (\"UNCITRAL Model Law\").</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The New Arbitration Law provides for a more secure framework for the conduct of arbitral proceedings in the UAE. The six sections of the New Arbitration Law contain 61 articles, most of which can be traced in the UNCITRAL Model Law, and are expected to significantly revamp the UAE chapter on arbitration.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In this article, we intend to provide an overview of the key highlights of the New Arbitration Law with a focus on its practical effects.</p>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-8135\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Commentary-Quote-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"459\" />\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Scope of Application</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">We note the extensive scope of application of the New Arbitration Law, both in terms of substance and time. Firstly, pursuant to Article 2, the New Arbitration Law shall apply to (i) arbitrations seated in the UAE unless the parties agree on the application of a different arbitration law, provided that such a law does not contravene UAE public policy and morality; (ii) commercial arbitrations taking place outside of the UAE where the parties have agreed to submit the arbitration to the provisions of the New Arbitration Law; and (iii) arbitrations arising out of a legal dispute, whether contractual or non-contractual, governed by the laws of the UAE, unless an exception applies. Accordingly, the New Arbitration Law shall generally apply unless the parties have agreed to apply another arbitration law, provided that other law is not in conflict with the public policy and morality of the UAE.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Furthermore, we welcome the application of the New Arbitration Law to both domestic and international arbitral proceedings. Contrary to the CPC, which did not contain any reference to international arbitration, Article 3 of the New Arbitration Law introduced the character of international arbitration, which adopts an extraterritorial approach. As such, and under certain circumstances, an arbitration is deemed international even if it is conducted within the UAE.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">We also note the absence of an express exclusion regarding the application of the New Arbitration Law to arbitrations seated in either the Dubai International Financial Centre or the Abu Dhabi Global Market. However, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Federal Law No. 8 of 2004 Regarding the Financial Free Zones, we conclude that the New Arbitration Law will not govern arbitrations seated in these two free zones, which will continue to be governed by the relevant free zone’s arbitration laws and regulations.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In relation to the timing of the introduction of the New Arbitration Law, it came into effect \"one month from the day following its publication in the Official Gazette\". It is therefore our view that the New Arbitration Law came into effect on 15 June 2018. It is interesting to note that contrary to recently enacted arbitration laws in the region, the New Arbitration Law will apply retrospectively. Specifically, Article 59 provides that the New Arbitration Law will apply to all ongoing arbitral proceedings at the time of its coming into effect, including arbitrations arising out of existing arbitration agreements. Such a retrospective application is without any prejudice to all proceedings having taken place prior to the entry into force of the New Arbitration Law.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The Competent Court</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">One of the major procedural highlights of the New Arbitration Law is the designation of the Competent Court, which has been defined as the \"Federal or local Court of Appeal agreed upon by the parties or in whose jurisdiction the arbitration is conducted.\" We hope that going forward, and in line with other major global arbitration hubs, that a dedicated circuit will hear arbitration matters, with specialised and arbitration-focused members of the judiciary to further support and safeguard the arbitral process.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The Arbitration Agreement</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 7 confirms the writing requirement for the validity of arbitration agreements. Noteworthy additions to the New Arbitration Law include the expansive interpretation of the writing requirement. As such, an arbitration agreement can be concluded by an exchange of correspondence, including e-mails. Furthermore, the writing requirement is satisfied through the reference in a written contract to an arbitration agreement contained in another document, model contract or international agreement. In Article 5, the Law expressly provides for the notion of arbitration agreements incorporated by reference. Also, an oral agreement to arbitrate during court proceedings is deemed valid if it is recorded in a judgment or if the other party asserts the existence of an arbitration party and the other party does not raise any objection.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Despite the softening of the writing requirement, the New Arbitration Law reconfirms, through Article 4(1), the requirement for arbitration agreements to be signed by persons with authority to do so. Therefore, we draw the attention of parties wishing to enter into an arbitration agreement to the requisite capacity requirements provided for under the relevant laws of the UAE, which remain unaffected by the introduction of the New Arbitration Law. For a UAE incorporated limited liability company, it is recommended that the company’s constituting documents are reviewed prior to the execution of an arbitration agreement in order to verify that authority to enter into arbitration agreements, granted by default to the company’s manager, has not been explicitly withdrawn. Article 4(4) explicitly provides that the ex-post lack of capacity of a party entering into an arbitration agreement, which occurs for example as a result of the death of an individual or the expiry of the entity’s term (as prescribed in its constitutional documents) after it has entered into an arbitration agreement, shall not cause the termination of such an arbitration agreement. It is however interesting to note that the Law seemingly intended for such a provision to be non-mandatory as parties may still otherwise agree. Furthermore, Article 4(2) reiterates that there shall not be an agreement to arbitrate matters which are non-conciliatory.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In relation to the validity of arbitration agreements, Article 6, in line with the UNCITRAL Model Law, confirms the separability principle of arbitration agreements. When parties’ agreement to arbitrate is featured within the framework of their main contractual relationship, the New Arbitration Law affirms the independence of the arbitration agreement from the other terms of the main contract in which it is contained. Arbitration agreements are not affected by the nullity, rescission or termination of the main contract, save for grounds arising out of a defective capacity.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Finally, Article 8 provides that the court shall dismiss any action that falls within the scope of an arbitration agreement, provided that the existence of the arbitration agreement is brought to the court’s attention before making any substantive claims or defences on the merits, unless the court decides that the arbitration agreement is invalid or impossible to perform. The filing of such an action does not preclude the commencement or continuance of arbitral proceedings or the issuance of the arbitral award.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-7992 size-full\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/shutterstock_756750676.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4243\" height=\"1636\" /></strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Set and Stringent Time Limits</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In an effort to promote efficiency and prevent unnecessary prejudicial delays, the legislative draftsman of the New Arbitration Law have aimed to fit the arbitral proceedings within a clear set of, often stringent, time limits.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">For example, in the event of alleged non-compliance with the arbitration agreement or the Law, Article 25 provides that if a party does not object within the time limit agreed upon, or within seven days of becoming aware of the alleged non-compliance, that party is deemed to have waived its right to rely on this non-compliance subsequently. It is questionable whether the default seven-day period is reasonable from a practical perspective. However, such a waiver to challenge constitutes an important pro-arbitration provision, which shall have the effect of estopping a party from attempting to halt the conduct of the proceedings if it does not assert any objection in a prompt manner. With that said, we note that a party’s right to challenge an award, based on a defective arbitration agreement, or lack thereof, would still be preserved pursuant to Article 53. It is yet to be tested how the courts will interpret and eventually apply Articles 25 and 53.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In relation to the appointment and challenge of arbitrators, the New Arbitration Law has set a reasonable 15-day period. Specifically, pursuant to Article 11(2-3), the parties have a 15-day time limit to agree to the appointment of an arbitrator, from the date of receipt of a request to do so. Under Article 15(1-2), a 15-day time limit has been set for a party to challenge an arbitrator after becoming aware of the arbitrator appointment or after becoming aware of any circumstances justifying the challenge. Such a challenge shall be in a written application addressed to the challenged arbitrator, with a copy of the same addressed to the other members of the tribunal, if any, as well as the other parties. In the event that the arbitrator does not withdraw or the other party does not agree to the removal of the arbitrator, the party making the challenge may present it to the concerned body within 15-days after the lapse of the initial 15-day period.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">We note the express acknowledgment of the compétence-compétence principle in Article 19(2) under which the arbitral tribunal has the jurisdiction to rule on its own jurisdiction. Notwithstanding, a party still has the right to challenge a tribunal’s preliminary decision of jurisdiction before the courts within 15 days of the preliminary decision being notified. The Court then has then 30 days to render its decision. While the request is pending, the arbitral proceedings may continue at the request of a party. We note that this possibility to petition the court on the basis of a procedural order and not an award, is uncustomary in the UAE and may lead, at least in the beginning, to uncertainty.