Recent Amendments in UAE Laws – Share Pledge and Executions against Partners

Introduction Pledging of shares is a very important topic for financial institutions and banks all around the world. It also has significance importance for foreign investors in United Arab Emirates (UAE). Until recently, the pledge over shares of onshore Limited Liability companies of UAE have been a very debatable topic during the application of Commercial […]

New Government rules in Commercial Company Law of UAE

Introduction-Commercial Company Law There has been New Government Rules issued by the authority recently, The Provisions are related to “Related Parties”, “Insiders”, and “Conflict of Interest”. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview between the New Government Rules and Commercial Company Law. To suffice the purpose of this article, let us first […]

New Commercial Company Law & LLC

The New Commercial Companies Law of United Arab Emirates (UAE) that is Federal Law No. 2 of 2015 became effective from July 1, 2015 replacing the old Federal Law No. 8 of 1984. The objective of the new law is to regulate the companies in UAE as per international norms related to governance rules, the […]