UAE: Dubai

To provide an encouraging environment for companies to flourish, in 2012 the UAE enacted a new competition law, Federal Law No 4 (the Competition Law). It came into effect on February 23, 2013. WHOM DOES IT AFFECT? Ostensibly, the Competition Law applies to all entities operating in the UAE, and to those operating abroad whose activities affect...

Enrolment in private schools has risen by 103% over the last decade, at an average annual growth rate of 6.2%, while adding 17,981 students between the 2011 and 2012 school years alone, according to the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), a local government institution tasked with regulating Dubai’s private education system....

As the domestic health care sector continues to grow, Dubai has become a home to some of the sector’s most cutting edge innovations and the regional centre for many companies that are developing and delivering these technologies. Not only does the emirate boast a range of private hospitals and clinics, but the government has made information and...

In 2013 Dubai’s government announced the framework of its plan to become the centre of the global Islamic economy. The scale of this cannot be underestimated. The aggregate GDP of Islamic countries worldwide is more than $8trn, added to which will be significant Islamic business elsewhere. The plan includes a number of elements from Islamic...

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