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8136\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Commentary-Quote-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"266\" /></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Arbitrator Requirements</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The New Arbitration Law brings clarity on the requisite requirements for arbitrators. Article 10(1) specifies that an arbitrator must not be a minor, or be judicially declared as incapacitated, or one without civil rights for the reasons of bankruptcy (unless discharged), or conviction for a crime (even if she or he has been rehabilitated).</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Furthermore, Article 10(2) provides that an arbitrator cannot be a member of the Board of Trustees or of the administrative body of the arbitral institution administering the arbitration in which that person is asked to sit. We highlight the expansive application of this provision to arbitrations administered by both domestic arbitration centres, such as the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, as well as international arbitration centres, such as the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration, the London Court of International Arbitration and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. The triggering event prompting the application of Article 10(2) is therefore the UAE seat of such arbitral proceedings. It is regrettable that the Law did not draw a distinction between party-appointed arbitrators, on one hand, and centre-appointed arbitrators, on the other, as we would be of the view that party-appointed arbitrators, even if members of the Board of Trustees or administrative body of an arbitral institution, should not be affected by this provision. Given the retrospective application of the New Arbitration Law to ongoing arbitrations, we note that the entry into force of the Law will most likely cause certain concerned arbitrators to resign.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">We also note that the Ministry of Justice or the Chairman of the competent judicial authority are to compile a list of arbitrators to be appointed in the event of a failure to agree upon the appointment of an arbitrator. As the list has not yet been published, we remain hopeful that the selection process of the prospective arbitrators would follow the international best practices in terms of both procedural knowledge and industry-specific expertise.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Finally, pursuant to Article 58, the Ministry of Economy is to issue a charter on the professional conduct of arbitrators in consultation with the arbitration institutions in the UAE. While the issuance of such a charter is likely to instil confidence within the parties to arbitration in the UAE, we are of the view that the effect of such a charter will remain for guidance purposes only. It is notable that the Law does not address the issues relating to the liability of arbitrators. In our view, it would have been desirable that for the Law to have included a provision confirming the civil immunity of arbitrators.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Arbitral Proceedings</strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Commencement</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">According to Article 27(1), arbitral proceedings are deemed to have commenced from the following day after which the arbitral tribunal has been constituted, unless the parties agree otherwise. With that said, in relation to the procedural requirement for a substantive claim to confirm and sustain precautionary attachments, Article 27(2) provides that the arbitral proceedings are deemed to have commenced on the date of the notification of the request for arbitration. Even though the relationship between arbitral and court proceedings relating to arbitration is yet to be tested under the New Arbitration Law, the advancement of the date of commencement of the arbitral proceedings for the purpose of precautionary attachments is a positive provision.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The Language of the Arbitration</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Under the New Arbitration Law, the default language of the arbitral proceedings, absent an agreement between the parties, will be Arabic. We therefore draw the attention of foreign parties in particular to the need to agree on a different language for the arbitration should they wish to avoid arbitral proceedings in Arabic, either explicitly, through for example their arbitration agreement, or implicitly, by agreeing to the application of institutional rules.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-8078 alignright\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_185379407-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" />\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Acknowledgment of Modern Means of Communication</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The emphasis on the use and role of technology in the New Arbitration Law can be attributed to the desire for more efficient proceedings. There are indeed several references to the use of \"modern means of communication\" in the Law. For example, written correspondence can now be deemed to have been delivered if sent, amongst other means, by email. Article 28(2) provides that arbitral hearings and deliberations can be conducted by modern means of communication and electronic technology. In addition, Article 33(3) provides that hearing may be held through modern means of communication without the physical presence of the parties at the hearing. Pursuant to Article 35, the arbitral tribunal may question witnesses, including expert witnesses, through modern means of communication without their physical presence at the hearing. The emphasis on the use of technology will undoubtedly modernise arbitral proceedings in the UAE and help instil global confidence in such proceedings.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Confidentiality</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Contrary to common belief, arbitral proceedings are not confidential by default. The New Arbitration Law addresses the issue of confidentiality by stating, under Article 33(1), that hearings shall be confidential unless parties have otherwise agreed. The confidentiality of arbitral awards is implicitly recognised pursuant to Article 44. However, the Law does not explicitly provide for the confidentiality of documents, pleadings, evidence or submissions produced by the parties and the tribunal during the proceedings. We recommend that parties address the confidentiality of their arbitral proceedings either through an explicit agreement, or implicitly, through an agreement to apply institutional rules providing for the hoped for confidentiality obligations.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Conduct</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is clear that the New Arbitration Law attempts to instil discipline and efficiency in the conduct of the arbitral proceedings. As noted above, arbitral hearings can be held at any place, and the Law allows arbitral hearings and deliberations to be conducted by modern means of communication and electronic technology. Article 30(1-2) provides, absent an agreement between the parties, for a 14-day period from the date of the composition of the arbitral tribunal for the claimant to communicate the statement of claim in writing to the respondent and to the arbitrators. After receiving the statement of claim, the respondent has a further 14-day period to communicate its statement of defence. The practical difficulties associated with these relatively contracted time limits will most likely prompt parties to agree on different deadlines.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is worth noting that the New Arbitration Law attempts to put an end to disruptive guerrilla tactics through repetitive challenges of an arbitrator by providing under Article 15(3) that the challenge of an arbitrator does not suspend the arbitral proceedings.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Pursuant to Article 43 of the New Arbitration Law, the arbitral tribunal can decide to continue the arbitral proceedings (i) where there are issues that fall outside the scope of its jurisdiction; (ii) if a document submitted to it is challenged for forgery; or (iii) if criminal proceedings in respect of that document or for any other criminal act which has been instituted. This is a significant improvement as previously, according to the CPC, the tribunal was required to suspend its proceedings under such circumstances.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Law provides much needed clarity on the issue of the representation of the parties by non-UAE lawyers. Specifically, Article 33(5) provides that parties may seek the assistance of representatives for their representation in the arbitral proceedings and these representatives may or may not be lawyers. The non-restriction on the appearance of foreign counsel in UAE-seated arbitrations is welcome after the issuance of the 2017 Executive Regulations to the Federal Law No. 23 of 1991 on the Legal Professional, which was interpreted by some to restrict the appearance of non –UAE counsel in arbitral proceedings seated in the UAE.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Law also provides wide latitude to the parties and the arbitral tribunal to decide upon the conduct of the arbitral proceedings.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Interim and Conservatory Measures</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Interim and conservatory measures constitute crucial tools in arbitral proceedings. The CPC did not grant powers to the tribunal to order such measures, which were within the exclusive powers of the courts. In the event that parties agree to grant such powers to the tribunal, either explicitly or implicitly through the application of institutional rules, the enforcement of tribunal-ordered interim and conservatory measures was an impossible task in the UAE before the enactment of the New Arbitration Law.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">One of the much anticipated provisions of the New Arbitration Law is Article 21. Through this article, and unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the New Arbitration Law explicitly recognises the arbitral tribunal’s power to award interim or conservatory measures, either on the request of a party or of its own motion, including ordering a party to provide adequate security to cover the costs of such measures. Pursuant to Article 21(4), a party for whom an interim measure has been ordered in its favour may, with written permission from the tribunal, request the competent court to enforce the order of the tribunal within 15 days of receipt of the request.