On March 17-20, 2019, CLDP sponsored delegationsof franchising stakeholders from Algeria and Tunisia, including government officials and private-sector executives, in which they attended a workshop andvisited an expofocused on international franchising in Paris, France.

On April 11-18, 2019, CLDP sponsored two Middle East law schools: Iraqyia College of Law and Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunisto participate in the 26th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot) in Vienna, Austria.

On March 5-9, CLDP, in partnership with the Royal University for Women (RUW), the Bahrain Center for Dispute Resolution, Mena Chambers Bahrain, and the Center for International Legal Studies of the University of Pittsburgh, hosted the 9th Annual Middle East Vis Pre-Moot at RUW in Riffa, Bahrain. The...

On November 12-15, 2018, Iraqs Ministry of Oil exhibited for the first time at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exposition (ADIPEC). The exhibition came as a result of prior CLDP-sponsored programs and consultations provided to the Ministry on the margins of ADIPEC. Exhibiting at ADIPEC...

On March 10-14, in Riyadh, CLDP met with stakeholders in the newpublic private partnership (PPP)legal regime in Saudi Arabia. CLDP met with the Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (SAGIA), the National Center for Privatization and Public Private Partnerships (NCP), local attorneys representing...

On October 24-25, CLDP conducted a conference with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabias Board of Grievances (BoG) on the importance of transparent and efficient court administration to build trust in the Kingdoms public procurement system and attract foreign investment. For the first time in its nearly 40...

On November 16, the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA), in cooperation with CLDP, initiated the Youth Arbitration Moot for the premier legal institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in both Arabic and English. The Youth Arbitration Moot will be the first National Moot on Commercial...

On November 15-16, the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) hosed its inaugural conference on The Role of Institutional Arbitration in Economic Reforms and Investment Promotion, under the patronage of H.E. Minister of Justice Dr. Walid bin Mohammed Al-Samaani, and H.E. Minister of Commerce...

On May 2-3, CLDP organized a two-day workshop to review Kuwaits new bankruptcy draft law, which was hosted by the UN Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in Vienna. For U.S. companies, Kuwaits current bankruptcy system is overly punitive, does not include a restructuring provision to...