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Radio interview: Protecting private information
Sara Khoja and Takamasa Makita, senior associates, speak with Dubai Eye on employers and employees holding personal information, and the responsibilities involved for both parties in ensuring this information remains private and safe, discussing the diferent rulings across the region.
Radio interview: BAA and Unite dispute
Clyde & Co employment partner Steve Blunt talks to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on the subject of the BAA and Unite dispute, which threatens to cause havoc across all six of BAAs airports nationwide.
Marine Casualty: "MSC CHITRA"
The "MSC CHITRA", a 1980 built fully cellular containership of 38,352 dwt and 33,113 gt was in collision with the 1985 bulk carrier "KAHLIJIA 3" off Mumbai on Saturday 7th August 2010.
Radio interview: Maritime piracy
Chris Mills, a partner in the Middle East dispute resolution group of Clyde & Co, speaks with Dubai Eye on maritime piracy covering the Somalian pirates and the intricacies and difficulties the authorities face in actually stopping the pirate activity, as well as covering payments and the financial side of piracy in general.
Clyde & Co adds 'leading IP lawyer' to Middle East practice
Law firm Clyde & Co LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of partner Joycia Young into its Middle East Intellectual Property (IP) group. Joycia's principal areas of practice are intellectual property and franchising; her arrival enhances and further entrenches the firm's dominant market position in this area by combining two of the region's leading practices.
Clyde & Co advises Zulekha Hospitals Group on Indian and Middle East expansion
Clyde & Co has advised the Zulekha Hospitals Group on obtaining a USD 24 million convertible loan facility from the IFC (a member of the World Bank Group), and on a major restructuring of the Group's affairs in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent region.
Radio interview: corporate governance in the UAE
Hamish Walton, a partner in the corporate team for Clyde & Co in the Middle East talks with Dubai Eye about corporate governance in the Middle East, how the market has changed in recent years and the implications of not following the law correctly.
Clyde & Co increases strength of Middle East expertise
Clyde & Co announced today the arrival of Martin Davies as a partner, joining from Howard Kennedy where he headed the firm’s specialist International Group. Martin, who has also been the elected Chairman of global legal network LAW for a number of years, will be based London but will have a key strategic role, focusing initially on the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as North America. This brings the firm’s lateral partner hires in the last 14 months to 27.