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Notwithstanding the arbitral tribunal’s newly attributed powers to order such interim and conservatory measures, the court also remains competent to grant interim and conservatory measures based on an application by the tribunal or one of the parties in relation to forthcoming or ongoing arbitral proceedings. As per Article 18(3), the arbitral proceedings shall continue notwithstanding any application for interim or conservatory measures relating to an ongoing arbitration and such an application to the court shall not constitute a waiver to the arbitration agreement.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">While the receptivity and approach of the courts in relation to these provisions are yet to be tested, we highly welcome these efforts to safeguard more efficient and equitable arbitral proceedings.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The Award</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In relation to the issuance of the award, Article 42(1) provides that, unless agreed otherwise, an award must be issued within 6 months from the date of the first hearing of the arbitration. Contrary to the previous CPC regime, such a date can now be extended for an additional 6 months, unless the parties agree to a longer extension, either explicitly or implicitly through the application of institutional rules. Article 42(2) provides that absent such an agreement, further extension of time can only be made by the courts upon petition by the parties or the tribunal itself. It is important to bear in mind in this regard that the failure to meet this time limit is a ground for challenging an award pursuant to Article 53(1)(g) of the New Arbitration Law as discussed further below.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The time limits set forth in Article 42 lack any mechanism for arbitral institutions to grant an extension of time, though it may be argued that parties have agreed to such an extension by virtue of having agreed to the application of particular institutional rules. Under the previous regime, the CPC allowed the parties to agree to extensions of time whether expressly or by implication.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-8137\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Commentary-Quote-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"162\" /></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In our view, Article 41(6) is a very positive introduction, which provides that awards can be signed outside the seat of arbitration and can also be signed electronically. The issuance of the final award shall be deemed to mark the end of the arbitral proceedings. According to Article 44, parties are to be notified of the award within 15 days from the date of issue of the award.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Law explicitly recognises that an arbitral tribunal may interpret an award by issuing an explanatory award pursuant to Article 49. A party may request the tribunal to interpret any obscurity or ambiguity in its award within 30 days of receipt of the award, unless the parties have agreed to different procedures or time limits. The tribunal shall consider and issue its explanatory award within 30 days after the receipt of the request, which may extended by a further 15 days. Such an explanatory award is deemed to supplement the final arbitral award.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"wp-image-8079 alignright\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_315538304-493x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"1036\" />Enforcement of Arbitral Awards</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The New Arbitration Law clarifies the process for enforcing UAE arbitral awards with a fast-tracked and overhauled procedure. The New Arbitration Law provides that arbitral awards are binding on the parties, res judicata applies and that such awards shall be enforceable in the same manner as a judicial ruling provided ratification is obtained. If the enforcement of the award is sought in the UAE, a ratification of such an award by the court is required in order to proceed with the enforcement of such an award.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A major development in the New Arbitration Law lies in the fact that enforcement proceedings shall now commence directly before the UAE federal or local Court of Appeal, not before the Court of First Instance as before. The form of the enforcement procedure has also been simplified. Instead of filing a case before the court, the award-creditor can seek the ratification and enforcement of an award through the filing of an application with the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal. Pursuant to Article 55(2), the relevant authority will now have 60 days from the date of the application to order the ratification and enforcement of the award unless it finds grounds for annulment.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 57 provides for the possibility of filing a grievance against an order of the Court of Appeal ratifying an award and declaring it enforceable or order of the Court of Appeal denying enforcement. Such a grievance must be filed with the Court of Appeal within 30 days of the Court of Appeal’s notification of the order. We note that it would have been more appropriate for such a grievance to be filed before the Court of Cassation, as the higher appellate court, instead of the Court of Appeal.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In relation to foreign arbitral awards, we note that the Law lacks explicit provisions relating to the enforcement of such awards. It is our view that the CPC provisions, specifically Articles 235 to 238, remain applicable absent a convention or treaty entered into by the UAE dealing with the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. In the event of enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the UAE sought on the basis of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1958 (\"New York Convention\"), it is yet to be tested whether the new expedited enforcement provisions of the Law would apply to such enforcements given that Article III of the New York Convention provides that: \"(…) There shall not be imposed substantially more onerous conditions or higher fees or charges on the recognition or enforcement of arbitral awards to which this Convention applies than are imposed on the recognition or enforcement of domestic arbitral awards.\"</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Given the absence of any explicit provisions to the contrary within the Law, we are of the view that the new provisions of the Law should apply to enforcements of foreign arbitral awards under the New York Convention.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Award Challenge</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The grounds to challenge and set aside an award are limited and consistent with the spirit of Article 34 of the UNCITRAL Model Law. Article 53(1) of the New Arbitration Law provides for limited grounds for annulment, which include the lack of capacity of a party entering into the arbitration agreement, lack of authorisation to act on the matter or lack of notice. Unlike the UNCITRAL Model Law, the New Arbitration Law also provides that the issuance of a final award which does not apply the substantive law chosen by the parties or the arbitral tribunal’s failure to issue the award within the specified time-frame shall also constitute grounds for challenge. In addition, Article 53(2) provides that the court has the right to set aside the award on its own initiative, if the subject matter of the dispute is not arbitrable or if the award contravenes the public policy and morality of the UAE.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In an effort to preserve the arbitral proceedings, several articles purport to safeguard the sanctity of the arbitral proceedings.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">For example, pursuant to Article 50(1-2), a party may request the arbitral tribunal to correct any typographical or clerical errors in the award within 30 days of receipt of the award, unless the parties have agreed to different procedures or time limits. Such correction is to be made within 30 days after the tribunal issues the award or after receiving the request for correction by one of the parties, as the case may be. Such period may be extended by a further 15 days. The arbitral tribunal shall notify the parties after corrections are made within 15 days from the date of issue of correction. Also, Article 51(1-2) provides that a party may request the tribunal to issue an additional award if the party believes that the final award did not deal with some of the requests made. Such a request must be made within 30 days of receipt of the award. If such a request is justified, then the arbitral tribunal shall issue the additional award within 60 days after the receipt of the request and may extend by a further 30 days. In addition, pursuant to Article 54(6), the court may suspend the setting aside proceedings for a period of up to 60 days in order to give the arbitral tribunal an opportunity to take any action or make any amendment to the form of the award.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Whereas under the previous CPC regime, there was no specific deadline for the purpose of filing a set aside action, the New Arbitration Law, pursuant to Article 54(2) provides for a 30-day time limit from the date of receiving notice of the award for a party to commence annulment proceedings. This is a significant change to the previous regime, and we believe that this will contribute to the legal security of final awards. However, Article 54(1) provides that the decision to set aside is final and can only be appealed to the Court of Cassation. We note that there is no set time limit for the Court of Cassation to render its decision.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In line with the general spirit of the New Arbitration Law for more efficient proceedings, an action to set aside an arbitral award does not stay its enforcement. Nevertheless, the court may order a stay of enforcement if a party requests for a stay of enforcement. Such stay of enforcement is to be decided within 15 days after the date of the first scheduled hearing.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The UAE Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 on Arbitration undoubtedly constitutes a landmark development for arbitration in the UAE by providing a standalone arbitration law aligned with international best practices and standards. 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We have set out below certain noteworthy features of these Regulations and a comparative table on the key changes from the Previous Regulations on subject.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>License Application</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Pursuant to these Regulations, conducting financing activities in the UAE without a central bank license is prohibited. An application for such license must include the proposed scope of activities, a feasibility study illustrating the financial activities and products to be launched, estimated financial projections, risk factors, corporate structure, start-up costs, branches and a recruitment plan.