On June 26-27, in Manama, CLDP in cooperation with the Bahrain Institute for Banking and Finance (BIBF) and the Bahrain Ministry of Justice, conducted insolvency law training for local bankers and business people. This program is an extension of CLDPs efforts to support the development of a modern...

On June 25, in Manama, CLDP met with representatives from the Consumer Protection Directorate of the Bahrain Ministry of Commerce Industry and Tourism to discuss ways of raising the capacity of the staff to implement the recently promulgate Competition Law in Bahrain.

On June 17-20, CLDP held a workshop and consultation for Bahraini officials that are members of an action team tasked with drafting and implementing a series of new laws and programs to promote small business and government tendering SME programs in Bahrain.

On December 9, 2019, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, CLDP presented a seminar on commercial law reforms that would attract foreign investment and promote innovation in the Saudi Arabian economy.Representatives from the Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority, the National Center for Privatization and...

On October 20-22, in Abu Dhabi, CLDP held Phase I, which is the official launch, of the 10th Annual Middle East Vis Pre-Moot. The Vis Moot is one of the most prestigious commercial arbitration competition in the world, which is held annually in Vienna and Hong Kong. CLDPs Middle East program is a...

On June 25-27, 2019, CLDP organized a regional conference on mediation in Tunis, Tunisia, bringing together more than 110 participants from the justice sectors of Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, and Algeria. The conference focused on the use of mediation to resolve commercial disputes...

On July 17-18, 2019, in Cairo, CLDP, in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the International Trade Administration, and the World Bank Group, held a conference on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) for officials from...

On April 7-9, 2019, CLDP, in cooperation with the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA), will participate in a three day launch program in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam, Saudi Arabia to promote the 1st Arabic Commercial Arbitration Moot. CLDP, alongside SCCA, will gather with Saudi judges...

On April 22, CLDP organized a conference with the Kuwait Commercial Arbitration Center for 150 lawyers on the role of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in resolving disputes involving start-ups and international transactions. Commercial litigation in Kuwait is lengthy, unpredictable and costly...

From May 14-16, CLDP facilitated discussions between the Saudi Arabia National Center for Privatization and Public Private Partnership (NCP) and potential U.S. partners during the annual meeting of the U.S. National Center for Public Private Partnership (NCPPP) in Denver, CO. NCP estimates that the...