On April 30, CLDP led a roundtable and focus group on government tendering in cooperation with Bahrain Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (MOICT), Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), AmCham Bahrain and several government contracting agencies to discuss the governments draft...

From April 29-30, CLDP conducted a workshop in Manama, Bahrain in coordination with Bahrains Ministry of Justice, Supreme Judicial Council on case management and electronic court filing with the objective to share best practices from the United States and UAE that are competent, efficient, and...

On February 21, CLDP,in coordination withthe Royal University for Women, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, Mena Chambers Bahrain, UNCITRAL, and ICC, hostedthe 4th Annual Middle East Arbitrator Roundtable at the Royal University for Womenin Manama, Bahrain. The Roundtable was led by Dr...

On February 19-23,CLDP, in partnership with the Royal University for Women, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, Mena Chambers Bahrain, UNCITRAL, and ICC, hostedthe 8th Annual Middle East Vis Pre-Mootat the Royal University for Womenin Manama, Bahrain. The program broughttogether 15 teams...

On November 14 and 15, CLDP Attorney-Advisor Arezo Yazd spoke on the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) and strengthening IPR regimes to promote entrepreneurship in Bahrain. Ms. Yazd spoke at the Bahrain Businesswomen Society Annual Forum, gathering 300 participants from across the...

On February 27-28, CLDP organized a two-day inter-agencyworking group meeting in coordination withBahrains Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (MOICT)to outline a roadmap to draft a new small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) procurement law in Manama, Bahrain. The MOICT and US Embassy Manama...

On March 26-28, in Manama, Bahrain, CLDP conducted two one-day legislative drafting programs for members of the Bahrain Council ofRepresentativesand their professional staff. Experts from CLDP and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration discussed administrative regulation...

On September 13-14, CLDP led a workshop for the Council of Representatives on Value Added Tax (VAT). Bahrain plans to draft legislation and implement a VAT in 2018 in accordance with the GCC framework agreement on VAT.

On September 11, CLDP led a workshopon Technology Led Economic Development in coordination with Tamkeen Enterprises, Bahrain SME Society, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC), American Chamber of Commerce, and BahrainsEconomic Development Board.

CLDP hosted two programs on international arbitration in Tunis, Tunisia and Casablanca, Morocco from December 7-13, 2017.