On November 14-15, CLDP held a workshop to support the Bahrain Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourisms initiative to develop new procurement laws and regulations to support small-and medium-sized businesses in Bahrain. The workshop also supported the newly formed working group of key ministries...

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...

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 March 29, in Manama, CLDP led a Roundtable in close coordination with the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), the National Assembly, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC), AmCham Bahrain,and other key private sector stakeholders to discuss proposed insolvency legislation and...

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 March 26-28, in Manama, CLDP organized a workshop on insolvency and best practices on drafting insolvency laws for the legal advisors and legal researchers of the Council of Representatives (COR), the lower house of Bahrains National Assembly. CLDP expertsled discussions with the participants on...

From March 14-17, CLDP organized a workshop in Singapore for an interagency delegation of Bahraini officials to develop a new legal framework for bankruptcy. Bahrain does not currently allow for company reorganization and limits the role of creditors in the liquidation process. By developing a new...

On February 7-11 in Kuwait City, Kuwait, in coordination with the Kuwait International Law School (KILAW), UNCITRAL, International Court of Arbitration (ICC), MENA Chambers, the University of Pittsburg (CILE), and Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR), CLDP hosted the 7th Annual Middle East...