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Another important requisite is for the applicant to provide an unconditional guarantee from a UAE Bank, in favour of the Central Bank for an amount equivalent to the minimum required paid-up capital. The License will be granted for a period of three years and may be renewable for the same period unless otherwise required by the Central Bank.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Any changes to the ownership of the Finance Company of 5% or more will require prior approval from the Central Bank.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Cancelling or Revoking a License</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Central Bank has the discretion to approve or refuse the License application, but must notify applicants in writing with reasons in case there is a refusal. Licenses can also be amended, revoked or cancelled at the discretion of the Board. The Regulations set out instances when the license can be cancelled which include providing false/misleading information, risking interests of the potential customers, or if there is a bankruptcy order filed against the Finance Company.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">If a Finance Company wishes to cease operations it must apply to the Central Bank at least six months in advance providing the reasons for such a cessation or suspension.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Regulations also provide for penalties that will be imposed if such company does not follow the provisions of the Regulations including adhering to the anti-money laundering policies laid down by the Central Bank.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Permitted Activities</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 10.1 of the Regulation details out the types of activities that are permitted, which are:</p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Retail finance,</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">mortgage finance,</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">wholesale finance,</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">pre-paid cards, and</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">distribution of third party products.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Central Bank can review and amend this list from time to time.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Article 10 further sets out the do’s and dont’s in relation to the business of the Finance Company, certain key features are:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">it can extend loans only to ‘Juridicial Persons’ (defined under Article 93 of the UAE Civil Transactions Law) and individuals in the UAE. However, it is prohibited from accepting deposits or loans from individuals.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">it may accept deposits only from Juridicial Persons, subject to certain conditions laid out under Article 10.4 and also borrow from UAE banks, and may even receive foreign funding provided that its risk has been adequately hedged. In doing so it must not exceed 25% of the sum of total amount of its debt capital.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">it must obtain a no objection letter from the Central Bank in order to provide any new product line from within activities specified in its license.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">it may only participate in the share capital of brokerage companies, money exchanges, UAE banks and other Finance Companies. Any such single participation cannot exceed 10% of its debt capital and the aggregate participation must not exceed 25% of the debt capital.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">It must obtain approval from the Central Bank in order to issue bonds or sukuks. Such bonds and sukuks shall only be denominated in UAE dirhams or US Dollars.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">it is prohibited from financing a borrower which is not an entity incorporated in the UAE or its free zones, or a UAE resident, or where the mortgaged assets are not in the UAE.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">it is prohibited from entering into the business of money exchange.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">it must not purchase immovable properties unless for its own use or specific approval for the same has been obtained from the Central Bank. This rule does not apply to Islamic Finance Companies (IFC). IFCs may own property including immovable property and goods as part of an underlying financing contract with a borrower.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Minimum Capital, Liquidity Requirements and Credit Exposure Restrictions</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The minimum paid-up capital for a Finance Company is 150 million UAE Dirhams. UAE national ownership of the Finance Company must comprise at least 60% of total paid-up capital. Finance Companies must also allocate at least 10% of annual net profits to establishing a statutory reserve until the reserve equals 50% of its paid-up capital.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">To withstand short-term liquidity stress, Finance Companies are required to hold an amount equivalent to 10% of their aggregate liabilities in liquid assets i.e. cash held in UAE bank, Certificates of deposit issued by the Central Bank held via a UAE bank, short term deposits with a UAE bank with maturity upto 30 days and UAE federal and local government bonds, which must not exceed 30% of the total liquid assets. For the purpose of calculating the 10% amount, a Finance Company may deduct from its aggregate liabilities, cash collateral, bank guarantees from UAE banks and sovereign guarantees.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The credit exposure is considered ‘large’ if the value of such exposure to one borrower or group of related entities is 7% or more. The Regulations set out maximum exposure limits for different borrower types.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Organisational Structure, Composition and Policies of the Finance Company</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Founding shareholders - Founding shareholders must satisfy \"Fit and Proper\" criteria as defined by the Central Bank and their appointment must be in line with the Commercial Companies Law<strong>.</strong></li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Board of Directors - The board of directors of a Finance Company must have no fewer than five members. 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Person within the senior management cannot be a part of the board.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Corporate Governance - While the Regulations set out certain minimum requirements for corporate governance, Finance Companies are permitted to set out their own policies and framework for corporate governance (complying with the Regulations), however these must be approved by its board of directors and a copy of such policies must be provided to the Central Bank.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Internal Policies – the Regulations set out the requirements that need to be adhered to by Finance Companies and IFC with respect to its internal polices in relation to management, risk management, extension of credit, compliance, information technology, security, audit, remuneration, outsourcing, etc.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Other provisions</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Consumer Protection: the Name of the finance company must not include the words \"bank\", \"investment company\" or and other term which may mislead its customer. 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(223104, 7936, 'content', '<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7996\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/June-July-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1249\" height=\"287\" /></p>\r\n&nbsp;<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Introduction</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">An initial public offering (\"IPO\") is a process by which a company offers its shares, for the first time, to the public by virtue of drafting and publishing a prospectus on the company and carrying out a public subscription of its shares, after submitting required documentation to the relevant governmental authorities and obtaining their approvals in relation thereto.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Under the laws and regulations of the United Arab Emirates (\"UAE\"), in order for a company to offer its shares to the public, the said company must be or take up the legal form of a public joint stock company. Accordingly, a company wishing to execute an IPO will be either a newly incorporated public joint stock company, or a company assuming the legal form of a private joint stock company or a limited liability company that undergoes a conversion process to become a public joint stock company.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Introducing a brief on the history of IPOs in the UAE, there have only been a few IPOs in the past few years, only two of which have been executed in 2017 after the issuance of the new UAE Federal Law No. 2 of 2015 concerning Commercial Companies (\"Companies Law\"). We envisage that, in 2018, the market appetite will uphold the trend of one to two IPOs a year.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is also worth noting in this regard that the companies that have undergone IPOs in the period between 2014 until 2017 operated in fundamental yet diversified industries such as the real estate, investment, leisure and entertainment, and oil and gas sectors.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Generally speaking, companies that choose to go public in the UAE and offer their shares in an IPO usually seek to raise their capital in global markets. This is supported and facilitated by the local regulators and the regulatory schemes set by the governmental authorities.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It should be noted that, for the purposes of this chapter, any reference to the UAE (which includes the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the five other emirates making up the UAE) excludes the geographical areas of the Dubai International Financial Centre (\"DIFC\") and the Abu Dhabi General Market (\"ADGM\"). The civil and commercial laws of the UAE (including the UAE’s securities market laws and regulations discussed in this chapter) are not applicable to the DIFC or ADGM and vice versa.