ALB Virtual UAE In-House Legal Summit 2021

The ALB Virtual UAE In-House Legal Summit 2021 was a live virtual event held on October 27, 2021, organized by Thomson Reuters Corporation Pte Ltd. The summit focused on the UAE's post-COVID economic transformation, highlighting the nation's highest creditworthiness rating in the region, the historic UAE-Israel Peace Agreement, and the reopening of GCC borders. It also emphasized the UAE government's legal reforms aimed at enhancing the ease of doing business, positioning the country as an attractive investment destination for global investors.

Key topics covered during the summit included amendments to the Commercial Companies Law (CCL), the new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Law and its opportunities for investors, and the normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE, assessing new business opportunities. Other sessions addressed strengthening arbitration and dispute resolution competencies for corporate counsel, contract management in the post-COVID uncertain landscape, adapting corporate governance and policies to the post-COVID workplace, and implementing the UAE National Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Law.

The event featured notable speakers such as Raghvendra Verma, Group Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at iSON Xperiences; Sonja Dunne, Senior Legal Counsel at Reckitt Benckiser; Mohamed Elmogy, Lead Counsel for Middle East and North East Africa at Siemens Energy; Yasser Aboismail, General Counsel and Compliance Officer for MENA at Schindler Group; Yosr Hamza, Director of Legal Affairs for the Middle East at Gartner; Saira Nishtar, Chief Counsel MENAP at Mondelēz International; Asim Habib, Senior Legal Counsel and Integrity Officer for Middle East and East Africa at AB B; Gaurav Mediratta, Group General Counsel at Landmark Group; and Alona Gorodetska, Sole Regional Legal Counsel (Storage) – EAME-APA at McDermott International in Dubai.

The summit was tailored for Chief Legal Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, CEOs, Company Secretaries, General Counsel, Corporate Counsel, In-House Counsel, and senior professionals responsible for legal affairs, company and contract law, corporate governance, corporate affairs, legal risk management, compliance, regulatory affairs, and commercial and enforcement counsel.