Lexis® Middle East Law – your trusted advisor for the region

Lexis Middle East Law: your single point of access to the laws of the Gulf region in English and Arabic, as well as practical guidance, legal commentary, cases and news from across the Middle East.

Combining the global expertise of LexisNexis and the regional experience of SADER Legal Publishing, the Lexis

Middle East Law service is the definitive research tool for both lawyers in practice and in-house in the Middle East.

Now with one GCC-wide team on the ground, we ensure consistency across our high quality English and Arabic translations, while our research team is always at your disposal to guarantee you have around the clock access to the documents you need.

Increase your efficiency with instant access to trusted information on Lexis Middle East Law

For more information: email: servicedesk@lexisnexis.com or call: +31 (0) 20 485 34 56

Expanded laws across the Gulf regionLexis Middle East Laws now covers all the main public laws across:

UAE Federal plus the laws of all 7 Emirates and key UAE FreezonesQatarSaudi ArabiaOmanKuwait

All laws are updated following the release of the latest official gazette index or Umm al Qura for KSA. 

Work with fully amended legislationWe show you exactly what has been amended and provide you with consolidated versions of laws in English and Arabic.  The service includes a wide range of legislation including cabinet and ministerial decisions, decrees, executive council decisions, administrative decisions and implementing regulations.

Understand the laws through our expert commentary and practical guidanceFor the first time in the region, Lexis Middle East Law has published a dozen annotated guides to the major UAE codes, including the Civil Code, the Labour Code and the Commercial Companies Code.  These respected texts will become the cornerstone of your legal research and are complemented by our practical guidance making sense of the most commonly asked questions across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Be the first to hear of legal news and developments through our  daily news with personalized email alert service, weekly alert, news service and magazineOur bilingual editorial team reviews over 300 regional newspapers, magazines and websites (including regulatory bodies and government agencies) on a daily basis to bring you the latest legal news and developments. The home page of the Lexis Middle East Law service lists the latest legal news by country and you can also set up personalised email alerts on specific practice areas. Be the first to hear about new or draft laws in the pipeline.

Find related cases Thousands of case decisions from the UAE Courts, DIFC Courts and Qatar International Court & Dispute Resolution Centre are listed by topic and linked to relevant legislation. You have the option to ‘find related cases’ at an individual article level and can also request full court judgments that have not yet been uploaded onto the service. Lexis Middle East Law includes cases from the Dubai Court of Cassation, Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation, DIFC Courts, and QFC Civil and Commercial Court.

Get your hands on the latest official gazettes and laws quicklyWith a dedicated research team on the ground in UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and strong relationships with all relevant governmental bodies – including the Ministry of Justice – we obtain copies of the latest official gazettes and new laws, and upload English translations within days of official release.

Cut your translation costsWith a dedicated legal translation team based in the UAE and Lebanon, we provide quality English translations. Our partners, SADER Legal Publishers, are the leading Arab legal publisher (established in 1863) and the preferred translators of the Ministry of Justice in the UAE and the Ministry of Justice in Lebanon. SADER holds the largest collection of Arab laws in the Middle East. SADER has a thorough and robust translation process, which ensures both high quality and consistent translations throughout the region.  Only Lexis Middle East Law can guarantee its translations are all from one team of translators – giving you confidence in the translations you use on a daily basis.

Call upon a dedicated research teamIf you can’t find the law or case you are looking for or need to get back to a client quickly, you can use our ‘request a document’ service, which is free of charge to subscribers. With a dedicated research and translation team in Dubai, Beirut and London – we’ll help you find the document you need in Arabic or English. We can often deliver requested documents within 24 – 48 hours, subject to the complexity of the request.

