The United Arab Emirates has recently witnessed a revolutionary step taken by the legislators to codify a full comprehensive law of arbitration. During Dubai Arbitration week, that took place during mid- November, arbitrators and legal counsel from all over the UAE got a chance to fully realize and discuss how the new Arbitration law, Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 (the “New Arbitration Law”), is going to impact the practical

What is commercial agency? Commercial agency is an arrangement where one party (the principal) appoints another as an agent for the sale of its products or services. A foreign company who does not want to acquire license in the United Arab Emirates but want to carry out business in the region through minimal investment may opt to appoint a commercial agent to be able to sell its products and services in the UAE. In UAE, commercial