by Eye of Dubai, January 29, 2010.
The Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), the professional body for practitioners in the securities and investment industry, today held a joint seminar in Abu Dhabi to discuss the new UAE Corporate Governance Code.
The simenar provided a platform to discuss the new corporate governance law for UAE publicly listed companies, which will come into force in April 2010. The Code will apply to public joint stock companies established in the UAE and companies listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADX) and Dubai Finance Market (DFM) and to their Board of Directors.
Key speakers at the event included Maryam Al-Suwaidi, Deputy CEO for Legal Affairs, Securities & Commodities Authority; Peter King, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Mangees LLP; and Nick Nadal, Director, Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance…(continue reading)
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