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UAE overhauls legal framework for medicines, medical devices and health consumer products, and opens an avenue for direct trading on an exceptional basis

February 25, 2020 by Hani Naja, Ghada El Ehwany and Els Janssens 2 Mins Read

On 19 December 2019, the UAE government adopted a new federal law which replaces Law No. 4 of 1983 on the Pharmacy Professional and Pharmaceutical Establishments and Law No. 20 of 1995 on the Drugs and Products. Law No. 8 of 2019 on Medical Products, Pharmacy Profession and Pharmaceutical Establishments (the new Law) aims to consolidate and modernise the legal framework under which medical products are placed on the UAE market. The new Law applies…

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February 18, 2020 by Ghada El Ehwany, Sameh Dahroug and Kamel Diab 4 Mins Read

Private sector investments in the education industry in Egypt are of paramount importance. Over the past decade, we…

Saudi Arabia regulates E-Commerce

February 16, 2020 by Zahi Younes 2 Mins Read

What has changed? The Ministry of Commerce and Investment in Saudi Arabia (MoCI) adopted the Implementing Regulations of…

New regulations to aid setting up and doing business in the DMCC

February 11, 2020 by Omar Momany, Rony Eid and Hazem Hebaishi 4 Mins Read

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) Authority has recently issued new rules and regulations (the New Regulations) to…

February 10, 2020 by Dr. Habib Al Mulla, Mazen Boustany, Amir Alkhaja and Ali Dakhlallah 4 Mins Read

The UAE has pioneered a new insolvency regime for individuals or natural persons with the issuance of the…

UAE judgments now enforceable in India

February 6, 2020 by Sandeep Puri, Amir Alkhaja, Andrew Mackenzie and Sally Kotb 2 Mins Read

As you may have seen in the press over the last couple of weeks, there has been a…

Baker McKenzie Middle East and Africa Digital Tax Seminar – Register Now!

December 19, 2019 by Reggie Mezu, Jan Snel, Mirko Marinć and Kate Alexander 2 Mins Read

The taxation of the digital economy is one of the focus areas of the OECD’s BEPS project, and…