DIFC and ADGM Law and Practice

A one-stop text covering the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). This book helps readers understand the DIFC and ADGM legal ecosystems; their relationships with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FRSA); and how the courts have helped solidify their ecosystems. Focusing on banking and financial services, contract law, insolvency law and commercial disputes, it uses DIFC Court of Appeal, DIFC Court of First Instance and ADGM court judgments and the DIFC and ADGM legal codes to guide readers through the complexities of law. Highlighting the key landmark judgments of the DIFC and ADGM courts in the area of banking, financial services, insolvency, company and commercial law it helps to answer questions such as:- Does DIFC/ADGM law follow common law, despite the United Arab Emirates being a civil law country?

How does it work? - Can an English judgment be enforced in the DIFC or ADGM?- How are the DIFC and ADGM perceived in other legal jurisdictions?This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.