On December 2-4, 2013, the US embassy in Iraq and CLDP conducted a three-day workshop to strengthen the capacity of Iraqs Provincial Investment Commissions (PICs) in drafting and negotiating effective investment contracts.

On January 9-10, 2014, CLDP conducted a financial modeling workshop for Burmas Ministry of Energy (MOE) and national oil company, Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) in Naypyitaw.

CLDP along with a team of legal experts, visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for Insolvency Law Consultations. These advisors met with lawyers from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat to devise a new Insolvency Law regime for the Kingdom of...

On December 10, CLDP and the US Embassy held a roundtable discussion regarding the challenges facing company registration and the importance of SME development in Kuwait. The roundtable was attended by Kuwaiti public sector representatives, SMEs, international corporations, and a regional NGO.

On March 4-7, CLDP, in cooperation with the iraqi judiciary, organized a workshop on commercial and investor-state arbitration in Dubai, UAE. The workshop was led by Judge Delissa A. Ridgway of the US Court of International Trade and featured presentations by international practitioners in investor...

CLDP organized a Seminar on the Management of Technology Transfer Offices in Tunisia in Istanbul, Turkey from December 3-6, 2013.

On July 3, 2013, the Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerces Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) organized a landmark conference on The Role of International Arbitration in the Development of Iraqs Economy.

CLDP organized a Regional Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Rabat, Morocco, October 30-31, 2013 to assist in the continued strengthening of ADR practices in the region.

From September 15-26, CLDP held commercial law legal clinics for 20 Kabul University students and faculty.