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In the UAE, there are three financial exchange markets, two of which are onshore, being the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (\"ADX\") and Dubai Financial Market (\"DFM\"), while the third financial market is located within the jurisdiction of the DIFC, being NASDAQ Dubai. ADX and DFM are subject to the supervisory authority of the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (\"SCA\"), while the Dubai Financial Supervisory Authority regulates NASDAQ Dubai in its capacity as the securities supervisory authority within the DIFC. As at the time of writing, there is no financial market that is located in the ADGM.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><span lang=\"EN\">This chapter excludes any regulations applicable to NASDAQ Dubai and any of the below regulations are applicable only to ADX and DFM where the text allows for the same.</span></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">ADX and DFM are governed and regulated by SCA, which has the authority to impose laws, regulations and standards with which both ADX and DFM must comply. ADX and DFM work proactively with SCA to protect investors and provide optimum trading platforms for securities trading.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Both ADX and DFM operate as a securities exchange market for trading securities including shares issued by public joint stock companies.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The IPO process: steps, timing and parties and market practice</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Despite the fact that an IPO is a process carried out in a very similar manner across the globe, the mechanics of such procedure differ from one country to another in terms of the applicable laws and regulations, required documentation, governmental approvals, and timeline of its procedures.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The IPO process in the UAE slightly varies according to the business and structure of the company undergoing the IPO process, i.e. whether the company is a newly established public joint stock company or a company undergoing a conversion process to become a public joint stock company, in which emirate the company has its place of business and on which market the company will be listed. Accordingly, we have set out below two different procedures and series of steps for each company structure as detailed hereunder.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Newly established public joint stock company</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>First stage: initial approvals</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Generally, greenfield (i.e. newly established) public joint stock companies require additional approvals from SCA to go through the route of the IPO. Some of these requirements include: (i) a special approval from the board of directors of SCA for incorporating the greenfield company; (ii) there is sufficient working capital for the twelve (12) months post the incorporation; and (iii) the offered shares are limited to qualified institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals for amounts that are no less than AED 5 million.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The founders committee of the new company (to be established) must refer to the Department of Economic Development (\"DED\") to obtain initial approval to establish the company as a public joint stock company in accordance with the provisions of Article (113) of the Companies Law.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">After obtaining the approval of the DED, the founders committee must apply for the preliminary approval of SCA for the establishment of the public joint stock company, accompanied by all the necessary documents; namely, the memorandum of association (\"MoA\"), articles of association (\"AoA\"), an economic feasibility study for the venture, the SCA application form requesting incorporation of a public joint stock company, a draft prospectus, a subscription application form, and evidence of payment in respect of subscription.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">If the company has shares issued in-kind, the value of the in-kind shares will be assessed by one or more financial advisors chosen by SCA from those accredited by it, or those with technical and financial expertise in the subject of evaluation who are approved by SCA. SCA then considers the application for incorporation and notifies the founders committee of its observations within ten (10) working days from the date of submission of the application in full.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The founders committee completes any deficiencies or makes the amendments deemed necessary by SCA to complete the application for incorporation within fifteen (15) working days from the date of notification. Otherwise, SCA may consider this a waiver of the application for incorporation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">SCA sends a copy of the documents to the DED after they have been completed. (The period of SCA’s review is ten (10) working days from the date of completing the application.)</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A meeting is then held between SCA and the DED to study the application for incorporation and its documents. The meeting must be held within ten (10) working days from the date of the submission of documents by SCA to the DED.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In case there are any comments made by the DED, SCA informs the founders committee. The amendments are be made within ten (10) working days from the date of informing the founders committee.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">SCA ensures that the application and all documents and observations are completed and that the amended versions are sent to the DED. No particulars may be amended in the application after submitting it to the DED during any stage of incorporation either in respect of the capital of the company or its objectives or the names of its founders or any other data in the application for incorporation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">On approval of the incorporation application, the DED then issues a decision to license the incorporation of the company, which is announced in the official gazette at the expense of the founders.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Second stage: pre-subscription period</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The founders committee attest the MoA and AoA before a notary public.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Third stage: public subscription/public offering</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The founders committee must then commence the subscription process, as per the template provided by SCA, for the shares within fifteen (15) days from the date of issuance of the above-mentioned decision. The founders shall subscribe for not less than thirty percent (30%) and not more than seventy percent (70%) of the issued capital of the company, prior to the invitation to public subscription and offering for the remaining percentage of the share capital. In this regard, the founders may not subscribe to the shares offered for public subscription.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">N.B.: Prior to such step, the founders committee must provide SCA and the DED with a bank certificate evidencing payment of the value of their shares in accordance with the above-prescribed percentages. Additionally, they must submit an undertaking, as per the template provided by SCA, to deposit the proceeds generated from the subscription of the total shares to the account of the company under incorporation as well as refunding the surplus funds to subscribers within fifteen (15) days from the date of the subscription closure, if any.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Once SCA’s approval of the prospectus is obtained, the prospectus is then published in two local Arabic daily newspapers at least five (5) days prior to commencement of the subscription. This is the invitation to the public offering.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The subscription must be kept open for no less than ten (10) days and no more than thirty (30) days, open to extension by an additional period of ten (10) days subject to SCA and the DED’s approvals.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A company issuing its shares in accordance with the share book-building mechanism shall enter into a contract with a financial advisor in order to carry out the IPO and for them to supervise the same. Such financial advisor shall have a number of roles, including presenting the company’s business to investors and ultimately setting the price of shares in the final prospectus after analysing the data from the book-building.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Companies issuing shares in an IPO process, and wishing to use the book-building process, must comply with the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">An application will be submitted to SCA using the form prepared for such purpose in order to obtain approval on book-building.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The company shall neither announce nor disclose, by any means whatsoever, its intention to issue or sell shares through the book-building process before obtaining SCA’s approval.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Not less than twenty percent (20%) of the subscription shares shall be offered to retail investors, and not less than sixty percent (60%) shall be offered to qualified investors, excluding newly established companies, in which case the subscription is restricted to qualified investors only.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Allocate to qualified investors, based upon the subscription applications submitted by them, any shares not subscribed by retail investors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The price set for retail investors may be discounted compared to the one set for qualified investors in accordance with disclosures made in the final prospectus.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Retail investors shall pay the full value of their subscribed shares upon subscription. Qualified investors may pay the value of their subscribed shares after allocation.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The allotment of shares and refund of the surplus funds must be made within five (5) working days from the date of the subscription. In the event that the subscription applications exceed the number of shares offered, the shares shall be distributed to subscribers proportionally to their subscribed amounts or as determined in the prospectus and approved by SCA, and the distribution shall be made to the nearest whole share.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">After the allocation has been made, the company must send the shareholders register to the UAE financial market (i.e. ADX or DFM) on which the shares will be listed.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The entities receiving the subscription keep the payments made by subscribers; in this regard any returns gained in relation thereto are for the account of the company under incorporation. The receiving entities will not deliver such amounts to the board of directors until the incorporation certificate has been issued and the company is registered before the commercial registrar at the DED.