In the first week of March, my phone did not stop ringing. A family from London wanted to know whether they could pause the installments on their off-plan villa. A long-time tenant asked whether her landlord could still raise the rent. A developer client wanted to understand exactly what it could, and could not, say […]
The UAE’s biggest telecom company, e&, has sold part of its stake in Careem back to Uber. Here’s what happened, why it makes sense, and why 2032 is the date everyone should be watching. If you’ve ever ordered lunch through Careem or used it to book a ride across Dubai (I am sure that counts […]
Few areas of legal practice expose the gap between intention and execution as starkly as succession planning. Since the inception of the modern world, families accumulated wealth across multiple jurisdictions, conducted business through layered corporate structures, and lived international lives. Yet when it comes to passing that wealth to the next generation, many rely on […]
THE MEASURE OF A JURISDICTION There is a legal motto, long recognized in Anglo-American jurisprudence, that the true character of a legal system is revealed not in times of calm but in times of crisis. By that measure, the United Arab Emirates and Dubai have offered the world a masterclass in institutional integrity. As regional […]
What Lawyers and Their Clients Need to Know Right Now The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, long marketed to global investors as an island of stability in a turbulent neighborhood erupted in conflict during the last days of February 2026. Starting on February 28, joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran triggered a massive retaliatory Iranian campaign […]
I have been playing the field for over 20 years advising clients across a multitude of jurisdictions dealing with the full spectrum of service quality. The patterns in the CSP industry are remarkably consistent. They all have one thing in common: every corporate service provider will tell you they are responsive. Few actually are. What […]
Bitcoin proved the concept, but the Stablecoins are winning the war. When Bitcoin launched in 2009, it demonstrated that digital scarcity could exist without central authority. For the first time in history, value could be transferred peer-to-peer without intermediaries. This was revolutionary but also fundamentally limited as back in the day, Bitcoin’s volatility made it […]
For over two decades, my professional life has been built on contracts, negotiations, and the unmistakable rustle of legal pads. My world was one of face-to-face meetings, firm handshakes, and conference calls that required pressing multiple buttons on a landline. I watched as the email replaced the fax, as social media disrupted industries, and as […]
What if every drive brought you closer to owning property? In the UAE, that vision is becoming reality through a new initiative that turns fuel purchases into fractional real estate ownership. What if your daily commute could quietly build a property portfolio? That’s the premise behind a recent initiative in the UAE that turns routine […]
In recent years, the global financial system has been undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. What once revolved around physical cash, paper records, and centralized intermediaries is increasingly being reshaped by digital networks, code, and new legal constructs. In late 2025, this shift became unmistakable when three major economic powers, the United Kingdom, the United […]
