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		<title>Norton Rose acts on first UK sukuk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Norton Rose has acted for technology development firm International Innovative Technologies in the UK's first sukuk. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/norton-rose-acts-on-first-uk-sukuk/</link>
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		<title>DIAC partners with New-York&#8217;s Institute of Conflict Resolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dubai International Arbitration Centre has entered into a partnership agreement with the New York-based Institute of Conflict Resolution at Cornell University.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/diac-partners-with-new-yorks-institute-of-conflict-resolution/</link>
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		<title>Taylor Wessing rolls out new profile-raising programme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taylor Wessing is rolling out a new internal programme that will see partners spend 50 per cent of their time on business development activities in the region.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/taylor-wessing-rolls-out-new-profile-raising-programme/</link>
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		<title>Clifford Chance closes Emirates NBD securitisation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clifford Chance has acted as transaction counsel for Emirates NBD in relation to its first securitisation of its auto loan portfolio in the UAE. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/clifford-chance-closes-emirates-nbd-securitisation/</link>
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		<title>DFSA signs information sharing agreement with Portugal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dubai Financial Services Authority has entered into an agreement with the Portuguese banking supervisor in a bid to boost cooperation between both parties.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/dfsa-signs-information-sharing-agreement-with-portugal/</link>
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		<title>DWS appoints energy partner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Denton Wilde Sapte has appointed Simmons &#038; Simmons partner Stuart Cavet as its new energy partner.
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		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/dws-appoints-energy-partner/</link>
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		<title>M&amp;A activity slows, but Abu Dhabi overtakes Dubai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[M&#038;A deal values in the Middle East dropped by 59 per cent in the first quarter of this year, the latest Allen &#038; Overy M&#038;A index has revealed]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/ma-activity-slows-but-abu-dhabi-overtakes-dubai/</link>
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		<title>A&amp;O appoints first native Saudi partner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Allen &#038; Overy has appointed a partner from its Saudi associate firm Abdulaziz Al Gasim Law Firm for its office in Riyadh.

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		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/ao-appoints-first-native-saudi-partner/</link>
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		<title>Perfect ‘combination’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SNR Denton will officially launch in September this year, but what has the transatlantic giant got planned for the Middle East region? Tracey Scott finds out]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/perfect-%e2%80%98combination%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Economic powerhouse of the Arab world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems there is no better time than now to invest in Saudi Arabia. Its government is running on a surplus, GDP is expected to grow 4.5 per cent this year and projects in the kingdom are expected to total US$1trn by 2015. Tracey Scott reports
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		<link>http://www.thebriefonline.com/2010/08/economic-powerhouse-of-the-arab-world/</link>
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