As part of the USG effort to develop Iraqs new commercial courts, CLDP conducted a workshop in Baghdad at Iraq's Judicial Development Institute from December 17-20. The workshop was be led by Federal Judge for the Southern District of New York, Jed Rakoff, and focused on the role of judges in...

CLDPcontinues to assistthe Government of India Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG) in developing a regulatory and fiscal regime conducive to foreign direct investment in exploration for, and production of, shale gas.

On November 7, CLDP hosted a delegation of young entrepreneurs from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as part of a Department of State sponsored program on Inspiring and Accelerating Entrepreneurship in MENA Youth.

Continuingits long-runningSME business development program in Kyrgyzstan,CLDP, in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, organized a workshop in Bishkek on international hotel management practices for hotel managers from the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan.

CLDP conducted a seminar on contracts and arbitration, in Riyadh, in collaboration with the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI). The audience was comprised of lawyers from several ministries, as well as of judges, with the US embassy in attendance.

On October 8-12, 2012, CLDP held a preparatory training aimed to prepare the University of Baghdad Vis Moot team for the 2013 Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.  Istanbul Bilgi University (Bilgi) hosted the training at their School of Law in Istanbul, Turkey.  The training was...

From September 4-14, 2012 CLDP conducted a two-week program aiming to build the capacity of general counsels of ten Iraqi state owned enterprises (SOE) to draft and negotiate successful strategic partnership agreements.

From August 27-October 5, CLDP sponsored a delegation of 12 industrial safety inspectors to participate in a six-week session at the OSHA Training Institute. Organized at the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals, the training introduced the participants to international health and...

On June 27 and 28, CLDP held a Commercial Finance conference in Baghdad, Iraq. The conference co-hosted by the Iraqi Ministry of Finance brought together experts from the United States, multilateral and private institutions to discuss with Iraqi counterparts how under-developed commercial law and...