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em><img class=\"alignright wp-image-7998\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/shutterstock_589011317-1024x446.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"299\" />Fourth stage: incorporation announcement</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The company must announce an invitation to the subscribers to attend the constitutive general assembly meeting (after obtaining approval of SCA) to be held within fifteen (15) days from the date of the subscription closure. The agenda of the first constitutive general assembly must include certain matters prescribed by the SCA.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">If a quorum has not been met at the first meeting, the meeting must be held within five (5) to fifteen (15) days from the date of the first meeting, and the second meeting will be deemed to satisfy the legal quorum regardless of the number of the attendees.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Within ten (10) days from the date of the constitutive general assembly, the founders will submit an application to SCA, for issue of the incorporation certificate, and will enclose the documents stipulated under Article (133) of the Companies Law.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Afterwards, SCA issues the incorporation certificate within five (5) working days.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Fifth stage: registration before the competent authorities and SCA</em></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The board of directors of the newly incorporated company must complete the registration procedures before DED in anticipation of its listing in the financial market within ten (10) days from the date of issuance of the incorporation certificate.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The DED must then register the company before the commercial registrar and issue the company’s trade licence within five (5) working days.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Afterwards, the chairman of the board of directors of the newly incorporated company must, within five (5) working days from the date of issuance of the company’s trade licence, provide the AoA, MoA and company licence to the company registrar to register the company in the companies register.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Sixth stage: listing on UAE financial markets</em></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The board of directors of the newly incorporated company must, within fifteen (15) working days from the date of the company’s registration before the commercial registrar, list its shares on any of the UAE financial markets (i.e. ADX or DFM) and revert to such financial market with a listing request in accordance with the listing regulations adopted by SCA and the financial market on which the shares will be listed.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Newly converted public joint stock company</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Existing companies wishing to convert into public joint stock companies follow the same rules and steps applicable to newly established public joint stock companies except in relation to the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Companies wishing to convert into a public joint stock company are required to fulfil, amongst others, the following requirements:\r\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the value of the issued shares of the company wishing to convert has been paid in full;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the completion of at least two fiscal years prior to the application;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the company has realised, within the two financial years preceding the approval on the conversion application, net operational profits that are distributable to shareholders of no less than ten percent (10%) of the company’s capital as an average; and</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">a special resolution (depending on the legal form of the company and its constitutional documents, this should be passed by no less than three quarters of either: (i) the share capital of the company; or (ii) the shares being represented in a general assembly meeting) issued by the shareholders of the company approving its conversion into a public joint stock company.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The founders may sell by way of IPO up to thirty percent (30%) of its share capital. In this regard, the founders may not subscribe to the shares offered for public subscription.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The founders committee (to be established by way of a shareholders’ resolution) of the existing company that wishes to convert to a public joint stock company must draft a letter to SCA requesting a listing window reservation and confirming eligibility.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Afterwards, the founders committee applies to SCA for a public joint stock conversion accompanied by its shareholders’ resolution approving such conversion.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Simultaneously, the said company appoints, approves and forms the said founders committee.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Subsequently, the founders committee files with SCA the first draft of the local prospectus as well as the shareholders’ resolution of the existing company approving the conversion, a final draft of the IPO MoA and AoA, a business plan review, and a final real estate valuation report.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">SCA will examine the conversion application and filed documents and produce a decision on the request within a period of ten (10) working days.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">In case of approval of the conversion by SCA, the founders committee must announce the conversion and notify its shareholders and creditors (if any) of such conversion via written notice within a period of five (5) working days from the date of SCA’s approval.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Shareholders and/or creditors of the company are given a period of fifteen (15) working days to object to the conversion.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Afterwards, the company files with SCA a copy of the resolution and confirmation that the opposition period has expired. SCA forms a committee to evaluate the company assets. The process of this evaluation process is thirty (30) working days.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">A meeting between SCA and the DED is then held to examine the conversion application and its documents. The time for such procedure is five (5) working days.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">In case of final approval of the conversion application, SCA issues a licence to the company and such licensing decision is then published in the official gazette at the expense of the company founders.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The company then proceeds with the IPO and listing in the same manner as a newly established public joint stock company.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Regulatory architecture: overview of the regulators and key regulations</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The key regulators in the UAE in respect of the IPO process are the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) and the Department of Economic Development (DED). Additionally, and depending on the nature of the company’s business, the company may be required to obtain the approval of other relevant governmental authorities or regulators such as the Central Bank or the Insurance Authority in the UAE.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Other than the key regulators mentioned above and as part of the IPO process, the company is required to liaise with ADX or DFM for the listing of its shares and their offering to the public.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In addition to the Companies Law, one of the important regulations in respect of an IPO are the Companies Law, and the Chairman of SCA’s Resolution No. (11/R.M.) of 2016 governing public offering and issuance of shares of public joint stock companies.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Public company responsibilities</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Public joint stock companies are subject to a more refined governing structure in comparison to other legal forms of companies. The main differences manifest in the ‘corporate governance’ and the ‘disclosure and transparency’ regulations applicable to public joint stock companies.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Disclosure and transparency regulations</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Post the IPO, the company and its shareholders have additional disclosure and transparency obligations, which include restrictions on dealing with the securities of the company, notification obligations in relation to material developments affecting the company, restrictions on publishing certain data relating to the company and to provide SCA with copies of certain documents including financial reports, and details of general assemblies and resolutions.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Corporate governance regulations</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Public joint stock companies are obliged to follow separate regulations for corporate governance in addition to those specified in the Companies Law. Such set of corporate governance regulations can be found in SCA’s Resolution No. (7/R.M.) of 2016 concerning the standards of institutional discipline and governance of public joint stock companies (\"CGR\"). These include, amongst other obligations (i) that the company is obliged to obtain approval from its shareholders and maintain records of transactions that take place with related parties, (ii) all shares issued in the company must be in the same class with equal rights attached to them, (iii) the AoA and internal by-laws of the company should include controls to protect shareholders’ rights, and (iv) the company must have internal control systems to ensure compliance with corporate governance rules.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The company is also obliged to issue a ‘Corporate Governance Report’, which has to provide details of all remuneration and compensation paid to the board; such report must be available to the shareholders prior to the annual general meeting.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Potential risks, liabilities and pitfalls</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Given that the IPO is a simple and straightforward process, there should be no potential legal risks, liabilities or pitfalls with regards to undertaking the IPO process should the above-mentioned procedures be thoroughly followed and all governmental approvals obtained. This is notwithstanding any risks, liabilities and pitfalls related to the business of the company itself or any market risks occurring during the IPO process. However, any negligence on the part of the company or its advisors may expose the company and its founders to risk. The IPO is a lengthy and detailed process that needs to be dealt with by advisors who are experienced in the field of IPOs, in order for them to handle the requirements and ensure compliance with all regulations in an efficient manner and minimise any risk to the company and its founders.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Acknowledgment</em></p>\r\n<em>The authors would like to thank Sarah Tomy and Anna Robinson for their invaluable assistance in the preparation of this chapter.</em>'),