A) LEGISLATION*

UAE Federal LawsAbu Dhabi LawsDubai LawsSharjah LawsRas Al Khaimah LawsFujairah LawsAjman LawsUm Al Quwain LawsUAE International Treaties*NEW* Official Gazette and Umm Al Qura (KSA) indexes*NEW* Saudi Arabian Laws*NEW* Qatari Laws*NEW* Kuwaiti Laws*NEW* Omani LawsUAE Freezone Regulations (including DIFC, DFSA, Jebel Ali, Dubai Airport, Fujirah Creative City Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah, TECOM and DMCC)Lebanese Laws

B) CASES

UAE Federal Supreme CourtDubai Court of CassationAbu Dhabi Court of CassationDubai International Financial Centre CourtsQFC Civil and Commercial Court

C) COMMENTARY

SADER UAE Annotated Arbitration CodeSADER UAE Annotated Banking Code*NEW* Sader UAE Annotated Civil Transactions Code

SADER UAE Annotated Commercial Agency CodeSADER UAE Annotated Commercial CodeSADER UAE Annotated Commercial Companies CodeSADER UAE Annotated Copyright Code*NEW* Sader UAE Annotated Insurance CodeSADER UAE Annotated Labor CodeSADER UAE Annotated Maritime CodeSADER UAE Annotated Real Estate & Construction Code – Coming Soon!SADER UAE Annotated Trademark CodeSADER Business in SaudiDoing Business in OmanDoing Business in QatarDoing Business in KuwaitIslamic Finance (Encyclopaedia of Banking Law) Islamic Finance (Fuller: The Law & Practice of International Capital Markets) Middle East Region (International Financial Markets Guide) Middle East Region (Whillans Worldwide Taxes) Sharia Compliant Real Estate (Real Estate Finance: Law Regulation and Practice)

D) CURRENT AWARENESS AND JOURNALS

Daily updated Middle East legal news (Over 300 regional sources) Middle East newspapers

“ The hardest thing is to track down laws. Names can change with different translation versions, and you aren’t always sure if laws you read about are the ones you already know about.”

Dubai Customer Advisory Board

Subscribers to Lexis Middle East Law have access to:

With Lexis Middle East Law:

• Stay on top of official gazette releases, draft laws in the pipeline, and legal developments from across the Middle East through our daily news update, drawn from 300 regional sources

• Work with fully amended, consolidated and cross referenced GCC laws in English and Arabic

• Refer to related full case judgments and headnotes from the UAE courts, as well as the Dubai International Financial

Centre Courts and the Qatar International Court & Dispute Resolution Centre

• Use our extensive online library of legal commentary and practical guidance on areas including arbitration, restructuring, project finance and energy

• Ask our dedicated translation and research team to help you find the document you are looking for

(Arabic and English)Arab government news agencies and regulatory bodiesNewsletters from regional law firms International Legal Journals Index International Legal News Personalised email alert service

E) PRACTICAL GUIDANCE

*NEW* MIDDLE EAST CORPORATE COUNSEL ADVISOR

Easy to read – Specially commissioned Q&A style guidance from across the MENA region written by top law firms, including Norton Rose Fulbright, Clyde & Co, Hogan Lovell, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, ASAR Al Ruwayeh & Partners, Eversheds, Nabulsi & Associates, Bahrain Centre for Dispute Resolution, Qatar International Court & Dispute Resolution Centre, Decherts, Amereller, Atieh Associates, Sultan Al- Abudulla & Partners.Covering: Arbitration, Employment, Real Estate, Construction, Anti-Corruption, Corporate Immigration, Project Finance

GETTING THE DEAL THROUGH

Additional practical guidance also covering the region is supplied on Air Transport, Anti-Money Laundering, Banking Regulation, Corporate Governance, Dispute Resolution, Foreign Investment, Merger Control, Restructuring & Insolvency, Telecoms and Media.

LexisNexis

International legal solutions provider LexisNexis have a long history of supporting the Legal & Accounting professions and providing solutions for government bodies and corporate clients. LexisNexis originally pioneered online legal information and news with its Lexis and Nexis services. A member of Reed Elsevier, LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with more than 15,000 employees worldwide.

SADER

Established in 1863 in Lebanon, SADER Publishers are the oldest and largest legal publisher in the region and authors of the first digital UAE law compendium.  SADER are the suppliers of the specialist case, legislative and UAE legal commentary material on Lexis® Middle East Law. This well trusted supplier was invited to build and operate a specialised website and circulate legal publications for the UAE Ministry of Justice – and brings this specialist knowledge of the laws of the UAE to the service.

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