The Bench advised the award-winning podcast production company Finyal Media on its acquisition by the Jordanian podcast and media company...

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 rankings have just been released and two of the Bench's Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) team (Joby...

In recent weeks, there has been a lot of media attention on what appears to be a significant development from a regional standpoint –...

Further to our earlier update on the controversial split between the Sport & Entertainment practice areas, the newly formed Who's Who...

The long-anticipated UAE federal level data protection law (The Law No. (45) of 2021 on Protection of Personal Data (“Law”)) was...

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...

In what has been described as the legal publication equivalent of the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston divorce, long term partners 'Sports...

This article was first published in the October 2021 edition of The Oath Middle East Law Journal for Corporates. Rosalind Rayman and...

The Oath Middle East Legal Awards has announced the 2021 finalists and we are chuffed that The Bench is in the running for awards in our...

Earlier this year, the Central Bank of the UAE issued new Outsourcing Regulations for Banks (Circular No. 14/2021) ("Regulations") and...

A re-formatted version of this article first appeared in the Lexis-Nexis Middle East Law Alert in August 2021. Unlike the pan-national...

The Bench recently advised Beside Group on the launch of the first Diesel e-commerce store in the region; a key milestone in Beside’s...

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...

This article first appeared in the December 2020 edition of The Oath Middle East Law Journal As the use and scope of digital payments...

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

Entertainment For the second year running, the prestigious Who's Who Legal recommends only one entertainment lawyer in the entire Gulf...