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(223152, 7937, 'content', '<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The new DIFC Companies Law is expected to come into force in August / September 2018. The new law will make a number of major changes to the rules governing DIFC-established companies, including:</p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the removal of the category of limited liability companies (as an option to the company limited by shares) and the introduction of differing regulatory requirements imposed on private and public companies respectively; and</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">the introduction of more detailed and explicit provisions imposing and regulating directors’ duties.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-7968\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" />This article concerns the most innovative feature of the new law, the introduction of a legal framework for corporate schemes of arrangement.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A scheme of arrangement is a process which empowers companies to enter an array of binding arrangements and agreements with its shareholders and/or creditors as classes. Where an arrangement is supported by 75% of the relevant classes of creditors or shareholders, the Court has power to sanction it and to bind all the stakeholders, including any dissenting minority. Schemes of arrangement are used extensively in England and in other common law jurisdictions, so it is a welcome innovation for DIFC companies.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The legal process for schemes of arrangement was originally developed in England but the new DIFC provisions are closely modelled on Jersey law, which is less detailed and prescriptive than the legislation now applying in England and Wales. The DIFC provisions relating to compromises and arrangements can be found in Articles 124 to 126 of the new Companies Law.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>How are Schemes Commonly Used?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Schemes of arrangement are extremely flexible and the legislation does not restrict the form or content of the compromise or arrangement. Here are a number of examples of how schemes have been employed successfully in the UK:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\"><strong>Reducing debt and carrying out debt for equity swaps</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Sometimes, a scheme of arrangement can be used to reduce the value of claims from both secured and unsecured creditors. Debt reduction can occur as part of a compromise, where creditors agree to accept a pro-rated percentage of the total debt so the company can continue to be viable. Often, in these circumstances, a creditor will ‘swap’ some of its debt in the company for equity in a new holding company. This reduces the debt of the operating company, allows it to continue trading and provides for a cash injection into the new holding company.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>For example, in the Countrywide plc case, the company had issued senior secured loan notes worth £470 million which were reduced to £175 million and the holder of the senior secured loan notes agreed to inject capital into a new holding company in return for 35% of the equity in that company. In addition, it was agreed to convert unsecured loan notes worth £170 million to 5% of equity in the new holding company. The proposal was supported by the majority of the loan note holders and so the court approved the agreement.</em></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><em><strong>An alternative to liquidation</strong></em></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Schemes can also be used as an alternative to a formal liquidation process. The terms of the scheme will prescribe a distribution of the company’s assets between the creditors. 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The Court approved the proposed scheme, thereby allowing Cape plc to create a subsidiary company to deal with all present and future claims, effectively ring-fencing the rest of the Cape group from the disruptive effect of the claims.</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Takeovers</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Schemes of arrangement are used in the UK as an alternative way to implement a company takeover rather than following the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers Takeover Regulations (\"UK Takeover Regulations\"). Consent is only required from 75% of the shareholders for all shareholders to be bound and liable to compulsory acquisition; whereas 90% of the shareholders are required to consent under the UK Takeover Regulations to achieve a ‘squeeze-out’.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">An example of this in practice is the case of TDG plc. There the company applied for an order under the Companies Act 2006 sanctioning a scheme of arrangement, the object of which was to facilitate the acquisition of shares in the company by a buyer. A minority shareholder opposed the approval of the scheme. The scheme was approved by the court as reasonable so all shareholders were bound to transfer their shares to the acquiring company.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The provisions of the old DIFC Companies law in respect of takeovers contain the same threshold to that of the UK Takeover Regulations (consent of 90% of the shareholders). The introduction of the New Law will enable all shareholders to be bound by the arrangement with only the consent of 75% of the shareholders. This is likely to facilitate takeovers in the DIFC, particularly in circumstances where there are dissenting or ‘lost’ shareholders. The provisions can also be used to implement a ‘squeeze-out’.</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Demergers</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">In the case of BGEO Group plc the applicant company applied for the court to sanction a scheme of arrangement to split its investment business from its banking business. The scheme involved the insertion of a new holding company and, once the scheme had taken effect, the demerger of the group’s two businesses. The new holding company would undertake a swap reduction of capital for the purpose of demerging the investment business. The shareholder agreed to swap their shares in the applicant company for shares in the new holding company on a one-for-one basis.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><img class=\"wp-image-8072 alignright\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DIFC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"414\" /></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Benefits to companies incorporated in the DIFC</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The new provisions will open up wide range of flexible options for restructuring debt or equity. In certain scenarios, additional requirements of the DIFC companies law will also need to be taken into account, in particular the rules governing any return of capital to shareholders, so there may need to be parallel compliance.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>What types of compromises or arrangements will be approved?</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Subject to the required formalities and approvals, schemes can be used to bind all shareholders of the relevant class(es) of creditors and/or shareholders to almost any type of reorganisation. Nothing in the new law limits the subject matter of a scheme. In theory a scheme could be a compromise or arrangement between a company and its creditors or shareholders about anything which they can properly agree amongst themselves.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">However, a scheme must be a ‘genuine’ and ‘effective’ arrangement or compromise. This means that the shareholders and creditors of the company which participate in the scheme must obtain some advantage in compensation for the scheme’s alteration of their pre-scheme rights entitlements.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>The procedure</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">For a company to obtain a sanctioned compromise or arrangement in accordance with the New Law, the following steps will need to be undertaken:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The person proposing the scheme of arrangement must seek a court order to convene creditor and/or shareholder meetings (as relevant) in order to vote on the proposed scheme;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">The notice calling for the meeting whether by letter or advertisement, must include a statement containing details of; (i) the effect of the proposed compromise or arrangements, (ii) material interests of the directors of the company in the arrangement, (iii) if any debentures have been issued by the company how the arrangement or compromise would affect the rights of the debenture holders; and (iv) any other matter which would have a material impact on the company, its creditors and shareholder.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Compromise or arrangement schemes require approval by at least 75% in value of each class of the creditors who vote on the compromise or arrangements or the holders of 75% of the voting rights of the shareholders or class of shareholders, as the case may be, present and voting either in person or by proxy at the meeting;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">After the scheme has been approved by the shareholders or creditor, it must then be sanctioned by the court;</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Any interested shareholder or creditor can be represented when the court considers the application to sanction the scheme, and may argue for or against the sanctioning of the scheme.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">A copy of the court order must then be sent to the Registrar and the Registrar will ensure that a copy of the court order is included in the company’s articles of association.