On September 10-11, CLDP conducted 2 one-day seminars at the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) in Riyadh. Enlisting the expertise of international business transaction contracting experts, the seminars focused on best practices in contract drafting, specifically arbitration clauses, and...

On October 12-14 in Manama, Bahrain, CLDP, in cooperation with Royal University for Women (RUW), the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR-AAA), the University Pittsburghs Center for International Legal Education (CILE), and MENA Chambers Bahrain held a preparatory training in Manama, Bahrain...

CLDP Chief Counsel Stephen Gardner and Attorney Advisor Mais Abousy travelled to Jerusalem and Ramallah on April 24-27 to begin implementation of CLDPs new program with the Palestinian Authority. The initial areas identified under the interagency agreement with the State Department call for work on...

On October 11-17, 2017, CLDP organized a 5-day study tour in Washington, DC for members of Bahrains parliament and their legal advisors and professional staff. OGC General Counsel, Peter Davidson, welcomed the delegation at the Department of Commerce (DOC) headquarters, where they met with offices...

On May 16, 2017, CLDP conducted a one-day seminar at the Kuwait Commercial Arbitration Center (KCAC) in Kuwait City on best practices in contract drafting, focusing on arbitration clauses.Enlisting the expertise of international business transactions contracting experts, CLDP and KCAC conducted a...

CLDP co-hosted a Workshop on Customs Procedures for Facilitating the Export of Handicrafts in Rabat, Morocco from May 16-17, 2017 in coordination with Moroccos Maison de lArtisan and Ministry for Tourism, Air Transport, Handicrafts, and Social Economy.

From May 10-12, 2017, CLDP held a regional program with participants from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Morocco in Casablanca, Morocco to share best practices in promoting SME development.

On February 9, CLDP and the Kuwait Commercial Arbitration Center co-hosted the third annual regional arbitration roundtable. The program included more than 60arbitrators from around the MENA region and focused on the review and legal analysis of the Vis-Moot simulated case study as well as the role...

MENA: CLDP Organizes Regional Conference on Effective Business Courts From April 24-27 in Tunis, Tunisia, CLDP conducted a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regional workshop, co-sponsored by the Tunisian Ministry of Justice, on best practices in improving the competence, efficiency, and...

On April 6-13,2017, CLDP sponsored three Middle East law schools: Iraqyia College of Law of Iraq, Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis, and University of Jordan to participate in the 24th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot) in Vienna, Austria...