The Chambers & Partners Global FinTech Guide 202 5  has just been released and the Bench has retained both its individual ranking (for...

Introduction On 22 July 2024, during his 3rd State of the Nation Address, the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.,...

Written by Kelly Tymburski and Afaf Alubaidi A New Regulatory and Licensing Framework In a groundbreaking and long-awaited development,...

On 14th October 2023, an update to the Executive Regulations to the Consumer Protection Law (Federal Law No. 15 of 2020 on Consumer...

The Bench is delighted to announce that TMT specialist Salio De Sousa has joined the firm. Salio is an ex-software engineer, and a city...

Chambers and Partners is the leading independent professional legal research company operating across 200 jurisdictions. Since its...

The Chambers & Partners Global FinTech Guide 2023 has been released and The Bench has been placed in a league (band) of its own. The...

Since 1991, Legal 500 has been providing readers with an annually updated, impartial, third-party opinion on the leading law firms and...

The Chambers & Partners Global FinTech Guide 2022 has just been released and The Bench is the only law firm in the UAE that has been...

Following on from our other free zone blogs on SHAMS and IFZA, we now look at another free zone offering in Dubai - Nook. Nook launched...

The Bench FZE today announced that it advised Athens based VentureFriends on the successful investment in the UAE based online mortgage...

The Bench was recently awarded 'Rising Law Firm of the Year' at Thomson Reuter's inaugural Asian Legal Business Middle East Law Awards...

Thomson Reuters recently launched the inaugural ALB Middle East Law Awards 2021. These prestigious awards recognise the excellence and...

The Chambers & Partners Global rankings have just been released and the Bench's Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) team has now been...

The 2021 Chambers & Partners FinTech rankings have just been released and we are delighted to have gained another individual ranking for...

There is a huge variety of options for setting up a business in the United Arab Emirates - including onshore and in free zones such as...

The Bench FZE today announced it has welcomed Peter Hansen to its team of legal consultants. Peter has over 20 years’ experience across a...

5 March 2018, United Arab Emirates – The Bench FZE today announced it advised co-founders Matthew Benjamin and James Siggers on their UAE...

Sharjah (one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates for the benefit of our international clients) is undergoing a period of...

The Bench advised MSS Kits on its new 4 year partnership agreement worth US$10m with Excelerate Performance based in Connecticut, USA. ...