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Applications for a scheme of arrangement can be made by the company, a creditor or shareholder or in the case of a company being wound up its liquidator.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The introduction of schemes of arrangement in the DIFC paves the way to greater flexibility in implementing a range of sophisticated deals within the DIFC from equity swaps, to demergers, to corporate turnarounds.</p>\r\n<em>Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s Corporate and Commercial team regularly advises on restructuring and take over arrangements. 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The new visa regime will also include five-year residency visas for students who are studying in the UAE and up to 10 years for ‘exceptional students’.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>2. 100% Foreign Business Ownership</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In a strategic move to boost the economy and attract global investments, it was announced that the UAE will allow foreign investors in specific sectors to wholly own their businesses by the end of 2018.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Currently, the only way that foreigners could own up to 100% of a business was through one of the various Free Zones in the UAE; otherwise, the ceiling for foreign ownership in mainland UAE was 49%.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Whilst it has not yet been decided as to which sectors will benefit from the announcement, we believe that the decision will be linked to factors such as job creation and significant investments relating to advanced technology and artificial intelligence.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">From these breakthrough decisions, it is clear to see that the UAE governments are working hard to maintain their title of global leader and the \"business hub\" for foreign investment. It is well documented that the UAE never does things by half and therefore not surprisingly, the exciting announcements did not stop there…</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>More Action to Reduce Business Costs</strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Waiver of Corporate Fines</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">On 29 May 2018, Dubai’s Department of Economic Development (\"DED\") drew attention to Decree No. 20 of 2018, which exempts companies that operate in the Emirate from paying all fines imposed on them, and which facilitates the renewal of licences. HE Sami Al Qamzi, the Director General of Dubai’s DED, noted that ‘[the Decree] will add to the financial benefits of the owners of expired business licenses, restore legal records and licenses, and help the business community in Dubai enhance their competitiveness.’</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Subsequent press reports from 9 June 2018 indicated that the waiver of fines applies to fines that have been issued before 14 April 2018. Businesses that have received fines since then can pay the amounts owing in instalments by arrangement with the DED. The press reports also noted that businesses have until the end of 2018 to renew their licences to operate in Dubai.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Abu Dhabi’s DED announced similar exemptions ‘for establishments whose licences have expired for more than 24 months from paying the delayed and accumulated fees’. HE Mohammed Munif Al Mansoori, the Chief Executive of Abu Dhabi Business Centre, emphasised that the exemptions apply to all establishments regardless of their size or type. The exemptions are valid in all three of the main regions of the Emirate - Abu Dhabi, Al Dhafra and Al Ain.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Going the Extra Mile</strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>3 Year AED 50bn Stimulus Package</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Executive Committee of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council discussed a three-year AED50 billion (US$13,624 million) economic stimulus initiative.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed announced the plans for the project, which aims to support Abu Dhabi’s economic development by introducing ten key initiatives; some of which are detailed below:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Abu Dhabi Office Space Exemption: All new business enterprises that register in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi will be exempt from the requirement of having an office or workspace in the Emirate for two years.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Boosting Growth and Competitiveness: There will be a variety of new public-private partnerships in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi: ‘The initiatives marked for 3Q18 also include encouraging and organising local production and supporting SMEs to boost their competitiveness locally and regionally, in addition to the issuance of dual licenses for companies in Abu Dhabi Free Zones to enable them to work outside the free zones and to participate in government tenders’.</li>\r\n 	<li dir=\"LTR\">Instant Licences: ‘During the last quarter of 2018, the Executive Committee will roll out its plan for the implementation of instant licensing systems in most commercial license types and all services provided by the Government, in addition to the review of building regulations for the infrastructure, residential properties, commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the developmental requirements and community facilities of other residential areas in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra’.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">As expected, these initiatives have created a huge media buzz in the country, with all sorts of opinions and questions being asked about what it all means for the future. While this largely remains to be seen, what really matters is that the governments are now acting decisively to address the biggest problem for most establishments in the UAE.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">This is at a time that the high costs of doing business in Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been boosted by the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) from the beginning of 2018.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><img class=\"alignright wp-image-8000\" src=\"http://www.tamimi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"449\" /></strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Hype and Hard Numbers: the UAE was already a competitive country</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">These announcements are remarkable for two reasons. One is that so many of them have been made in a short period of time by the governments of the UAE, namely in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The other is that conventional wisdom already sees the UAE as having a (very) competitive business environment in both a regional and a global context. A lot of positive publicity has, for instance, been generated by Expo 2020, which will take place in Dubai.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The hype is supported by hard numbers. In May 2018, the Lausanne-based Institute for International Management Development (IMD - a leading business school) published its 2018 World Competitiveness Ranking. The UAE is currently in seventh place overall (between Denmark and Norway), having been in 10th place in 2017. The UAE is ranked second of the 63 countries assessed in terms of business efficiency (after Hong Kong), third in terms of economic performance (after the United States and mainland China), and fourth for government efficiency (after Hong Kong, Switzerland and Singapore). The UAE is also the only GCC country whose ranking in terms of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) calculated by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has clearly improved over the last five years. In 2012-13, the UAE was ranked at 24/144. In 2017-18, the country’s position had advanced to 17/137</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Addressing the main problem, and ensuring a legacy beyond Expo 2020</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A clue as to why the UAE’s governments are taking these steps now comes from that part of the WEF’s research, which deals with the most problematic factors for doing business, in the opinion of the various companies that were surveyed. In most of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the key challenges are restrictive labour regulations and lack of access to finance. Lack of finance was the most serious problem in the UAE. However, inflation – a minor challenge in the other GCC countries - came in as a close second.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The impact of inflation depends on two factors. One is the rate of change of prices in the basket of goods and services that is being considered. The other is the base from which prices are rising. In the case of the UAE, that base is already high by global standards. In the Cost of Living survey compiled by consultancy Mercer in mid 2017, Dubai and Abu Dhabi were, respectively, the 19th and 22nd most expensive cities for expatriates. The survey covered 209 cities. The UAE’s two main cities are, for expatriates, about as costly as San Francisco (21st) and more expensive than London (29th).</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>To watch</strong></p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">While it is fair to say that the particulars of the announcements are not yet known; what we can rely on is the fact that the UAE has an excellent track record of following through in delivering their promises, meaning that investors and talented individuals alike should expect positive news in the near future.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">We believe that the key measure of success of the initiatives will be linked to the number of new enterprises that are incorporated in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the future. With the array of incentives such as long term visas and reductions in set-up fees, it is hard to see why people would not jump at the chance of doing business in the region.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">For now, observers in the rest of the world will focus on the UAE like never before when Expo 2020 comes to Dubai. The latest announcements should have a positive impact on perceptions and the realities of the UAE’s economy.</p>\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Over the long-term, the governments will do whatever it takes to maintain the competitiveness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi in a regional, and indeed global, context. The UAE’s economy should continue to flourish and diversify long after Expo 2020.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s Corporate Structuring team regularly advises on new changes taking place. For further information please contact Samer Qudah, s.qudah@tamimi.com.</em></p>'),
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